Staff Reporter.
An African National Congress (ANC) councillor candidate has been shot dead during a door-to-door campaign in Cato Crest in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, on Friday.
According to Emer-G-Med, one other person also died at the scene, while two others were left injured.
“Emer-G-Med paramedics were called to the scene just after 18h00 and on arrival found two males approximately forty years of age in a Nissan Navara. On closer inspection they were found to have sustained multiple gunshot wounds and were declared dead on arrival of paramedics,” it said in a statement.
ANC KZN spokesperson Nhlakanipho Ntombela confirmed the shooting and identified the councillor as ward 101 candidate Siyabonga Mkhize.
SAPS KwaZulu-Natal spokesperson Col Thembeka Mbele said the incident took place at about 6.20pm in the Cato Crest area of Durban. The victims, who were not named in the statement, were sitting in a car after a door-to-door campaign.
“The deceased are aged 40 and 46, and both died at the scene. The two who were with them were rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds,” she said.”
At about 8pm she said the scene was still active, and the motive for the killing was not yet known.