Alson Bhekamina Kunene
Was shot dead, together with his brother, in a car ambush by Inkatha supporters at Maqongqo, Table Mountain, near Pietermaritzburg on 10 June 1990. The car belonged to Chief Maphumulo, president of CONTRALESA, who had organised and was expected to attend a peace meeting in the area at the time. He was himself shot dead in a targeted killing in February 1991. Earlier, IFP supporters had burnt down Mr Kunene’s house and shop in the Maqongqo and Imbali areas near Pietermaritzburg in separate incidents in 1989 and early 1990.