DA's campaign trail in KZN on its home stretch

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With four days left before South Africans take to the polls to choose from the 94 000 candidate councillors available in this instalment of the local government elections, DA KZN leader Francois Rodgers is set to visit Durban townships like Molweni and Chesterville for door-to-door canvasses.

The party’s campaign in KZN has not been without controversy.

Both the party and the province came under scrutiny after the DA had put up posters in Phoenix and KZN was named as a hot spot for political killings in the country by police minister General Bheki Cele.The poster, which says: “The ANC calls you racist. The DA calls you heroes”, received backlash from civil society and political organisations.

Former KZN DA leader Sizwe Mchunu accused the DA of disrespect and showing disregard for the people who lost their lives.Minister of Police Bheki Cele said a special task team designated to investigate politically motivated murders was probing the deaths of six people since the start of campaigning for the local government elections.

The latest killing came on the day that ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa was in the province, attending the launch of Toyota’s Corolla Cross Hybrid model at the company’s manufacturing plant in Prospecton, Durban.

 

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