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Political assassinations in post-apartheid South Africa

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There have been many political assassinations in post-apartheid South Africa.[http://mg.co.za/article/2012-08-04-anc-a-party-under-violent-criminal-siege ANC: A party under violent, criminal siege], Paul Trewhela, Mail & Guardian, 4 August 2012Quintal, Genevieve (29 July 2012). [http://allafrica.com/stories/201207300272.html Political Murders – It's About the Dough], SAPA, In 2013 it was reported that there had been more than 450 political assassinations in the province of KwaZulu-Natal since the end of apartheid in 1994.[http://www.issafrica.org/uploads/SACQ45.pdf A Provincial Concern? Political Killings in South Africa], David Bruce, SA Crime Quarterly 2013 In July 2013 the Daily Maverick reported that there had been "59 political murders in the last five years".[http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-07-31-kzn-anatomy-of-an-assassination KZN: Anatomy of an assassination], Niki Moore, Daily Maverick, 31 July 2013 In August 2016 it was reported that there had been at least twenty political assassinations in the run up to the local government elections on the 3rd of August that year, most of them in KwaZulu-Natal.[https://uploads.knightlab.com/storymapjs/1f1bc5e01ee0c7d6f1ec507ae666361b/ancs-kzn-political-killings/index.html Local Government Elections 2016'], Data Journalism Academy, August 2016

Political assassinations have often been ascribed to battles around patronage within the ruling African National Congress.[http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-07-23-analysis-the-ancs-provincial-criminal-enterprises-problem The ANC's provincial criminal enterprises problem], by Sipho Hlongwane, The Daily Maverick, 23 July 2012[http://dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2013-01-23-power-money-and-the-anc-there-will-be-blood Power, money and the ANC: There will be blood], Mandy de Waal, The Daily Maverick, 23 January 2012[http://thinkafricapress.com/south-africa/political-violence-south-africa-growing-pains-democracy-or-adolescence-anc Why Are Political Killings Increasing in South Africa?], James Bullock, Think Africa Press, 21 October 2013[http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=176696 Murder takes party infighting to new level], Setumo Stone, Business Day, 20 July 2012[http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/575.1 A Culture of Political Assassination], Jane Duncan, SACSIS, 2010[http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/744.1 Murder, Lies and Corruption: Mbombela and the Bequeathal of the ANC's 'Family' War], Dale T. McKinely, 9 September 2011 However, not all assassinations are a result of conflict within the ruling party. The National Freedom Party led by Zanele Magwaza-Msibi, with its base largely in KwaZulu-Natal, claims that 21 of its members have been killed since the party was founded in early 2011.[http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/another-nfp-member-killed-1.1344397#.UA0Yp2HVWFc Another NFP member killed], SAPA, IOL, 18 July 2012 The Inkatha Freedom Party claims that ten of its elected representatives have been murdered.Quintal, Genevieve (29 July 2012). [http://allafrica.com/stories/201207300272.html Political Murders – It's About the Dough], SAPA In June 2013 Abahlali baseMjondolo, an autonomous shack dwellers' movement in Durban, claimed that the murder of Nkululeko Gwala, a local leader in the organisation, was a political assassination.[http://www.abahlali.org/node/9840 KZN protest leader shot 12 times], Nkululeko Nene, Daily News, 27 June 2013 In May 2016 two ANC councillors were convicted of murder following the assassination of Thuli Ndlovu, also a local leader in Abahlali baseMjondolo .[http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/anc-councillors-jailed-for-activists-murder-2024406 ANC councillors jailed for activist’s murder], Giordano Stolley, Independent Online, 20 May 2016 In September 2020 it was reported that "Since 2016, there have been at least 38 assassinations and 14 attempted assassinations in mining localities in KwaZulu-Natal."[https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-09-14-empembeni-mirrors-the-scourge-of-mining-related-assassinations-in-kzn/ eMpembeni mirrors the scourge of mining-related assassinations in KZN], eMpembeni mirrors the scourge of mining-related assassinations in KZN, Daily Maverick, 14 September 2020

According to Raymond Suttner "assassinations have become a regularised way of deciding on leadership and access to wealth within the ANC and its allies".[http://raymondsuttner.com/2013/08/18/raymond-suttner-government-and-tripartite-alliance-no-pitch-at-marikana-memorial Government and tripartite alliance ‘no pitch’ at Marikana memorial], 18 August 2013 In 2016 the ANC Secretary General, Gwede Mantashe said: "The reality is that selection of candidates for council is always a life-and-death issue."[https://www.businesslive.co.za/rdm/politics/2016-02-29-political-assassinations-are-on-the-rise Political Assassinations are on the rise], Gareth van Olsen, "Rand Daily Mail", 20 February 2016 Assassinations is only part of violence that surrounds South African elections. David Bruce published an extensive report on the 2014 election pointing to the subtle and complex ways in which the ANC intimidates its political rivals.{{cite web |url=https://www.nelsonmandela.org/uploads/files/intimidation-in-elections.pdf |title=Just singing and dancing? Intimidation and the manipulation of voters and the electoral process in the build-up to the 2014 elections |publisher=Community Agency for Social Enquiry |date=April 2014}} In the run up to the 2014 election the Independent Electoral Commission did little to intervene to prevent violence, the abuse of government resources and the use of the state run media (the SABC) to favour the ruling party.[https://commonwealth-opinion.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2018/democracy-and-violence-the-threat-to-south-africas-elections/ Democracy and violence: the threat to South Africa’s elections, Martin Plaut, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 2 February 2018]

Mark Shaw and Kim Thomas have recorded just over 1,000 individual cases of assassination or attempted assassination.{{cite journal |url=https://academic.oup.com/afraf/article-abstract/116/465/597/2605670?redirectedFrom=fulltext |doi=10.1093/afraf/adw050|title=The Commercialization of Assassination: 'Hits' and Contract Killing in South Africa, 2000–2015 |year=2016 |last1=Shaw |first1=Mark |last2=Thomas |first2=Kim |journal=African Affairs }}

The high prevalence of political assassinations in South Africa was discussed at the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2022.[https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-11-21-un-member-states-call-for-the-protection-of-sas-human-rights-defenders-and-whistle-blowers/ UN member states call for the protection of SA’s human rights defenders and whistle-blowers], Simphiwe Sidu and Bongani Ngwenya, Daily Maverick, 21 November 2022

Location of assassinations

It has been argued that the situation is particularly bad in the provinces of Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal with KwaZulu-Natal being, by far, the worst.Hlongwane, Sipho (23 July 2012). [http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-07-23-analysis-the-ancs-provincial-criminal-enterprises-problem The ANC's provincial criminal enterprises problem], The Daily Maverick[http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-11-15-analysis-meanwhile-on-the-killing-fields-of-kzn Analysis: Meanwhile, on the killing fields of KZN], Mandy de Waal, Daily Maverick, 15 November 2012[http://mg.co.za/article/2013-09-20-00-can-the-anc-rein-in-grass-roots-coercion Can the ANC rein in grass-roots coercion?], David Bruce, Mail & Guardian, 20 September 2013 KwaZulu-Natal has been described as the "epicenter of political violence"[http://www.iol.co.za/mercury/sa-cannot-flourish-in-violent-culture-1.1496070#.UfnZQtLTx35 SA cannot flourish in violent culture], by Imraan Buccus, The Mercury, 5 April 2013 while Mpumalanga has been described as "notorious for political assassinations"[http://www.citypress.co.za/SouthAfrica/News/Two-suspects-released-in-Mpumalanga-political-assassination-case-20110110 Two suspects released in Mpumalanga political assassination case], Sizwe Sama Yende, City Press, 2011 Fourteen assassinations have been documented in MpumalangaBruce, David (7 October 2012) and 450 in KwaZulu-Natal. It has been reported that "Since the beginning of 2011, the murder of people with high political profiles has been confined almost exclusively to KwaZulu-Natal, with 27 in the province since February 2011. According to the ANC 38 of its members have been assassinated in KwaZulu-Natal since the beginning of 2011.[http://mg.co.za/article/2012-10-26-00-wheels-of-justice-turn-slowly-as-political-killings-escalate Wheels of justice turn slowly as political killings escalate], David Bruce, Mail & Guardian, 26 October 2012 It has been suggested that support for murders in the taxi industry in KwaZulu-Natal by leading figures in the ruling party legitimated the use of violence in the democratic era which then spilled over into the political sphere.[http://mg.co.za/article/2012-10-18-sanctioned-taxi-violence-poisons-kwazulu-natal Sanctioned taxi violence poisons KwaZulu-Natal], Niren Tolsi, Mail & Guardian, 19 October 2012[http://www.issafrica.org/publications/policy-brief/political-killings-in-south-africa-the-ultimate-intimidation Political killings in South Africa: The ultimate intimidation], David Bruce, Institute for Security Studies, 2014

Conviction rates and a possible 'licence to kill'

There has been one conviction in response to the fourteen assassinations in Mpumalanga and four in KwaZulu-Natal for forty two assassinations leading one researcher to conclude that some people are starting to believe there may be a "general licence for political killings" but that "this may only be available to people in certain political positions".

List of politicians assassinated in post-Apartheid South Africa

  • Thomas Shabalala, IFP MP (and former warlord), Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 2005[http://ww1.aegis.org/news/suntimes/2005/ST050107.html Life and times of a tyrant] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130814103604/http://ww1.aegis.org/news/suntimes/2005/ST050107.html |date=14 August 2013 }}, Paddy Harper, Sunday Times, 2005
  • Thandi Mtsweni, Deputy Mayor, Secunda, Mpumalanga, 2007Quintal, Genevieve (29 July 2012). [http://allafrica.com/stories/201207300275.html South Africa: Timeline of Reported Political Killings From 2007–2012], All Africa
  • Rajah Naidoo, Independent councillor, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 2007[http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/slain-councillor-was-surrounded-by-dispute-1.315746?ot=inmsa.ArticlePrintPageLayout.ot Slain councillor was surrounded by dispute], Karishma Ganpath,, IOL, 2007
  • Moss Phakoe, ANC councillor, Rustenburg, North West Province, 2009[http://www.citypress.co.za/Columnists/Moss-Phakoes-spirit-must-galvanise-us-20120721 Moss Phakoe’s spirit must galvanise us], Zwelinzima Vavi, City Press, 22 July 2012
  • Caswell Maluleke, ANC Mayor Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, 2000
  • Jimmy Mtolo, local ANC leader, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 2009[http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sowetan/archive/2009/03/16/cops-hunt-for-killer-of-sanco-man Cops hunt for killer of Sanco man], Canaan Mdletshe, Sowetan, 2009
  • Sthembiso Cele, chairperson of the ANC Youth League in Umgababa, KwaZulu-Natal, 2009[http://allafrica.com/stories/201207300275.html Timeline of Reported Political Killings From 2007–2012], Quintal, Genevieve SAPA, 29 July 2012
  • Bongani Ngcobo, ANC leader, Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal, 2009Quintal, Genevieve (29 July 2012). [http://allafrica.com/stories/201207300275.html Timeline of Reported Political Killings From 2007–2012], SAPA
  • Jabulani Khumalo, ANC leader, Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal, 2009
  • Jimmy Mohlala, ANC leader, Mbombela, Mpumalanga, 2010
  • James Nkambule, Congress of the People Mpumalanga provincial leader, 2010[http://www.citypress.co.za/Politics/News/Murders-rock-ANC-20120728 Murders rock ANC], Paddy Harper, Mmanaledi Mataboge and Sizwe sama Yende, City Press, 29 July 2012
  • Sammy Mpatlanyane, senior ANC politician, Mpumalanga, 2010
  • John Ndlovu, ANC politician, Thulamasha, Mpumalanga, 2011[http://www.citypress.co.za/SouthAfrica/News/Two-suspects-released-in-Mpumalanga-political-assassination-case-20110110 "Two suspects released in Mpumalanga political assassination case"], Sizwe Sama Yende, City Press, 2011
  • S'bu Sibiya, ANC regional secretary, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 2011[http://www.citypress.co.za/SouthAfrica/News/Three-arrested-for-the-murder-of-eThekwini-councillor-20110311 Three arrested for the murder of eThekwini councillor], City Press, 2011
  • Wiseman Mshibe, ANC councillor, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 2011
  • Wandile Mkhize, ANC chief whip, South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, 2012[http://mg.co.za/article/2012-07-19-darkness-visible-in-jacob-zumas-kingdom-by-the-sea Darkness visible in JZ's kingdom by the sea], Niren Tolsi, Mail & Guardian, 20 July 2012
  • Nhlakanipho Shabane, ANC member, South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, 2012
  • Dumisani Malunga, ANC member, South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, 2012[http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/2e52c4004cab5c978bcb9fcffabbb648/More-ANC-leaders-gunned-down-in-KZN-20120910 More ANC leaders gunned down in KZN], SABC, 10 September 2012
  • Bheki Chiliza, ANC member, South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, 2012[http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/2e52c4004cab5c978bcb9fcffabbb648/More-ANC-leaders-gunned-down-in-KZN-20120910 More ANC leaders gunned down in KZN], SABC, 10 September 2012]
  • Mthembeni Shezi, ANC Councillor, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 2012[http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page71654?oid=329045&sn=Detail&pid=7161 Mthembeni Shezi dies of his wounds], ANC KZN, 27 September 2012
  • David Mosiane Chika, ANC Leader, North West 2012[http://www.citypress.co.za/politics/murder-before-mangaung/ Murder before Mangaung], by Xolani Mbanjwa, City Press, 16 December 2012
  • S'bu Majola, ANC branch chairperson, Wembezi, Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal, 2013[http://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/wembezi-mob-barricades-road-after-political-killing-1.1484766#.UUh1gxe9a28 Wembezi mob barricades road after ‘political’ killing], Daily News, 12 March 2013
  • Makhosonke Msibi, ANC Councillor, Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal, 2013[http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/article9713183.ece ANC councillor shot dead in KZN], SAPA, 12 August 2013
  • Siphumelelo Buthelezi, NFP Councillor, Ulundi, 3 November 2013[http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/politics/2013/11/05/nfp-leader-shot-and-killed-in-ulundi NFP leader shot and killed in Ulundi] BY NCE MKHIZE, Business Day, NOVEMBER 05 2013
  • Buyisile Mkavu, ANC Councillor, KwaLanga, Uitenhage, 4 August 2014[http://www.citypress.co.za/news/murdered-councillor-hero/ Murdered councillor a ‘hero’] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812235356/http://www.citypress.co.za/news/murdered-councillor-hero/ |date=12 August 2014 }}, Lubabalo Ngcukana, City Press, 10 August 2014
  • Charles Thembisile Kanku, ANC ward councillor, Cape Town, 20 October 2014[http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2014/12/05/tweet-of-the-week-a-culture-of-political-violence-and-death TWEET OF THE WEEK: A culture of political violence and death]

BY GARETH VAN ONSELEN, Business Day 05 DECEMBER 2014

List of other political assassinations in post-Apartheid South Africa

  • Sinethemba Myeni, 12 April 2006, Umlazi, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal (former SACP member supporting independent candidate in local government elections)[http://abahlali.org/node/89 Umlazi Political Violence], Press Statement, 2006
  • Mazwi 'Komi' Zulu, 3 May 2006, Umlazi, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal (former SACP member supporting independent candidate in local government elections)
  • Scorpion Dimane, anti-mining activist, Mbizana, 2008'We Don't Want Your Development', Jacques de Wet, in Rural Resistance in South Africa, Thembele Kepe & Lungisile Ntsebeza (Eds), UCT Press, 2012
  • Mbongeleni Zondi, traditional leader with close ties to Jacob Zuma and the ANC, Durban, 2009
  • Mthunzi Nkonki, MV veteran, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, 2010
  • Bomber 'Radioman' Ntshangase, SACP leader, Mpumalanga, 2012[http://www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/commentary/2011/07/31/is-the-sacp-still-relevant Is the SACP still relevant?], Jeremy Cronin, The Times, 31 July 2012
  • Kevin Kunene, environmental rights activist, KwaMbonambi, 2012[https://www.amnesty.org/en/region/south-africa/report-2013#section-133-10 Amnesty International South Africa Report], 2013
  • Dalivuyo Bongo, National Union of Mineworkers, Rustenburg, North West, 2012[http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/accbec004cfad8748665ff7155b3eb28/NUM-branch-secretary-shot-dead-at-Westplats-mine-20120610 NUM branch secretary shot dead at Westplats mine], SABC, 6 October 2012
  • Thembinkosi Qumbelo, Local activist and ANC leader, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 2013[http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/cato-crest-community-leader-gunned-down-1.1488319#.UUh1Uxe9a28 Cato Crest community leader gunned down], By NKULULEKO NENE, Daily News, 18 March 2013
  • Two unnamed members of Abahlali baseMjondolo, KwaNdengezi, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 2013[http://abahlali.org/node/9511 Murder in KwaNdengezi], Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement, 2013
  • Steve Khululekile, AMCU regional organiser, Rustenburg, North West, 2013[http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2013/05/13/another-marikana-murder Another Marikana murder], NIVASHNI NAIR, The Times, 13 May 2013
  • Nkululeko Gwala, Abahlali baseMjondolo activist, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 2013[http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b8a413ee-f855-11e2-92f0-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2dKeHpEuTSouth Africa: Killed for crying foul], by Andrew England, Financial Times, 26 August 2013
  • Sthembiso Biyela & Buyisile Malusi, (Biyela was reported to have left the IFP to join the ANC) Durban, 2014[http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/political-intolerance-behind-kzn-murders-1.1669237#.Uzt-SvmSzY4 Political intolerance behind KZN murders], Sihle Mahanda, The Mercury, 1 April 2014
  • Njabulo Ndebele, Sibonelo “John-John” Ntuli and Ntobeko Maphumulo, NUMSA leaders, Isithebe, KwaZulu-Natal, August 2014[http://www.numsa.org.za/article/numsa-condemns-killing-three-shopstewards-kwazulu-natal/ Numsa condemns killing of its three shopstewards in Kwazulu – Natal]
  • Thuli Ndlovu, Abahlali baseMjondolo leader, KwaNdengezi, Durban, 2014[http://groundup.org.za/article/another-abahlali-basemjondolo-member-assassinated_2308 Another Abahlali baseMjondolo member assassinated], Daneel Knoetze, GroundUp, 1 October 2014
  • Charles Khanku, SANCO leader, Cape Town[http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/lili-hit-exposes-anc-cracks-1.1776781#.VFylCvmUfUV Lili ‘hit’ exposes ANC cracks], Warda Mayer, Cape Argus, 2014
  • Mobeni Khwela, Local SACP activist, KwaNdengezi, Durban, 2014[http://eyethunews.co.za/14087/ziyakhula-izigameko-zokubulawa-kwabantu-besemizini-yabo-kwandengezi/ Ziyanda izigameko zokubulawa kwabantu kwaNdengezi] KZN Eyethu, 2014
  • Mbuyiselo Phajana Mnguni, Free State regional chairperson of the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers Union, 2014[http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2014/12/05/tweet-of-the-week-a-culture-of-political-violence-and-death TWEET OF THE WEEK: A culture of political violence and death] BY GARETH VAN ONSELEN, Business Day 05 DECEMBER 2014
  • Chris Nkosi, Gauteng secretary of the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union, Germiston, 2015[http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/union-leader-gunned-down-in-germiston-1.1844548#.VS-I5yGqqko Union leader gunned down in Germiston], Shanti Aboobaker, IOL, 14 April 2015
  • Philip Dlamini & another unnamed man, SACP members, Durban, 2015[http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2016/01/28/Alliance-takes-strain-in-KZN Inchanga shooting: call for calm], MAYIBONGWE MAQHINA, Daily News, 27 January 2016
  • Sikhosiphi 'Bazooka Rhadebe', Chairperson of the chairman of the Amadiba Crisis Committee, Mbizana, Eastern Cape, 2016[http://www.groundup.org.za/article/opponent-xolobeni-titanium-mine-assassinated/ Opponent of Xolobeni titanium mine assassinated], GroundUp, 23 March 2016
  • Nontsikelelo Blose, SACP activist, KwaZulu-Natal, 2016[http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2016/08/22/Protests-in-Inchanga-after-%E2%80%98execution-style%E2%80%99-killing-of-SACP-member Protests in Inchanga after ‘execution-style’ killing of SACP member], Nathi Oilifant, Times `Live, 22 August 2016
  • Mthunzi ‘Ras’ Zuma, Cape Town, 2017{{cite web |url=http://abahlali.org/node/16007/ |title=GroundUp: Community leader shot dead after massive Khayelitsha land occupation |first=Thembela |last=Ntongana |work=Abahlali baseMjondolo |date=1 June 2017}}
  • S'bonelo Mpeku, Chairperson of an Abahlali baseMjondolo branch in Lamontville, Durban, November 2017[http://abahlali.org/node/16525/ Statement on the Assassination of S’fiso Ngcobo, Abahlali baseMjondolo Press statement, 24 May 2017]
  • Soyiso Nkqayini, Youth League organiser for Abahlali baseMjondolo in Cato Manor, Durban, December 2017[http://abahlali.org/node/16525/ Statement on the Assassination of S’fiso Ngcobo]
  • S'fiso Ngcobo, Chairperson of an Abahlali baseMjondolo branch in Marianhill, Durban, May 2018[https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-05-25-dying-for-land-kzn-assassinations-continue/ Dying for Land – KZN assassinations continue], Greg Nicolson, The Daily Maverick, 25 May 2018
  • Bongani Cola, Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers Union of SA, Port Elizabeth, 2019[https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2019-07-06-they-left-him-in-a-pool-of-his-blood-saftu-wants-quick-arrest-after-activist-killed/ 'They left him in a pool of his blood' - Saftu wants quick arrest after activist killed], Ernest Mabuza, Times Live, 6 July 2019
  • Fikile Ntshangase, Anti-mining activists, Northern KwaZulu-Natal, 22 October 2020[https://groundwork.org.za/fikile-ntshangase-another-environmental-activist-violently-silenced/ Fikile Ntshangase – Another Environmental Activist Violently Silenced]
  • Malibongwe Mdazo, National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, Rustenburg, North West Province, 18 August 2021[https://www.groundup.org.za/article/workers-tense-platinum-mine-after-assassination-union-recruiter/ Platinum mine tense after assassination of unionist], Masego Mafata, GroundUp, 26 August 2021
  • Ayanda Ngila, Abahlali baseMjondolo leader, Durban, 8 March 2022[https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-03-15-the-murder-of-abahlalis-ayanda-ngila-is-an-injury-to-us-all/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-03-15-the-murder-of-abahlalis-ayanda-ngila-is-an-injury-to-us-all/], Daily Maverick, 15 March 2022
  • Nokuthula Mabaso, Abahlali baseMjondolo leader, Durban, 5 May 2022[https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-05-09-slain-abahlali-basemjondolo-activist-aware-of-danger-she-faced/ Slain Abahlali baseMjondolo activist aware of danger she faced] Daily Maverick, 9 May 2022
  • Lindokuhle Mnguni, Abahlali baseMjondolo leader, Durban, 20 August 2022[https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/08/27/lindokuhle-mnguni-is-third-abahlali-basemjondolo-leader-to-be-killed-this-year/ Lindokuhle Mnguni is third Abahlali baseMjondolo leader to be killed this year], Peoples Dispatch
  • Loyiso Nkohla, Former Ses’khona People’s Rights Movement leader, Cape Town, 17 April 2023[https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/poo-protester-loyiso-nkohla-was-shot-to-keep-a-cape-town-railway-line-closed-says-brother-in-arms-20230418 Poo protester Loyiso Nkohla was shot to keep a Cape Town railway line closed, says brother-in-arms], Tammy Peterson, News24, 18 April 2023

List of assassinations of government officials in post-Apartheid South Africa

  • Noby Ngombane, Head of the Free State government's policy monitoring and evaluation unit, Bloemfontein, Free State, 2005
  • Sammy Mpatlanyane, spokesman for the Mpumalanga department of culture, sport and recreation, Nelspruit, 2010Quintal, Genevieve [http://allafrica.com/stories/201207300275.html South Africa: Timeline of Reported Political Killings From 2007–2012], All Africa, 29 July 2012
  • Oupa Matlaba, City Power, Johannesburg, 2011[http://mg.co.za/article/2013-02-08-00-fear-silences-city-power-workers Death of City Power procurement specialist silences staff members], CHARLES MOLELE, Mail & Guardian, 8 February 2013
  • Andile Matshaya, Internal Auditor, Department of Transport, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, 2012[http://www.citypress.co.za/Columnists/Freedom-is-a-killer-20120728 Freedom is a killer], Njabulu S. Ndebele, City Press, 29 July 2012
  • Lawrence Moepi, Forensic Auditor at a private firm contracted to the Public Protector's Office, Johannesburg, 2013[http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2013/10/21/moepi-s-killing-a-hit-cosatu Moepi's killing a hit:Cosatu], The Times, 21 October 2013
  • Moses Tshake, Head Auditor, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Free State, 2013[http://www.groundup.org.za/content/who-killed-moses-tshake Who Killed Moses Tshake?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406015502/http://groundup.org.za/content/who-killed-moses-tshake |date=6 April 2014 }}, GroundUp, Mandy de Waal and Jon Pienaar, 1 April 2014
  • Babita Deokaran, Gauteng Department of Health, 23 August 2021[https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-08-24-whistle-blower-slain-after-dropping-her-child-at-school-siu-confirms-babita-deokaran-was-a-witness-in-the-r332m-ppe-scandal/ SIU confirms Babita Deokaran, mowed down after dropping child at school, was a witness in the R332m PPE scandal], Ferrial Haffajee, Daily Maverick, 24 August 2021
  • Fundile ‘Jeff’ Budaza, Makhanda, 2022[https://www.newframe.com/makhanda-mourns-the-death-of-fundile-jeff-budaza/ Makhanda mourns the death of Fundile ‘Jeff’ Budaza], Anna Majavu, New Frame, 10 June 2022

See also

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