How DA Chief Whip who was shot 10 times - after cops ignored threats against him…

Ten (10) bullets were pumped in the Democratic Alliance’s (DA’s) Chief Whip in the uMngeni municipality - after police did not act on evidence of threats against him over the removal of illegall electricity connections. After he was shot, the phone at the police station rang unanswered. And it took police hours to arrive at the house of the slain man who was assassinated in front of his wife and children. This has emerged from a BizNews interview with Francois Rodgers, the provincial leader of the DA. Rodgers believes the killing was politically motivated as there were “certain threats against him relating to the disconnection of illegal electricity connections”. He says the “lack of consequence” for this type of killing makes it very easy for these hitmen to be able to operate in the political and the traditional leadership space. Unless there were “swift” consequences, it just becomes a “means to an end for people to make money and to eliminate those who are trying to do their job”. While the DA will now beef up security around certain party officials, it is “not going to go into a hole and avoid this campaign going into 2024”. - Chris Steyn