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/ 15 June 2022

Experts say Eastern Cape political killings may soon be as rife as in KZN

Corruption and greed blamed as political rivalries turn increasingly violent in the region

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By Max Matavire

Opinion

/ 3 December 2021

Story of a whistleblower: ‘Baba, do you think you are about to die?

Whistleblower Thabiso Zulu can’t explain his situation to his son, but continues to expose wrongdoing and show solidarity with others

By John G Clarke

Politics

/ 15 October 2021

ANC Durban election candidate shot dead while on door-to-door campaign

One other man was shot dead and two others were rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds

By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 28 June 2021

ANC council candidate stabbed to death outside party meeting

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

By Lizeka Tandwa

Politics

/ 25 June 2021

ANC fears more violence at branch meetings

Party secretaries have beefed up security as tensions at branch general meetings rise

By Lizeka Tandwa and Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 4 June 2021

Selecting ANC councillor before addressing interim body a recipe for disaster — KZN branches

Branch leaders in the Lower South Coast region have told the party that the regional task team has outstayed its term

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By Lizeka Tandwa

Politics

/ 26 May 2020

Two dead in new ANC KwaZulu-Natal killings

A Mtubatuba councillor and a Hammarsdale ANC Youth League leader were shot yesterday near their homes

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 12 July 2019

Moerane’s proposals on KZN killings to take effect

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala wants to begin implementing the recommendations of the Moerane inquiry into political killing

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 24 September 2018

Unembargoed: September 21 to 27

Showdown at Luthuli House: A minister’s bribe confession provides ammunition for Ace Magashule to fight back against President Ramaphosa

By Mg Reporter

Article

/ 24 September 2018

Unembargoed: September 21 to 27

Showdown at Luthuli House: A minister’s bribe confession provides ammunition for Ace Magashule to fight back against President Ramaphosa

By Mg Reporter

Article

/ 21 September 2018

Moerane commission report a dud

It failed to recommend that people implicated in the KwaZulu-Natal killings face prosecution

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 21 September 2018

Top cop lied to commission, says witness

Ipid has been asked to investigate perjury charges against a KwaZulu-Natal police general

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 20 September 2018

Moerane Commission: Politicians must take responsibility for KZN’s violent culture

During its more than 12 months of hearings, the Commission heard claims of South African Police Service (SAPS) complicity

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 17 September 2018

Moerane Commission Report to be made public

The report’s long-awaited release comes at a time when police have made some breakthroughs in investigating the killings

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 14 September 2018

Deputy mayor’s kin on murder rap

The arrest of six men for the killing of a former councillor has rocked the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 13 September 2018

Suspect arrested in Sindiso Magaqa murder

The suspect is appearing in the Umzimkhulu magistrate’s court on charges of murder, conspiracy to commit murder and two counts of attempted murder

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 20 August 2018

Right2Know requests Moerane Commission report be made public

The advocacy group says the premier must release the documents within 30 days or give valid reasons why he cannot

By Kaveel Singh

Article

/ 17 August 2018

ANC moves to prevent election killings

The party is focussing on cementing stability and unity within its branches

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 17 August 2018

Mkhwebane, Cele in a standoff

The public protector has clashed with the police minister over providing witnesses with protection

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 7 August 2018

Moerane Commission report tabled in KZN legislature

The report, legislature spokesperson Wonder Hlongwa says, will remain embargoed.

By Kaveel Singh

Article

/ 3 August 2018

Whistleblower on KZN violence demands bodyguards

Thabiso Zulu gave evidence at the Moerane commission of inquiry into the political killings in KwaZulu-Natal

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 21 July 2018

ANC KZN conference marred by member’s fatal shooting

eThekwini ANC Youth League regional secretary Thinta Cibane confirmed that Bongani “Usher” Mkhize was gunned down by two men at his home in Umlazi

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 12 June 2018

KZN premier to receive Moerane Commission report

The commission investigated killings that have taken place in the province since 2011

By Christina Pitt

Article

/ 26 March 2018

Glebelands hostel murder suspects to apply for bail

Several suspects, one of them a police officer, are expected to appear in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Monday

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 20 March 2018

Glebelands Hostel: The scene of many murders

The death toll at the hostel is now believed to be 106 and even when arrests have been made, there have been no convictions

By Kaveel Singh

Article

/ 15 March 2018

Moerane report may be released after all

The premier has said that he’ll be ‘taking into consideration all the legal obligations that apply to the release of the report’

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 12 March 2018

KZN top cop a no show at Moerane Commission

Acting provincial police commissioner Major General Bheki Langa was on ‘official police business’

By Kaveel Singh

Article

/ 9 March 2018

Another KZN commission smothered

Public watchdogs are dismayed that the Moerane inquiry’s findings, like others, won’t be released

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 23 February 2018

Zuma’s last outpost is defiant

KwaZulu-Natal’s ANC doesn’t seem to have got the message that No 1 is no longer

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 22 February 2018

Police stonewall political killings at Moerane commission

The police dodged blame at the inquiry, trying to absolve themselves from responsibility for failure to solve the almost 100 murders

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 16 January 2018

Moerane Commission: ANC’s internal politics led to killing of Umzimkhulu councillor

Tshibase, who was also a teacher, was shot dead on May 23 last year while at the gate of his family home in Umzimkhulu

By Mxolisi Mngadi

Article

/ 15 January 2018

Sindiso Magaqa’s family still in the dark about the official cause of death

There were rumours doing the rounds in Magaqa’s neighbourhood that he was poisoned while in hospital.

By Mxolisi Mngadi

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