Politics was not the motive behind the murder of an ANC voting district co-ordinator in Nquthu on Saturday evening.  The victim, identified by local ANC officials as Siphamandla Ngobese of KwaDlangamandla, Ward 17, was stabbed to death after returning from a meeting in the area addressed by Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa.

ANC KZN Spokesperson, Mdumiseni Ntuli said, “As far as we know the person who killed comrade Sphamandla is still on the run and the police are still chasing him.
“We believe that because he’s known where he comes from it will be easy for the police to arrest him over the next few days, so that he can appear in court and we’ll get to understand the motive of killing comrade Ngobese…
“It would seem to us, the information that we are getting from relatives, it seems to be something that was as a result of some local tension which has got nothing to do with politics.”

It was said that the culprit was a ‘family member’.

The Couriers’ Siphiwe Ngwenya interviewed Deputy President Ramaphosa, details of which will be in Wednesdayls Courier.