File
An ANC candidate for the local government elections in the Eastern Cape has been killed outside a community hall in Inquza Hills in the OR Tambo District.
ANC provincial spokesperson, Gift Nqondi, identified the deceased as Thembekile Somngwangwa.
He said he was a candidate nominee for Ward 30 in the Inquza Hills Municipality and was stabbed "by thugs" after the postponement of a community meeting on Sunday.
"We are deeply worried that political differences are now being resolved through brutal killings, and no longer through established Congress movement traditions of political persuasions and robust engagements," he said.
Nqondi said; "although one person was arrested, we call on the law enforcement agencies to ensure all those who are responsible for this callous crime are brought to book and sentenced to longtime imprisonment."
He said the ANC was also appealing to anyone who might have information on the incident to contact the police.
