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Millions Illegally Siphoned from KwaDukuza Local Municipality’s ABSA Bank Account
The ANC-led KwaDukuza Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal has officially confirmed that funds were illegally siphoned…
ANC Councillor Shot Dead in Politically Volatile KwaZulu-Natal Province
A KwaZulu-Natal African National Congress (ANC) ward councillor has been shot dead at the notorious…
SIU Authorised to Probe Ithala Bank and Associated State Owned Companies in KwaZulu-Natal
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has been quietly authorised to probe allegations of wrongdoing at…
Mbuyiseni Ndlozi: Ramaphosa is Committed to Genuine Transformation
Former Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Member of Parliament Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has sang South African…
Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson and Deputy Sihle Zikalala Wrestle Over Expropriation Act
The expropriation bill, which President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law on Thursday, has pitted the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI), Dean Macpherson, against his deputy, Sihle Zikalala. This was after the two expressed contradictory views on X (Twitter) today, 24 January 2025, with Mcpherson dismissing Zikalala’s eagerness to implement the expropriation law as nothing more than a personal “opinion.” The Expropriation Act is the latest policy battleground between the DA and the ANC, Mcpherson and Zikalala’s political homes,…
Hawks, NPA Tying Up Loose Ends In Corruption Case Implicating Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni
The Head of the Hawks, Lt Godfrey Lebeya, has publicly confirmed that the fraud and corruption investigation against Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, the embattled Minister in the Presidency, is almost done. Lebeya said the Hawks and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) are currently tying up some loose ends in the high-profile corruption case involving Ntshavheni, a member of the ANC’s National Executive Committee (NEC). He was speaking to SABC News earlier on Thursday (January 23) about their investigation into Ntshavheni’s alleged corruption…
Boy Mamabolo’s Case Against ANC Over Parliamentary Deployment To Be Heard Monday Next Week
The case brought by former ANC MP Boy Mamabolo against the party for allegedly moving him down the parliamentary list ahead of the May 29 elections last year would be heard by the Johannesburg High Court next week Monday. In his papers, Mamabolo argues that he was removed from number 5 to 22 on the Limpopo Province to National list after he alleged that did not submit a Matric certificate. He launched the court case so that he could be…
COSATU Claims Closing ArcelorMittal Plants Is A Ploy to Force Government to Pour in Public Money
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in KwaZulu-Natal says the highly publicised intention to close down the ArcelorMittal steel plant in Newcastle and elsewhere is a ploy to force the government to pour in public money to save the company. According to Edwin Mkhize, the provincial secretary of COSATU in the province, the company is exploiting the reality that South Africa is facing a high unemployment rate and the government would frantically do anything to save jobs. Mkhize…
KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng ANC PECs Survive the Axe For Now, NWC to Decide their Fate Next Week
The provincial executive committees (PEC) of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng have survived the axe – at least for a week. The party’s Secretary General, Fikile Mbalula announced on Monday (January 20) that the national executive committee (NEC) meeting over the weekend decided that the party’s top seven officials will have to come up with a framework on how to reconfigure the PECs of the two key provinces. Panyaza Lesufi and Siboniso Duma lead the two ANC provinces as…
Mashatile: SA Won’t Abandon the Palestinian Cause and Ignore ICC Arrest Warrant Against Netanyahu to Appease US
South Africa’s Deputy President Paul Mashatile, who has recently shared one of his notable foreign policy perspectives, says his country would not abandon the Palestinian cause and ignore the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to appease the US. Mashatile, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s deputy in the country’s governing African National Congress (ANC), insists that the US understands that while Pretoria is one of Washington’s biggest trading partners, the two will not agree on everything.…
Mbalula Says Travelling to Robben Island by a Privately-Owned Yacht is Neither a Gift nor Evidence of Corruption
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has defended his decision to use a private yacht belonging to a Cape Town businessman who has scored lucrative state tenders. He says he did not use the luxury yacht to galavant but for party work since he had a busy schedule during his trip to Robben Island. Mbalula claims his decision to use the yacht was neither a gift nor evidence that he is somewhat linked to corruption. The embattled head of the governing party’s…
Elias Motsoaledi Councillor Arrested for Extortion
The recently elected African National Congress (ANC) councillor for Ward 30 in the Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality, Sekhukhune, Limpopo, has been arrested on charges of extortion and the illegal closure of a local mine. Yalda Matlabane Tobias Malope, who secured his position during the by-election held on December 11, 2024, was taken into custody by the police on January 9, 2025. The South African Police Service (SAPS) reported that on January 9, 2025, at approximately 07:00, Roossenekal Police apprehended eight…
KwaZulu-Natal Government Department Fires Senior Official Who Illegally Awarded R1,1 Billion Contracts to One Company
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Public Works and Infrastructure has expelled a senior official who illegally awarded more than R1 billion worth of tenders to a single company. It said its director for supply chain management (SCM) awarded 29 tenders to a single service provider in the space of two years — amounting to 60% of the department’s annual budget. Released on Wednesday, January 8, the department’s statement did not name the official in question but his identity is known to…
Jacob Zuma’s ANC Ultimatum: Reinstate My Membership Or Face Legal Action
Former President Jacob Zuma has reignited his fight to claw back his ANC membership, giving the party an ultimatum to reinstate him or face legal action. In a letter of demand issued on Wednesday, January 8 and addressed to ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula, Zuma’s lawyers say his expulsion is illegal and he must be allowed back to his former political home before the end of this month. The ANC expelled Zuma late last year for founding and leading the…