location: Umlazi
notes: A third man is assassinated by unknown assailants in a third consecutive day of killings on Friday. This is the third killing linked to ongoing violence in Glebelands Hostel in Umlazi in a week after an assination on Tuesday and Wednesday. The violence is simultaneously tied to discrepancies and corruption in the allocation of beds and the political conflict between mayor James Nxumalo and councillor Zandile Gumede.
target_text: location: Umlazi, fatalities: 1