Local elections are around the corner, and political murders are happening again in South Africa Xinhua News Agency, Johannesburg, November 3 (Reporter Jiang Guofeng) South Africa's local government elections are scheduled to take place on the 4th. Just as political parties were intensively recruiting before the elections, another bad news about political violence came out - a popular gathering of the National Spear Party, the third largest political force in South Africa, was shot dead at his home in KwaZulu-Natal province on the evening of the 2nd. South African media quoted people familiar with the matter as reporting that National Spear Party base convener Rustabon Shazi attended an online meeting to prepare for local government elections at his home in Umzombe, KwaZulu-Natal that night. He heard someone knocking on the door and was killed when he opened the door to check. The National Spear Party expressed its deepest condolences for Shazi's murder and urged the relevant departments in KwaZulu-Natal to conduct a thorough investigation and bring the killer to justice. In recent years, political violence and attacks and even murders against politicians have occurred in KwaZulu-Natal, mainly involving local political competition, allocation of public resources and government procurement contracts. After Shaki was killed, the political and security situation in the province again attracted attention. In South Africa, local governments are directly responsible for the most basic public services such as water and electricity supply, garbage disposal and road maintenance. The elections for the local authorities are directly related to the municipal resources, the budget allocation and the political base of each party. In some areas, intra-party and intra-party competition is often accompanied by fierce competition for interests. According to statistics published by officials in South Africa on the 1st of this month, since the start of the local government elections in June, 20 murders involving politicians, party members and supporters have been recorded throughout the country, resulting in 20 deaths.

Local elections are around the corner, and political murders are happening again in South Africa Xinhua News Agency, Johannesburg, November 3 (Reporter Jiang Guofeng) South Africa's local government elections are scheduled to take place on the 4th. Just as political parties were intensively recruiting before the elections, another bad news about political violence came out - a popular gathering of the National Spear Party, the third largest political force in South Africa, was shot dead at his home in KwaZulu-Natal province on the evening of the 2nd. South African media quoted people familiar with the matter as reporting that National Spear Party base convener Rustabon Shazi attended an online meeting to prepare for local government elections at his home in Umzombe, KwaZulu-Natal that night. He heard someone knocking on the door and was killed when he opened the door to check. The National Spear Party expressed its deepest condolences for Shazi's murder and urged the relevant departments in KwaZulu-Natal to conduct a thorough investigation and bring the killer to justice. In recent years, political violence and attacks and even murders against politicians have occurred in KwaZulu-Natal, mainly involving local political competition, allocation of public resources and government procurement contracts. After Shaki was killed, the political and security situation in the province again attracted attention. In South Africa, local governments are directly responsible for the most basic public services such as water and electricity supply, garbage disposal and road maintenance. The elections for the local authorities are directly related to the municipal resources, the budget allocation and the political base of each party. In some areas, intra-party and intra-party competition is often accompanied by fierce competition for interests. According to statistics published by officials in South Africa on the 1st of this month, since the start of the local government elections in June, 20 murders involving politicians, party members and supporters have been recorded throughout the country, resulting in 20 deaths.