{"id":90414,"date":"2025-09-27T15:01:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T15:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/kzn-npa-head-rejects-claims-of-political-killings-ending"},"modified":"2025-09-27T15:29:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T15:29:17","slug":"kzn-npa-head-rejects-claims-of-political-killings-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/kzn-npa-head-rejects-claims-of-political-killings-ending","title":{"rendered":"KZN NPA Head Rejects Claims of Political Killings Ending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>KwaZulu-Natal National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head Elaine Harrison has rejected claims that politically motivated killings ended before 1994.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s alleged that Police Minister Senzo Mchunu justified the disbandment of the KZN political killings task team by arguing that such murders ceased with the advent of democracy.<\/p>\n<p>These allegations were raised earlier this week at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry by National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison, however, told the commission she did not agree that political killings were a thing of the past.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s incorrect that political killings happened before 1994. There were political killings in 2019.&#8221; said Harrison.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. KwaZulu-Natal National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head Elaine Harrison has rejected claims that politically motivated killings ended before 1994. It&#8217;s alleged that Police Minister Senzo Mchunu justified the disbandment of the KZN political killings task team by arguing that such murders ceased with the advent of democracy. 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