Municipal power struggles fuel political violence in South Africa
The recent killings of political activists Thato Molosankwe and Mokoena Letsie in North West, as well as those of Cape Town DA ward councillor candidate Sinovuyo Dyokwe and ANC ward councillor Sicelo Mleve in Nelson Mandela Bay, are illustrative of persistent political intolerance in local communities.
South Africa’s local government sphere is perceived to be a highly contested terrain.
In July 2017, former ANC Youth League secretary-general and councillor at uMzimkhulu local municipality Sindiso Magaqa was assassinated because of his anticorruption stance in relation to the misuse of municipal funds.
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