FRIDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2025, 09:57
Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s directive to disband the Political Killings Task Team placed the SA Police Services leadership in a position of institutional uncertainty.
Latest testimony at parliament’s police inquiry adds to the number of officials not consulted by suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu before disbanding the political killing task team
He said South Africa should look for alternative markets rather than relying on America
He said the party needed to do introspection and admit to the mistakes of the past to ensure that it fixes them
Schools should have exhaustive anti-bullying policies instead of just addressing the scourge superficially through codes of conduct, chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education and ANC MP Joy Maimela said.
The fallout is the latest threat to the fragile government of national unity that has frequently come to the brink of collapse over policy clashes between its two largest parties
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Afrika Mayibuye leader Floyd Shivambu, who has joined his third political party in less than a year, has fired his second-in-command, Nolubabalo Mcinga, as the party’s deputy president.
Former police minister Bheki Cele has backtracked on his relationship with tenderpreneur Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala, who is accused of attempted murder, clarifying that he does not know Matlala “very well”.
Shivambu’s Afrika Mayibuye Movement also accused Mcinga of spreading lies about the party’s leadership
A court has ordered Jacob Zuma cough up the millions the state paid out in legal fees for his defence in the arms deal case but the former president is being coy about whether he will do it
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Former minister’s testimony alleged corruption and political interference
The MK Party’s denunciation of the Madlanga Commission probing criminality, political interference and corruption in the criminal justice system came into sharp focus during a press briefing on Thursday.
Cele said he had tried to meet his successor to discuss the issue after leaving office, but his calls went unanswered
Former ANC national executive committee member Tony Yengeni, 71, has joined the MK Party to relieve an apparently overburdened party president, Jacob Zuma, from some of his duties.
The ANC treasurer general denied knowing the alleged underworld figure, as well as equally controversial North West businessman Brown Mogotsi
The former president has 60 days to pay back the state money inappropriately used to fund his arms deal case
While admitting to his failure to consult before ordering the disbanding of a political killings task team, the suspended police minister denied any links to criminal syndicates
Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu denies having any links to drug cartels operating in the country and says he has never acted in support of any such operation.
The anonymous witness said frequent interference in the investigation of murder suspect Katiso Molefe showed how far his influence reached in the police service
He contradicted the deputy national commissioner, who said he took the dockets from the task team because he ‘could not disobey an order from the minister
A day after the government of national unity’s second-largest GNU partner, the DA, launched its Economic Inclusion for All Bill, to replace the ANC’s black economic empowerment policy, President Cyril Ramphosa has still not seen it.