The Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party has finally filled the several vacant leadership positions in the Mpumalanga province, bringing in seven provincial heavyweights to work with Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, the convener. The party announced the bolstering of the province’s leadership on Thursday (January 16), saying the decision has been sanctioned by the party’s leader, former President… Continue reading MK Party Bolsters Mpumalanga Leadership, Adds Seven Leaders To Work With Busisiwe Mkhwebane
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MK Provincial Leader Wants Former EFF Members Barred From Getting Top Positions
Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party’s Mpumalanga leader wants the party to stop giving top positions to former EFF members who have just joined the party, led by former president Jacob Zuma. Mary Phadi, the MK Party’s convener in the province and a member of the provincial legislature in Mbombela, said this shortly after her court victory… Continue reading MK Provincial Leader Wants Former EFF Members Barred From Getting Top Positions
Dali Mpofu Quits EFF, Joins MK Party
Former Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Chairperson, Advocate Dali Mpofu, has left the EFF to join the recently formed Umkhonto WeSizwe (MK) Party. In an interview with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) on Thursday morning, Mpofu said he is joining the MK Party because it represents a broader vision for decolonization and total liberation. Mpofu… Continue reading Dali Mpofu Quits EFF, Joins MK Party
Mkhwebane Demands R5 Million From Daily Maverick Over ‘Derogatory Headline’
Former Public Protector and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) member of parliament (MP) Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane has instructed her legal representatives to take legal steps against the multimedia house Daily Maverick, as well as its editor Branko Brkic and journalist Marianne Thamm. Mkhwebane instituted the legal action following an article published on the Daily Maverick’s online… Continue reading Mkhwebane Demands R5 Million From Daily Maverick Over ‘Derogatory Headline’
Mkhwebane: Ocean Basket Meeting Started Solicitations Of Section 194 Inquiry Bribes
Breaking down how the bribery scandal unfolded, Public Protector advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane said the late Tina Joemat-Pettersson physically attended the inquiry for the first and only time on March 16, where she asked for her husband’s contact numbers. Mkhwebane was addressing the media during a briefing held in Sandton yesterday on allegations that Section 194… Continue reading Mkhwebane: Ocean Basket Meeting Started Solicitations Of Section 194 Inquiry Bribes
“Real State Capture” Killed Tina Joemat-Pettersson, Says Mkhwebane
In what Public Protector advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane has labelled the biggest scandal to hit South African democracy, the suspended Chapter 9 institution leader blamed the death of former Minister of Energy Tina Joemat-Pettersson on “state capture.” Mkhwebane was speaking during her much-anticipated media briefing on allegations that Section 194 chairperson Richard Dyantyi and ANC parliamentary… Continue reading “Real State Capture” Killed Tina Joemat-Pettersson, Says Mkhwebane
Mkhwebane guns for Dyantyi over ‘illegal’ impeachment committee sitting
SUSPENDED Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has threatened to take legal action against the parliamentary impeachment committee for allegedly holding an illegal meeting in her name. Richard Dyantyi, the chairperson of Parliament’s Section 194 committee probing the Public Protector’s fitness for office, called the meeting in order to allow presentations from the evidence leaders, who are… Continue reading Mkhwebane guns for Dyantyi over ‘illegal’ impeachment committee sitting