Cogta to beef up security at KZN traditional leaders’ homes
The KZN Cooperative Governance Department says it’s going to start beefing up security at the homesteads of about 14 traditional leaders who are most at risk.
The government has promised to install cameras, fencing and WiFi at their residences.
The House of Traditional and Khoisan Leaders says it has been concerned about the safety of chiefs and headsmen, with assassinations continuing unabated.
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Last month, Inkosi Siphamandla Khumalo and his wife were ambushed and killed on the R34 in northern KZN.
Provincial Traditional House Chair Inkosi Sifiso Shinga says they’ve been living in fear following the murder of the Khumalos.
"We are deeply concerned about what happened to Inkosi Khumalo two weeks ago, and it was not the first time because we have already lost about 12 traditional leaders, Amakhosi since 2019 and about 42 Izinduna.
"We are very much worried that we don't know who's going to follow now because there is also nothing happening on the Government side to protect Amakhosi and the other traditional leaders."
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