ANC to provide interpretation, analysis into KZN murders

The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has announced it will appear before the Moerane Commission investigating political killings in the province.

The party was also looking at the possibility that dozens of political killings could be part of a plot to overthrow the country using KwaZulu-Natal as an entry point.

Speaking at the ANC head office in Durban yesterday, provin- cial secretary Super Zuma said timeframes had not yet been decided upon for appearance before the commission.

“The ANC will appear before the commission to provide our interpretation and analysis on the killings of our people,” he said.

Zuma said investigations into the killings had to “go deeper”, and that the party had set up two teams to do internal inquiries. There was a possibility, he said, that the killings could be a result of “forces” trying to destabilise the country.

“We are of the opinion that there is a deeper thing we are dealing with. In the late ’80s and ’90s there was black-on-black violence between the IFP and ANC. It emerged later on that that violence was sponsored,” said Zuma.

“We were all convinced it was black-on-black violence, but later on we discovered that in the process there was sponsored violence. The manner in which it was done, it was not easy to catch criminals. We are saying, let’s broaden our thinking,” he said.

Whether the violence was a result of internal strife or came from outside the party, it had to be investigated and the criminal activities stopped, he said.

The Moerane Commission resumes on September 18. It was established last year by KwaZulu-Natal Premier Willies Mchunu to investigate political violence in the province.

In the four months since the commission started, it has heard harrowing testimony about patronage networks within the ANC, corrupt police and politicians and allegations of hitmen based at the notorious Glebelands Hostel who are said to operate throughout the province, allegedly on the orders of politicians and police. – ANA