The killing of municipal councillors and officials is on the increase in South Africa. It represents a direct attack on our hard-won democracy, says Bheke Stofile, the president of the South African Local Government Association.
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An Eastern Cape municipal councillor and his Grade 12 son were killed by a pair of gunmen who shot them at their family home in front of the councillor's eight-year-old daughter, who survived the horrific attack. Fundisile Ranai, 49, an Ingquza Hill Ward 15 councillor and OR Tambo district municipality water and sanitation portfolio committee member and his 18-year-old son Siyolise were shot dead at the Slovo Park home in Lusikisiki at about 9.