Killing Councillors: IFP, EFF and ANC head to polls after councillor resigns, fearing for his life

The IFP, ANC and EFF are vying for the vacant councillor position in Ward 13 of the uMhlathuze Local Municipality, where two councillors were recently shot.

He was shot at while driving in Mpembeni near Richards Bay.

Ndlovu's shooting came two weeks after African Christian Democratic Party proportional representation councillor John Myaka was gunned down. An affected political party simply replaces them from its list of candidates. He described Makutshwa as a"well-known" activist and said she was someone who"will sleep tonight as a councillor".uMhlathuze IFP Mayor Xolani Ngwezi said of Ndunakazi:"He enjoys a lot of support in this ward. In a meeting of 1 500 members of the IFP, 500 nominated him. The people are confident in him and he has been part of IFP structures since he was very young."

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