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Police step up security ahead of local government elections [SOUND]

# Deputy Police minister Polly Boshielo says members will be deployed across several provinces to prevent politically motivated killings ahead of next month’s local government elections. This follows a shooting in Katlehong, Gauteng, in which four ANC Youth League members were killed and three wounded. The victims were attending a memorial service for slain local ANC leader Jeanette Magugu. Boshielo has urged political leaders to resolve differences through dialogue and not violence:

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