Plot to kill E Cape ANC leaders

01 April 2011
Sabelo Skiti and Lulamile Feni

The battle for municipal jobs in the Eastern Cape ANC has taken a deadly turn as police uncovered a list of ANC leaders allegedly earmarked for assassination.

Police yesterday arrested two men suspected of being involved in a plot to kill five prominent ANC leaders for allegedly blocking their preferred candidates from contesting local government positions in the forthcoming elections.

The “hit list” included an ANC provincial executive committee member and an MEC.

The arrests were made in Mthatha following a special joint operation between the Hawks’ crime intelligence and organised crime units, police said.

Provincial police spokesperson Brigadier Marinda Mills confirmed the arrests and the ex istence of a “hit list”. Read more ...