KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner is grilled in parliament on accusations against the minister
During the hearing by parliament’s ad hoc on police corruption, MPs sidestepped the suspended minister’s role in the infiltration of the criminal justice system by cartels
The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner said Mkhwanazi told the parliament committee that several officers who served in the task team on political killings had since been arrested for corruption and other crimes
Further details linking suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu to cartel figures emerged
EFF leader Julius Malema faces a major setback in his presidential ambitions after he was convicted on firearm charges, threatening his
political future
National police commissioner Fannie Masemola said Khumalo was ‘in good spirits and taking health advice from his physician’
The Madlanga commission heard testimony about text messages between Mokgotsi and Matlala that detailed payments to the suspended police minister, manipulation of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate and the sharing of classified information
Crime intelligence boss Dumisani Khumalo told the Madlanga commission that text messages from cartel leader Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala exposed links to ANC politics and police interference.
He said organised crime thrived through police infiltration and political interference behind the disbandment of the political killings task team
The inquiry heard this happened when the team closed in on syndicates tied to murder suspects
The national police commissioner concluded his testimony on Tuesday linking murder suspects Katiso Molefe and Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala to the police minister
The national police commissioner said the political killings task team is still in operation with no clarity on its disbandment
Masemola told the Madlanga commission the disbandment process was ‘by design’ and had begun while he was on leave
The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner said his testimony would deal with political interference by parliamentarians and the national executive
The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner said the order to disband the team was irrational and irregular
In recent months, there has been a spate of abductions, assaults, arrests and murders, the victims all being opponents or critics of President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s government
In December, it will be a year since Nhlalayenza Ndlovu was gunned down in front of his wife and children
A total of 131 assassinations in 2023 were related to organised crime, the minibus taxi industry, political assassinations and personal killings
Umlazi branch secretary Thulani Shusha was gunned down on his way home from an ANC meeting on Saturday
The governing party will call off political activities in areas of KwaZulu-Natal where threats are detected ahead of time
The brutal murder of an Eastern Cape ANC member puts political killings in the province, and in the country, into sharp focus just before the local government elections
Militias have increased in numbers and strength, and now outnumber state security forces by four to one
In this extract from journalist Mandy Wiener’s latest book she examines the death of ANC Youth League member Sindiso Magaqa in KwaZulu-Natal
The vote is meant to be a rare democratic transition of power in the nuclear-armed country
Ironically, they ignore ample research about how protests turn violent when policing escalates.
The likelihood of being offed, especially if it’s linked to politics and power, is pretty high.
Personal rivalry, divisions in the ruling party and a failing economy heighten the election contest.
Analysts say moving officers into violence hot spots is not enough to help the province quash its history of politically related conflict.
A Cabinet meeting this week turned ugly as Zimbabwean ministers laid into each other over claims of violent attacks against opponents.
The recent spate of political violence and police raids on civil society organisations cast doubt on the credibility of Zimbabwe’s imminent elections.
A new code of conduct for Zimbabwe’s political parties will bar perpetrators of political violence from taking part in electoral processes.
The Inkatha Freedom Party and the National Freedom Party have been engaging in talks in order to quell the violence between their supporters.