Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime warns political killings threaten electoral process [SOUND]

# The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime says political killings pose a serious threat to the integrity and stability of the electoral process ahead of next Wednesday’s local government elections. A total of 45 political attacks were recorded between January first and September 30th this year, in which at least 43 people were killed. This month alone, nine politically linked killings have been recorded. KwaZulu-Natal remains the province most severely affected by political violence. GI-TOC’s Julian Rademeyer told the SABC this violence also points to a criminalisation of politics: