source: African News Agency
actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (South Africa)
actor2: Civilians (South Africa)
location: Pietermaritzburg
notes: On 1 January, a Msunduzi Municipality (Pietermaritzburg) bodyguard who was being investigated for possible links to political killings in KwaZulu-Natal was shot dead at midnight (assumed unarmed at the time of the attack).