South African election candidate Qwabe killed days to elections

South African police.

South African police officers. NFP secretary-general Canaan Mdletshe reiterated their call for the deployment of soldiers and intensification of South African Police Services intelligence in some parts of KZN known to be crime hotspots. PHOTO | FILE

South African candidate for the councillor post has been gunned down in what seems like a series of coordinated political assassinations, just a few days to the November 1 local government elections.

Dumisani Qwabe, the National Freedom Party (NFP) ward 17 contestant, was shot dead and burnt inside his car in Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on Tuesday.