ANC EXCO member gunned down in Harry Gwala District

Nkosinathi Ngcobo was shot dead last night.

Ngcobo worked at the Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Municipality as a clerk responsible for the councillors in the municipality.

Police say the 45-year-old man was driving in Hlanganani when a grey car with three male occupants opened fire at him. He died on the scene.

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Ngcobo is the fifth ANC official to be killed in the Harry Gwala region.

Last year, the premier set up a commission of inquiry  to investigate underlying causes into a spate of political killings in the province.