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Mchunu link battle splits police inquiry
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (1101+ words) Parties clash over claims of influence, access and alleged ties to Matlala as MPs weigh the evidence The ANC and Patriotic Alliance (PA) have opposed the findings linking suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu to alleged criminal kingpin Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala....
The ANC politics of money
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (1039+ words) This week Mbalula said he wanted Dlamini-Zuma to retract her claim that he was seen dishing out money at the 2022 conference The court battle between ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula and the party's national executive committee member, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has…...
EThekwini mayor on the firing line as anti illegal immigrants threaten bloodshed
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (194+ words) They must put women and children away and show themselves Cyril Xaba, the mayor of eThekwini metro had to be whisked away by a strong contingent of police after a group of anti immigrant demonstrators bayed for his blood. On…...
Before you promise me a bridge, show me the spreadsheet
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (793+ words) In three months, South Africa votes for municipal leaders. The billboards are coming. They always do. The faces grow larger. The promises grow wilder. The contact with reality shrinks. Fix the potholes. Create jobs. Bring back water. Now here is…...
Anele Tembe inquest hears conflicting accounts as court postpones the case to October
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (630+ words) Conflicting accounts about what happened in the moments before Anele Tembe’s fatal fall emerged today as three more witnesses testified in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court, with the inquest now postponed until 19 October. The latest testimony brings the number of…...
Ramaphosa calls vote-buying in ANC conferences an ‘unacceptable’ rumour
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (426+ words) He said delegates were supposed to go to conferences and vote for the candidates they believed would advance the interests of the ANC and the people ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa has described allegations of vote-buying at party conferences as rumours…...
South Africa does not need another GBV plan; it needs a system that works.
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (1129+ words) And then, from those homes and communities, you move into the policy world of conferences, strategies, task teams, implementation frameworks and carefully worded commitments. The distance between the two can be staggering. That experience changes the way you think about…...
Ad hoc committee at loggerheads over Mchunu’s alleged links to cartels
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (750+ words) The ad hoc committee's draft report noted that the evidence presented did not establish a casual relationship between suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu's directive to disband the PKTT and a corrupt agreement with criminal syndicates Parliament’s ad hoc committee is…...
Kruger reopens key flood-damaged infrastructure as rebuild continues
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (785+ words) The Kruger National Park is bringing key flood-damaged infrastructure back into operation, while the environment minister calls for future rebuilding to account for increasingly severe weather Key roads, bridges and tourism facilities in the Kruger National Park are being brought…...
Dlamini Zuma: Telling the truth has become ‘life-threatening’ in the ANC
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (580+ words) Dlamini Zuma said many people in the ANC were aware of vote-buying but some of them feared their lives would be at risk if they spoke out Telling the truth could put your life at risk in the ANC, says…...