full_name: Nelson Kunene
firstname: Nelson
description: 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 Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (CONTRALESA), who had organised and was expected to attend a peace meeting in the area at the time. The chief was himself shot dead in a targeted killing in February 1991. 