Minister of Police General Bheki Cele said that the investigation into the recent killing of an EFF and Santaco member has nothing to do with the murdered man’s affiliations.
Police minister Bheki Cele expresses concern as political killings persist; team set up to deal with scourge in KZN
“We went to the crime scene and we do like to raise the issue that alcohol continues to give us problems. Where he was killed, we know that they were having some drinks. So we do need to look at this issue that alcohol sometimes can be a real generator of these kinds of situations,” Cele said.According to the deceased’s family, Shangase was returning from an EFF campaign meeting in the Harewood area on Sunday when he stopped to pick up another party agent.
“There are those stations that are high risk, about 300 of them, that are around the country. Unfortunately most of those that are at high risk are from this province , Gauteng, Western Cape and the Eastern Cape. So police are planning around that,” the minister added.
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