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MK Party organiser shot dead · Drive with John Perlman

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  Speaker 1: You're with John Pullman on 702. Let's walk the talk. Well,
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  Speaker 1: on the eve of a full day of voting tomorrow
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  Speaker 1: in the local government elections, the MK Party is mourning
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  Speaker 1: the murder, the assassination of its KZN regional organizer, according
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  Speaker 1: to the party. Last born Shazi was shot and killed
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  Speaker 1: at his home on Monday. The provincial political killings task
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  Speaker 1: team is being urged to try and get to the
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  Speaker 1: bottom of this. But to get the latest from KZN,
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  Speaker 1: Corinda Jagmahan, our EWN reporter, is in the province. Corinda,
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  Speaker 1: very good afternoon to you. First of all, from the
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  Speaker 1: police's side, any updates? Is the PKTT starting to try
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  Speaker 1: and get to grips with this? What can you share
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  Speaker 1: with us? Good afternoon.
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  Speaker 2: Good afternoon. Well, at this point, we know that police
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  Speaker 2: are investigating the matter, but from their side, they've urged...
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  Speaker 2: the public as well as members of the party to
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  Speaker 2: refrain from speculating about what the motive could be. In fact,
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  Speaker 2: Lieutenant General Nklamkhwanazi this morning, speaking to the media, said
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  Speaker 2: that in these cases, the PKTT might investigate and find
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  Speaker 2: that the issue was not linked to a political matter
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  Speaker 2: at all. But they are certainly investigating this case. It
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  Speaker 2: doesn't seem like there are any leads at this point
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  Speaker 2: with regards to what happened. But of course, The notion
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  Speaker 2: is that this happened on Monday night. So just as
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  Speaker 2: the local government elections are getting into swing, Shazi, 45
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  Speaker 2: years old, father of three, he was coordinating the Ugu
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  Speaker 2: district region, so the MKP's election plans for this region,
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  Speaker 2: when he was gunned down inside his home. And in fact,
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  Speaker 2: at the time that the assailants, we understand, knocked on
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  Speaker 2: his door, he was in a virtual meeting preparing for
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  Speaker 2: the election plans for tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks very much. Karinda Jagmohan, EWN reporter, joining us on
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  Speaker 1: the line from down in KZN.