ANA reports that labour federation Cosatu in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) said on Friday that it was concerned about the inability of the state to put an end to the ongoing killing of political figures and ordinary people in the province.
Two eThekwini Metro police officers were gunned down outside a councillor’s home in Inanda on Monday evening. “The two metro police officers were killed while on duty taking care of the security of the councillor. As we condemn this brutal assassination of our police officers on duty, we also say a state that is unable to protect its people, worse, the police from criminals, is doomed,” the trade federation said in a statement. Cosatu went on to indicate: “Police are also workers and therefore, as Cosatu, we demand an urgent investigation which will further look at the well-being and conditions of work under which the metro police officers who are taking care of the councillors are operating.” The federation further demanded answers from the provincial commissioner and the MEC for safety and security on their plans to end political killings in KZN.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard on page 7 of Saturday Star of 25 May 2019
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