The killing of an ANC councillor in Umlazi has been referred to the task team investigating political killings in KwaZulu-Natal, said police minister Bheki Cele
“It's a political leader that has been killed ... the results of an investigation will tell us what happened but we have a special team that deals with political killings in this province, this case has been handed over to them,” said Cele.
The minister also revealed that “more than 200 people have been arrested out of the political violence” which ravaged the province in the build-up to the 2016 local government elections. , a councillor at the Mtubatuba local municipality and who served as the ANC chief whip, was shot dead.
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