Bhekithemba Phungula died in a hail of bullets as unknown assailants opened fire.A month ago, Mtubatuba councillor Philip Mkhwanazi was shot dead outside his house in Khula Village near St Lucia.That same day, ANC Youth League branch secretary Kingdom Gcabashe, 29, was shot and killed outside a friend's house in Hammarsdale.An ANC councillor was shot…
reported that Mkhwanazi was the induna of Khula village in the Dukuduku reserve, 5km outside St Lucia in northern KwaZulu-Natal. He was reportedly shot by men whose car was being repaired."The murder of a public representative is tantamount to subversion of democracy because councillors are servants of the people elected directly by the people," said…
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