KZN hit by spate of killings of traditional leaders 16 March 2021 - 15:59 Inkosi Phathisizwe Chiliza, chairperson of the House of Traditional Leaders in KwaZulu-Natal, called on law enforcement agencies to bring to book all the people responsible for killing traditional leaders. Image: Lwandile Bhengu
Traditional leaders in KwaZulu-Natal are bemoaning a spate of killings that appear to be targeting amakhosi and izinduna in the province.
The latest killing, according to the KwaZulu-Natal House of Traditional Leaders, took place on Saturday.
“Inkosi Manqoba Fred Mkhize, 37, of the Amambuzane traditional council in the uMngeni local municipality, was shot and killed on March 13 2021 by unknown assailants who ambushed him and his aide when they were driving to his home in Mpophomeni,” said chairperson of the provincial House of Traditional Leaders, Inkosi Phathisizwe Chiliza.