Murdered KZN Youth Leader Targeted In Ugly ‘Battle For The Soul Of The ANC’

SANDILE MOTHA

THE KILLING this week of two prominent KwaZulu Natal ANC leaders is believed to be part of a battle to eliminate youth leadership in what a party leader has termed ‘a battle for the soul of the ANC.’

On Monday morning, Phillip Mkhwanazi, ANC PR councillor and party chief whip under the Umtubatuba local municipality,  was ambushed and gunned down near his homestead of Khula village on the door step of St Lucia, KZN north coast.

Although the motive of the murder is not yet known, it is widely believed that it was a well-orchestrated hit.

A day later, Kingdom Gcabashe ANC Youth branch secretary was also snuffed out through the barrel of a gun.

The alleged assassins allegedly ambushed the youth league leader near his friend’s home he had visited in Mpumalanga township, outside Durban.

These murders brings to three the political leaders who have been murdered