A PROMINENT local leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party in KwaZulu-Natal was shot dead when a lone gunman sprayed his vehicle with gunfire, police reported on Thursday. Elliot Shangase (57) was a traditional chief and a local leader of the IFP in the province, site of sporadic feuding between the IFP and the African National Congress. Shangase’s wife and bodyguard were wounded in the attack, which happened late on Wednesday in Ndwedwe, north of Durban, police said. Police were unable to say if the attack was politically motivated.