154 Apartheid’s most notorious killer says he knows everything about who gave the orders – and claims the country’s top prosecutors deliberately refused to hear it. Former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock,…
Category: Politics
Brothers Face Off in Cape Town Ward 56 Election
186 Cape Town’s Ward 56 is set for an unusual election battle, with two brothers representing rival political parties competing for the same council seat. According to News24, Patriotic Alliance councillor Cheslyn…
AG: DCS never disputed submitting falsified documents
180 The Auditor-General says the Department of Correctional Services never denied that it handed auditors falsified documents, even while it fought the disclaimer. “The department has not in any of its submissions…
SACP’s Malebana: We will put people before profit in Polokwane
179 SACP mayoral candidate Chuene Malebana says Polokwane Municipality has been turned into a “spaza shop for comrades” and he is gunning to shut down the tender machine and put people before…
BOSA Tshwane candidate Moshiga vows to fix 1000 potholes in 100 days
231 Build One South Africa’s (BOSA) Tshwane mayoral candidate, Martha Moshiga, has drawn a line in the sand, promising to fix 1,000 potholes in her first 100 days in office if elected,…
Zuma wields axe again as MK Party fires SG days before manifesto launch
178 Jacob Zuma has done it again! Less than two weeks before South Africans head to the polls for the local government elections, the uMkhonto weSizwe Party has fired its secretary-general –…
Ramaphosa cracks whip on failing councils, unveils sweeping overhaul
182 President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken a hard line on failing municipalities, warning that persistent collapse in service delivery can no longer be tolerated and announcing far-reaching reforms that will strip non-performing…
ANCWL refuses to back down as Mantashe fumbles apology and Mbalula tries to close case
147 The ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) is refusing to back down in its demand for a proper apology from ANC National Chairperson Gwede Mantashe, despite his claim that he has apologised and…
Ronnie Kasrils defends Bridget Mabandla at TRC Cases Inquiry, denies protecting apartheid killers
199 Former Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils has come out in defence of former Justice Minister Brigitte Mabandla at the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry, arguing that she could not have instructed the NPA…
King MisuZulu gives Zondi power over Prime Minister’s office
190 King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has empowered his Royal Chancellor, Inkosi Malusi Zondi, to scrutinise the performance of the Office of the Traditional Prime Minister, the office whose former holder announced Zondi’s removal…