Regions in the province will meet this weekend to decide on the next provincial chairperson after heated discussions with the provincial executive committee on Monday.
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KZN premier appoints Jomo Sibiya as human settlements MEC and shifts Peggy Nkonyeni to the vacant transport and public safety portfolio
Fraud charges against a top KwaZulu-Natal ANC official are linked to the party’s factional battles, insiders say
Controversial KwaZulu-Natal legislature speaker Peggy Nkonyeni has been appointed as the province’s new education MEC.
Legal head has blown the lid on President Jacob Zuma ally’s role in health department’s rampant noncompliance.
Peggy Nkonyeni admitted to being put under pressure to tie up an Intaka deal to facilitate a donation to the ANC, says a health department employee.
South Africa cannot become a banana republic – dubious sorts of all types must face prosecution, writes Rapule Tabane.
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Zweli Mkhize has rejected the DA’s calls for him to explain why charges against two provincial ANC officials have been dropped.
Charges of corruption against KZN speaker Peggy Nkonyeni and provincial minister Mike Mabuyakhulu are being reviewed by Zuma’s new NPA appointee.
KZN legislature speaker Peggy Nkonyeni has invited the public protector to investigate DA claims that she was "profiteering" from her position.
Two ANC leaders in KwaZulu-Natal and a former department head, charged with tender fraud and corruption, have each been granted R100 000.
Leaks to the media about the imminent arrest of two high-ranking politicians in KwaZulu-Natal have heightened concerns in the ANC.
The power struggle in Gauteng has heated up, with some ANC members in the province trying to block Nomvula Mokonyane’s bid for the chairperson’s post.
NPA temporarily withdraws corruption charges against KwaZulu-Natal’s former health minister
The ANC has welcomed the decision by the NPA to withdraw charges against its provincial treasurer and speaker of the KZN legislature, Peggy Nkonyeni.
The KwaZulu-Natal legislature’s speaker, Peggy Nkonyeni, and two co-accused go on trial in August for corruption.
The DA on Tuesday called on Premier Zweli Mkhize and the ANC to ask the provincial speaker to step down pending the outcome of her corruption trial.
Speaker Peggy Nkonyeni allegedly accepted kickbacks for influencing the KZN health department to buy expensive equipment from an associate.
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/ 15 December 2008
An MEC facing corruption charges and having overspent the budget by more than R1,5-billion this year alone, KZN Health is penny pinching.
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/ 9 December 2008
KZN health minister Peggy Nkonyeni is expected to appear in court on Wednesday, apparently over the disappearance of a hospital mammogram machine.
Zwelithini laments poverty of his people at
lavish birthday bash
KwaZulu-Natal’s health minister Peggy Nkonyeni has been accused by the Treatment Action Campaign of orchestrating a ”witch-hunt” against two doctors.
KwaZulu-Natal finance minister Zweli Mkhize is the new African National Congress chairperson in the province, replacing Premier S’bu Ndebele.
The province’s overwhelming support for Zuma has left it less divided than other provinces.
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/ 22 October 2007
Embattled KwaZulu-Natal health boss Dr Busi Nyembezi received notice of her suspension on Monday, nearly a week after learning of it through media reports. Nyembezi’s suspension was announced last week Wednesday by KwaZulu-Natal provincial director general Dr Kwazi Mbanjwa in a brief statement.
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/ 17 October 2007
The head of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) provincial health department was officially suspended from her post on Wednesday. A statement released by the KwaZulu-Natal premier’s office said the ”cabinet endorsed the decision to suspend” the superintendent general of the department Dr Ruth Nyembezi.