南非夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省一名反对党组织者被杀害，引发人们对周三地方政府选举前政治暴力的担忧。
An organiser from an opposition party has been killed in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, raising concerns about political violence before Wednesday’s local government elections.
高级警方发言人罗伯特·内修恩达周二表示，已立案调查谋杀案。据“民族之矛党”（MKP）确认，受害者是拉斯伯恩·沙齐，他在周一晚间家中参加 Zoom 会议协调该党竞选活动时遭枪杀。内修恩达称，警方正在调查作案动机。
Senior police spokesman Robert Netshiunda said on Tuesday that a murder investigation had been opened after Lastborn Shazi – identified by the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) – was shot dead late on Monday at his home while on a Zoom call coordinating the party’s election campaign. Police are investigating the motive, Netshiunda said. South African police said last weekend that 20 murders involving political representatives, party members and supporters had been recorded during the municipal election period.
南非警方上周末表示，在市政选举期间，已记录 20 起涉及政治代表、党员和支持者的谋杀案。
Last week, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa ordered the deployment of more than 500 soldiers to KwaZulu-Natal to support police, who have identified more than 165 polling stations in the province as high-risk.
上周，南非总统西里尔·拉马福萨下令向夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省部署 500 多名士兵协助警方，警方已将该省 165 多个投票站列为高风险。
Political parties set up campaign tents outside a polling station in the inner-city neighbourhood of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa [Kim Ludbrook/EPA] Voters on Wednesday will elect councillors, who will then choose mayors to oversee municipal services, including water, sanitation and rubbish collection.
选民将于周三选出议员，议员随后将选举市长，负责监督供水、环卫和垃圾收集等市政服务。
Recent polls project the MKP to emerge as the largest party in the closely contested eThekwini metropolitan area – the economic hub of KwaZulu-Natal – and displace the governing African National Congress (ANC) there.
近期民调预测，MKP 将在竞争激烈的埃特克维尼大都会区——夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省的经济中心——成为最大党，取代执政的非洲人国民大会（ANC）的地位。
Former President Jacob Zuma leads the MKP after a bitter split with the ANC in 2023.
前总统雅各布·祖马在 2023 年与 ANC 恶劣分裂后领导 MKP。该党的崛起助推了 ANC 在 2024 年大选中支持率的下滑。
The party’s rise helped erode the ANC’s support in the 2024 national election. The ANC lost its parliamentary majority in 2024 and formed a unity government with the Democratic Alliance (DA), the second-largest party, and smaller parties.
ANC 在 2024 年失去议会多数席位，与第二大党民主联盟（DA）及小党组建团结政府。
In the last municipal elections in 2021, the ANC lost control of several big cities.
在 2021 年上届市政选举中，ANC 失去对几座大城市的控制权，在其他城市则通过联合执政维持统治。
It governs others through coalitions.