‘I was born in Soweto, not Zimbabwe’: Zandile Dabula responds to questions about her identity
Operation Dudula leader Zandile Dabula has responded to critics who called for her deportation as they claim she is from Zimbabwe.
SATURDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2025, 07:39
Operation Dudula leader Zandile Dabula has responded to critics who called for her deportation as they claim she is from Zimbabwe.

The national police commissioner said the political killings task team is still in operation with no clarity on its disbandment
KwaZulu-Natal public works and infrastructure MEC Martin Meyer has declared war on corrupt department officials who solicit bribes from service providers in exchange for tenders.
The Mpumalanga High Court has ordered Alexander Forbes Financial Services to address inconsistencies in its policy documents regarding former deputy president David Mabuza’s R44.7 million pension payout.
There is no service more basic and essential to human life and dignity than water, says DA Joburg mayoral candidate Helen Zille.
Afrikaner rights group AfriForum says it will do everything in its power to oppose “anti-white hate” by the EFF after a motion to demolish Afrikaner statues was presented in parliament.

The party is expected to redeploy him in the Johannesburg council and will demand he gets back his MMC for transport position
As the Durban High Court prepares to impose a sentence on the convicted killer of the municipal manager of Richmond municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, his widow Silindile Sithole gave an account of how difficult life has been for her.
Atlantic seaboard suburb showcased as a case study on climate change
The murder of Richmond municipal manager Sibusiso Sithole in 2017 took a serious psychological toll on two family members..

AlexForbes said it would not oppose the application by Mabuza’s daughter to have the R44 million pension pay out stopped

Masemola told the Madlanga commission the disbandment process was ‘by design’ and had begun while he was on leave
The DA says ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa’s praise of DA-led municipalities has boosted its support base, with nearly 100 new members welcomed in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, over the weekend.

Masemola was questioned about whether a police commissioner could refuse directives from the police minister and initially said it depended on the nature of the directive
National police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola is expected to testify at the Madlanga commission of inquiry on Monday.
DA federal council chairperson Helen Zille has been named as the party’s mayoral candidate for the City of Johannesburg.
The DA is unveiling its candidate for Johannesburg mayor in the 2026 local government elections in Soweto, Gauteng, on Saturday.
When the head of crime intelligence Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo was arrested and taken to court for fraud and corruption, “strange things happen[ed],” said KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi on Friday.
National Coloured Congress leader and MP Fadiel Adams says the classified intelligence information KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi accused him of having unauthorised access to ‘found’ its way to his office.

The DA has not ruled out sabotage as one of the reasons the city has failed to provide water
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