'Juju tries to score cheap political points'

\The ANC Youth League has launched a veiled attack on EFF leader Julius Malema, accusing him of using the violent death of Sindiso Magaqa to draw political capital.

The accusation against Malema came after he told the media that Magaqa was on the verge of joining the EFF before he was shot on July 13.

Magaqa became the latest high-profile politician to be attacked amid increasing attacks on ANC councillors that started before the August 3, 2016, local government elections in KwaZulu-Natal.

He was with two other councillors Nonsikelelo Mafa and Jabu Mzizi when unknown attackers ambushed them outside a shop at a local village Ibisi. Mafa and Mzizi were still recuperating following the attack.




The onslaught on ANC councillors soared post the elections which left local, provincial and national ANC leaders scrambling to know the motive - but to no avail.

The attacks also continued despite the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government establishing the Moerane Commission of Inquiry to probe the deaths in the province.

A memorial service would be held for Magaqa at the University of Johannesburg’s Soweto campus on Wednesday afternoon and another in his hometown Umzimkhulu's eBhisa Sports Field on Thursday.

On Monday the youth league turned its attention indirectly on Malema following comments he made last week, after his graduation ceremony.

Malema said he had been in talks with Magaqa to join the EFF and become its national organiser.