南非反对党组织者在地方选举前夜家中遇害：警方已立案、选前政治谋杀已录20起
南非约翰内斯堡消息，南非警方 11 月 3 日星期二表示，反对党民族之矛党（MKP）一名组织者于 11 月 2 日深夜在夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省家中遇害，正值南非地方政府选举投票日前一天。警方高级发言人罗伯特·内特希温达说，死者为该党确认的拉斯特伯恩·沙齐，他在通过视频会议协调该党竞选活动时在家中遭枪杀，警方已立谋杀案，作案动机正在调查中。
南非警方周末表示，在本次市政选举期间已记录 20 起涉及政治代表、党员与支持者的谋杀案。近期民调预计民族之矛党将成为竞争激烈的埃特克维尼大都会区——夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省经济中心——的最大政党，并取代执政党非洲人国民大会（ANC）在当地的领先地位。前总统雅各布·祖马在 2023 年与非国大决裂后领导民族之矛党，该党的崛起帮助侵蚀了非国大在 2024 年全国大选中的支持率。
南非总统拉马福萨上周下令向夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省部署 510 名士兵支援警方；警方已确认该省 165 多个投票站为高风险投票站。南非地方政府选举定于 11 月 4 日星期三举行。
South African Opposition Organiser Killed on Eve of Local Elections; 20 Political Murders Recorded
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — South African police said on Tuesday that an organiser for the opposition uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) was killed late on Monday at his home in KwaZulu-Natal province, one day before South Africa's local government elections. Senior police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda said a murder case had been opened after Lastborn Shazi, whom the MKP identified, was shot dead at his home while on a Zoom call coordinating the party's election campaign. Police are investigating the motive.
South African police said at the weekend that 20 murders involving political representatives, party members and supporters had been recorded during the municipal election period. Recent polls project the MKP to emerge as the largest party in the hotly contested eThekwini metropolitan area — the economic hub of KwaZulu-Natal province — and displace the governing African National Congress (ANC) there. Former President Jacob Zuma leads the MKP after a bitter split with the ANC in 2023; the party's rise helped erode the ANC's support in the 2024 national election.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa last week ordered the deployment of 510 soldiers to KwaZulu-Natal to support police, who have identified more than 165 polling stations in the province as high-risk. South Africa's local government elections are due on Wednesday, November 4.
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图片来源：南非夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省Durban市政厅。/ Durban City Hall in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 摄影：Mariannebritsstrodl，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons
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