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The provincial police commissioner’s allegations against the police minister and the higher education minister’s Seta appointments have undermined their reputations
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The ANC secretary general said the party backs the inquiry established by President Cyril Ramaphosa into corruption claims against the police minister
He was also ordered to stop publishing defamatory statements against Polokwane mayor John Mpe and his family on all social media platforms
The DA’s spokesperson on international relations, Emma Powell, claims the United States denied President Cyril Ramaphosa’s special envoy, Mcebisi Jonas, a diplomatic visa in May this year.
The Human Rights Commission and legal experts say the Constitution, the National Health Act, the UN Refugee Convention and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights obligate South Africa to provide basic healthcare to all people in its borders
President Cyril Ramaphosa has established a judicial commission of inquiry into allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
Former deputy president David Mabuza will be buried on Saturday in Mpumalanga.
The matter is set to be heard at the Johannesburg high court on 23 July
President Cyril Ramaphosa will respond to the explosive allegations of political interference and police complicity in crime in an address to the nation on Sunday night.
Parties have called for the president to take action regarding allegations against the police minister
The party has accused the higher education minister of misleading parliament and violating the executive ethics code by fabricating the legitimacy of the selection process of Seta boards
National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has assigned three parliamentary committees to consider allegations that Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has been colluding with criminal underworld players.
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says he has never met or spoken to Vusimuzi Matlala, despite allegations of political interference in a R360 million South African Police Service tender
The African Transformation Movement claims the police minister sabotaged the team investigating political killings and protected politically connected suspects
The ANC secretary general said the police minister still had to tell his side of the story and there was no basis yet for rebutting the police commissioner’s accusation
Following severe flooding in the Eastern Cape, the province is expected to receive a R504-million allocation of a R1.2-billion municipal disaster recovery grant.
Former deputy president David Mabuza has died in a Mpumalanga hospital at the age of 64.
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula announced Mabuza’s death in a post on social media platform X
The party leader’s daughter and its spokesperson have been accused of ignoring party structures and resisting being told what to do
Democratic leader John Steenhuisen however said the party would withdraw from a national dialogue due later this year, calling it a waste of time and money and a distraction from the failures of the ANC