Kebby Maphatsoe – The Mail & Guardian

/ 15 November 2024

Prasa ‘negligence’ leads to damage to R5.1 billion infrastructure

A high court report found that negligence in the rail agency’s integrated security project resulted in widespread theft and vandalism

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By Khaya Koko

Politics

/ 16 July 2021

Where are all the (ex)president’s men and women?

Supporters have stood by Jacob Zuma through scandal after scandal. Some have stayed loyal to him and others have turned their backs

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By Lizeka Tandwa

Politics

/ 26 June 2021

MKMVA threatens court action against top six

The structure will consider taking the ANC to court if it does not agree to its demands on disbandment, says MKMVA president Kebby Maphatsoe

By Lizeka Tandwa

Politics

/ 24 June 2021

Allies warned Ace against taking his party to court

Magashule is expected to argue that the step-aside rule 25.7 is unconstitutional and unlawful

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By Lizeka Tandwa

Politics

/ 20 June 2021

MK committee to look into Gupta influence in military veteran’s association

Party insiders say a report on the Guptas’ association with leaders of the Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans’ Association will help rid the structure of Jacob Zuma’s most loyal allies

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By Lizeka Tandwa

Politics

/ 14 June 2021

MKMVA accuse top six of being factional in collapsed meeting

A defiant MKMVA has vowed it is business as usual, after a meeting with the top six ended with the military veterans being kicked out of the virtual platform

By Lizeka Tandwa

Politics

/ 7 June 2021

Maphatsoe seeks deliberation on MKMVA disbandment

Maphatsoe said the decision was surprising, given that it deviated from the MK unitary process the MKMVA and the MK Council had been working on

By Lizeka Tandwa

Coronavirus

/ 21 January 2021

Stern warning against Covid greets Mthembu’s death

The ANC has slammed conspiracy theorists and cautioned against showing complacency towards the deadly virus

By Paddy Harper, Sarah Smit and Khaya Koko

Opinion

/ 19 October 2020

Mbalula’s war with military vets belies the Prasa disaster

The transport minister uses humour, which his targets don’t find funny, to survive in tough times or to divert attention from a problem.

By Solomon Makgale

Article

/ 19 June 2019

Dubious comrades sent by the ANC to head parliamentary committees

After being cleared by the ANC’s internal ethics committee, prominent politicians from the Jacob Zuma’s administration are back in Parliament

By Lester Kiewit

Article

/ 6 April 2018

Former exile’s dream of her own home dies with her

‘She was loyal to the ANC until the day she died’

By Carl Collison

Article

/ 16 December 2017

MKMVA boss launches scathing attack on judiciary

Maphatsoe lashed out at the courts, accusing the judiciary of planning to sabotage the ANC’s national conference.

By Govan Whittles

Article

/ 17 November 2017

This soldier will fight for JZ till the end

Kebby Maphatsoe, wary of Western ‘agents’, derides Ramaphosa as the white people’s darling

By Niren Tolsi

Article

/ 8 November 2017

Joe Maswanganyi: We don’t anoint leaders in the ANC like in churches

Joe Maswanganyi won’t say that he wants Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to lead but he opposes the deputy taking the post uncontested

By Dineo Bendile

Article

/ 13 October 2017

MK rebels want to expel Maphatsoe

The president of the vets is accused of illegally using state funds and fake members to get himself elected

By Dineo Bendile

Article

/ 9 October 2017

MKMVA plans to lodge a complaint against “factional” Cyril Ramaphosa

Maphatsoe accused Ramaphosa of being factional and of lying when he claimed to have attended the conference to forge unity within the MK.

By Dineo Bendile

Article

/ 7 October 2017

Cyril Ramaphosa blames ANC leaders for MK divisions

Ramaphosa was speaking on Saturday at a joint MK conference held by some MKMVA members and the MK National Council.

By Dineo Bendile

Article

/ 6 October 2017

MK veterans reject Kebby Maphatsoe and call for new leadership

Former combatants gathered at the Nasrec Expo centre on Friday for an inclusive conference.

By Dineo Bendile

Article

/ 6 October 2017

Warring MK veterans vie for endorsement

The ANC is in a double bind since Zuma presided at a conference that elected the MKMVA’s leadership

By Dineo Bendile

Article

/ 10 July 2017

‘We are not for sale’ – MK vets deny Bell Pottinger links

The organisation said this after allegations surfaced in an amaBhungane Gupta email leaks report.

By Amanda Khoza News24

Article

/ 7 July 2017

Military veterans eye private firms for state security

"the security service industry is lucrative: South Africans spent in excess of R45-billion on private security last year alone."

By Dineo Bendile

Article

/ 14 June 2017

Military vets: The SACP has been captured by the enemy

Kebby Maphatsoe has launched a blistering attack on the South African Communist Party (SACP)

By Dineo Bendile and Given Sigauqwe

Article

/ 21 November 2016

ANC veterans agree to be guided by party’s ‘culture and tradition’ following meeting

Calls for President Jacob Zuma to step down did not feature at the meeting between the ANC’s National Working Committee and the party’s veterans.

By Dineo Bendile

Article

/ 5 November 2016

Essop Pahad on Kebby Maphatsoe: Who is he anyway?

Maphatsoe called ANC veterans ’empty tins with no credibility’, comments from which the party has distanced itself.

By Tshidi Madia

Article

/ 30 August 2016

UPDATE: Des van Rooyen says Gordhan is ‘undermining’ the Hawks. Mantashe responds

Van Rooyen distanced President Jacob Zuma from the spat between the minister and the Hawks saying it had nothing to do with the president.

By Kiri Rupiah

Article

/ 31 March 2016

Umkhonto weSizwe chair took Gupta’s money – Mentor

Facebook famous former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor has hit back at the UKMVA chair, saying he pocketed millions of rands meant for anti-apartheid fighters.

By News 24

Article

/ 22 February 2015

Kasrils sues after claim he set up Zuma for rape charge

The former intelligence minister has filed summons claiming R1-million from Deputy Defence Minister Kebby Maphatsoe for his "false" statements.

By Sapa and Jenni Evans

Article

/ 18 September 2014

MK vets slug it out over war chest

Deputy defence minister Kebby Maphatsoe is squaring off against a rival faction over the ‘unauthorised’ selling of assets.

By Thuletho Zwane

Article

/ 18 September 2014

Letters to the editor: September 19 to 25 2014

Readers comment on Kebby Maphatsoe’s character assassinations and protecting the public protector, and respond to a story on Brett Bailey’s Exhibit B.

By Letters