'Political killings similar to apartheid-era violence'
The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal says the spate of political killings in the province is similar to the violence in the run-up to the elections in 1994.
KZN ANC secretary general Super Zuma says the province has been plagued by political killings for the longest time.
"This violence emerged during the apartheid era. It was sponsored then. There was an intention to destabilise the country and the entry point was KZN. Now we find a similar thing. We need to investigate further. Is it because of the political problems within the ANC or are we dealing with a situation to destabilise the country, as it was prior to 1994?"
Former ANC Youth League (ANCYL) secretary general Sindiso Magaqa died in hospital this week after he was shot and wounded in an apparent ambush two months ago at UMzimkhulu in southern KwaZulu-Natal.
In the Eastern Cape, an ANC branch leader in Port Elizabeth, Mandisi Xakaxa, was gunned down yesterday.
Xabaxa's body was found by his father with a bullet wound to the head.
Zuma says it has established two committees to look at ways to curb the killings.
"The first will deal with the internal investigation into the causes of these murders. The second committee will engage with ANC members and provide political education and the importance of unity and cohesion."