𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭. With political position comes the power to dispense patronage. But the position now also comes with a target on the backs of KwaZulu-Natal’s iziNduna. Since January 2019, at least 27 iziNduna have been assassinated in cold blood, while several others have only narrowly escaped death. Carte Blanche sits down with a devastated widow as she details the threats and intimidation that haunted her husband before his brutal slaying. A reformed inkabi – or hitman-for-hire – reveals the political machinations and greed that feed the execution-style hits in a province where life is cheap and illegal guns plentiful.