Two people have been killed and a woman critically injured when their car was shot at in Msinga south of Dundee, in KwaZulu-Natal.
Police spokesperson, Colonel Jay Naicker, says the vehicle was ambushed.
The two deceased, a man and woman, were reportedly the branch chairperson and secretary of the National Freedom Party's Msinga branch.
The shooting happened around 5pm on Tuesday.
The motive for the shooting is still unknown.