MKP election organiser shot dead in KwaZulu-Natal before local polls
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Police opened a murder inquiry after MKP coordinator Lastborn Shazi was shot at his KwaZulu-Natal home late Monday while on a Zoom call to run the party’s municipal campaign, days before Wednesday’s local elections. Authorities have recorded 20 political killings this election period; President Cyril Ramaphosa deployed more than 500 soldiers to the province with 165-plus polling stations flagged high-risk. Polls suggest Jacob Zuma’s MKP could become the largest party in eThekwini and displace the ANC.
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