{"id":13341,"date":"2026-11-03T16:56:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T16:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=13341"},"modified":"2026-11-03T16:56:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T16:56:59","slug":"opposition-party-organiser-killed-before-south-africa-elections-elections-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=13341","title":{"rendered":"Opposition party organiser killed before South Africa elections | Elections News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Police are investigating the motive in murder of MKP coordinator as political killings rise during municipal elections.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Published On 3 Nov 2026<\/span>3 Nov 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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An organiser from an opposition party has been killed in South Africa\u2019s KwaZulu-Natal province, raising concerns about political violence before Wednesday\u2019s local government elections.<\/p>\n

\u2060Senior police spokesman Robert Netshiunda said on Tuesday that a murder investigation had been opened after Lastborn Shazi \u2013 identified by the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) \u2013 was shot dead late on Monday at his home while on a Zoom call coordinating the party\u2019s election campaign.<\/p>\n

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Police are investigating the motive, Netshiunda said.<\/p>\n

South African police said last weekend that 20 murders involving political representatives, party members and supporters had been recorded during the municipal election period.<\/p>\n

Last week, South African President \u200c\u200cCyril Ramaphosa ordered the deployment of more than 500 soldiers to KwaZulu-Natal to support police, who have \u200c\u200cidentified \u200c\u200cmore than 165 polling stations in the province as high-risk.<\/p>\n

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Political parties set up campaign tents outside a polling station in the inner-city neighbourhood of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa [Kim Ludbrook\/EPA]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Voters on Wednesday will elect councillors, who will then choose mayors to oversee municipal services, including water, sanitation and rubbish collection.<\/p>\n

Recent polls project the \u2060\u2060MKP to emerge as the \u2060\u2060largest party in the closely contested eThekwini metropolitan area \u2013 the economic hub of KwaZulu-Natal \u2013 and displace the governing African National \u2060\u2060Congress (ANC) there.<\/p>\n

Former President Jacob Zuma leads the MKP after \u2060\u2060a bitter split with the \u2060\u2060ANC in 2023. The party\u2019s rise helped erode the ANC\u2019s support in the 2024 national election.<\/p>\n

The ANC lost its parliamentary majority in 2024 and formed a unity government with the Democratic Alliance (DA), the second-largest party, and smaller parties.<\/p>\n

In the last municipal elections in 2021, the ANC lost control of several big cities. It governs others through coalitions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Police are investigating the motive in murder of MKP coordinator as political killings rise during municipal elections. Published On 3 Nov 20263 Nov 2026 An organiser from an opposition party has been killed in South Africa\u2019s KwaZulu-Natal province, raising concerns about political violence before Wednesday\u2019s local government elections. \u2060Senior police spokesman Robert Netshiunda said on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2277560469115098_106292521332774":"","twitter_aToxNzczMzI3Njk4OTg4ODUxMjAxOw==_1773327698988851200":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_templately_pack_id":"","_templately_imported_at":"","_templately_source":"","_templately_import_session_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-international-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t