How world sees SA: ANC assassins have killed 90 politicians

EDINBURGH — The New York Times has reported on the development of the ANC into an organisation that looks a lot like a crime syndicate. It recounts how about 90 politicians have been assassinated over the past two-and-a-half years as the ANC struggles to excise the corrupt and individuals vie for position. This is not the first time that the global media has pointed out the stark similarities between the ANC and the Italian Cosa Nostra Mafia group. Former president Jacob Zuma and his pals, including the Gupta brothers, financial markets trader Eric Wood and others, were named in the British Parliament late last year for involvement with banks like HSBC in industrial scale money laundering. – Jackie Cameron

By Thulasizwe Sithole

Allegations that the ANC is killing its own to cover up corruption have surfaced on the pages of The New York Times.  It says that political assassinations are on the increase as President Cyril Ramaphosa's corruption clamp-down gathers momentum.

"The death toll is climbing quickly. About 90 politicians have been killed since the start of 2016, more than twice the annual rate in the 16 years before that, according to researchers at the University of Cape Town and the Global Initiative Against Transnational Crime."

In an in-depth feature Norimitsu Onishi and Selam Gebrekidan highlight the story of Sindiso Magaqa who was shot in his car by men with assault rifles, to illustrate the trend. Magaqa, 34, hung on for weeks in a hospital before dying last year.

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