Christian council, Abalahlai outline culture of violence at Inquiry
A witness testifying at the Moerane Commission of Inquiry today - probing political violence in KZN - has echoed the sentiment that a lack of formal training for councillor positions could be behind the scourge.
Mxolisi Nyuswa is with the KZN Christian Council which has been monitoring political violence in the province since 1999.
Today's first witness, Nyuswa echoed the thoughts of social scientist Paulus Zulu who testified on Tuesday.
Zulu said a lack formal of education is compromising service delivery and sees a large number of people contesting for limited positions.
Nyuswa says part of the work undertaken by the council has been to deploy monitors across KZN, even attending funerals of prominent politicians where the message or agenda of the parties often communicated to supporters.
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Nyuswa says their investigations reveal that killings often take place over the festive season when KZN-born people who work in other provinces return home to be with their families.
Meanwhile, shack dwellers movement Abahlali BaseMjondolo appeared at the Durban-based inquiry yesterday.
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Chairperson, Sbu Zikode says there's been no justice for many of their murdered loved ones.
He hopes they'll finally be able to heal.
"We were not just giving testimony but we were also expressing our views as people who love this country and this province, so that we do away with the culture of violence. In our view, this has began from senior political leadership who are perpetrating this violence," she said.
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