Durban- It was always going to be a tense situation. But nothing could have prepared police officers, court officials and journalists for what was to follow – the gunning down in cold blood of an IFP member in broad daylight in front of a crowd of hundreds of people at the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

The killing has sent shock waves across the province and spurred calls for military intervention.

“I had just finished interviewing eThekwini National Freedom Party (NFP) councillor Mzonjani Zulu after court proceedings when he pulled out a gun and fired two shots at Siya Dlamini, killing him” IOL journalist.

Dlamini, 29, from the volatile KwaMashu Hostel, had been carrying a rusty spear.

Dlamini was hit in the head and chest and died in front us.

There was chaos as people dived and ran for cover. But Zulu, a member of his party’s national working committee, calmly walked into the court immediately afterwards and police arrested him.

This incident has triggered fears that the days of political violence that tore the province apart in the mid-1980s and early 1990s are back. The incident has been condemned by political parties in the province.

The two men were at court to attend the first appearance of NFP councillor Mgezeni Gwala, his son Bonginhlanhla, and a friend, Sibusiso Ncengwa. The trio handed themselves over to KwaMashu police on Friday and were charged with murder following a shooting that claimed the life of Cebile Shezi, an IFP supporter, at the hostel two weeks ago.

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