Kwazulu Natal's organised crime task team is investigating the shooting of three ANC councillors in uMzimkhulu on Thursday night.
Police spokesperson, Colonel Thembeka Mbhele, said Friday that the councillors were recovering in hospital.
Cases of attempted murder have been opened.
ANC KwaZulu-Natal provincial spokesperson Mdumiseni Ntuli said that PR councillor Sindiso Magaqa, Ward 11 councillor Nonsikelelo Mafa and ward 16 councillors Jabu Mzizi were shot.
Magaqa was the ANC Youth League secretary general before the league was disbanded in 2012.
“The three of them were together when they were shot. It happened between 5.30pm and 6 pm. I am getting updates every hour. The leadership of the region is at the hospital dealing with the comrades,” said Ntuli.
The trio were at a general dealer in Ward 11, said Ntuli, when the shootings took place.
“They were parked outside a general dealer when a red BMW came, people got out and opened fire on them and drove off,” he said.
He said that depending on the injuries sustained, they might be moved to other hospitals.
Ntuli said it had not yet been confirmed if the three were returning from a council or committee meeting in town.
The shootings follow the killings of three other councillors in the area this year.
– African News Agency (ANA)
