Morderstwa na tle politycznym w RPA - Redux
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RICHMOND, KZN, SOUTH AFRICA, December 1st, 2017 - Sboniso Phoswa, 22 at the family homestead near the home where his mother, Richmond Deputy Mayor and former ANC ward councillor, Thandizile Phoswa, 38, died. In April this year, Phoswa died from a single gunshot to her head from her then boyfriend's gun. The boyfriend has claimed it was a suicide, but the family suspects otherwise. At the age of 20 in 1998, Thandizile survived an attack on her family during UDM/ANC violence in the area by hiding under a bed in the same room where she was killed earlier this year. Her her father, Joseph Phoswa, an ANC activist, mother and two siblings were killed in the attack but Phoswa and her 2 year old child Sboniso survived. Phoswa is survived by her 22 year old son, Sboniso and 2 year old daughter, Aphiwe. Since the provincial government established a commission of inquiry into the political killings in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province in March of this year, an estimated 13 ANC members have been gunned down in apparent hits. Since the start of 2016 more than 40 people with political affiliations, the majority ANC members, have been murdered. Gunmen, often working in teams of three or four, attack individuals by targeting known routines or killing people inside or near their homes. There have been no convictions or arrests by the police. The reasons behind these killings are layered and complex, often relating to battles for influence over lucrative municipal tenders. However, since there have been no judicial actions to bring killers to justice, the motives may never be determined with certainty. For now, ANC members are once again dying in the historic Killing Fields of South Africa, two weeks before the party elects its new president. Those in positions of political power live in daily fear. For the families of the murdered, it is not just the trauma of loss and violence that haunts them. For most, the deceased was the primary breadwinner in the household. The influenc
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