source: Sowetan (South Africa)
actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (South Africa)
actor2: Civilians (South Africa)
location: Elliotdale
notes: On 22 October 2021, unidentified armed individuals shot against the car of an ANC Eastern Cape councilor candidate in Mpame village, Bawu, near Elliotdale (Amathole, Eastern Cape). The candidate was not in the car, rather another person was using the car to drop off some people after a campaign in the area. He was not injured. According to the residents, six people were in the van from where the shots came from, four of them wearing police uniforms.