Umuziwabantu Municipality Ward 3 councillor Alwin “Ace” Houston was gunned down in Harding on Thursday evening‚ during a community meeting to appoint members of a steering committee for a pending project in his ward on the south coast.
Houston’s killing follows that of ward candidate Bongani Skhosana who was killed in July on the eve of local government elections. He had been was transporting scholars in his minibus when unknown gunmen opened fire‚ killing him in full view of the children.
Skhosana was replaced by fellow ANC member Sonengaliphi Maphumulo who is still under guard.
ANC spokesman in KwaZulu-Natal‚ Mdumiseni Ntuli‚ said on Friday the party was “lost for words after yet another killing”.
“People just kill others in full view of the public. The elections are over now why do we continue killing our comrades? That cannot be right.
“We are sad because this was also a community activist.
