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/ 13 September 2024

Hawks circle over ANC heavyweights Mabuyakhulu and Nkonyeni as Gaston Savoi makes deal with NPA

Tenderpreneur Gaston Savoi throws his amigos, including Peggy Nkonyeni and Mike Mabuyakhulu, under the bus

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By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 14 June 2022

ANC balance of forces in KwaZulu-Natal to be realised at Sunday meeting

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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By Lizeka Tandwa

Politics

/ 9 March 2021

Mini KZN cabinet reshuffle as Zikalala moves to fill vacant post

KZN premier appoints Jomo Sibiya as human settlements MEC and shifts Peggy Nkonyeni to the vacant transport and public safety portfolio

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 9 February 2018

Jazz fest arrest ‘no coincidence’

Fraud charges against a top KwaZulu-Natal ANC official are linked to the party’s factional battles, insiders say

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 7 October 2013

Nkonyeni bags KZN education MEC position

Controversial KwaZulu-Natal legislature speaker Peggy Nkonyeni has been appointed as the province’s new education MEC.

By Sapa

Article

/ 14 June 2013

KZN’s cowboy deals: Peggy in the middle

Legal head has blown the lid on President Jacob Zuma ally’s role in health department’s rampant noncompliance.

By Niren Tolsi

Article

/ 12 June 2013

KZN manager: Nkonyeni confessed to being pushed on Intaka deal

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.

By Niren Tolsi

Article

/ 28 September 2012

Justice must not only target the state’s enemies

South Africa cannot become a banana republic – dubious sorts of all types must face prosecution, writes Rapule Tabane.

By Rapule Tabane

Article

/ 18 August 2012

Mkhize remains mum on charge withrawal in Intaka case

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.

By Sapa

Article

/ 19 April 2012

Zuma man who cleared Mdluli reviews KZN speaker’s case

Charges of corruption against KZN speaker Peggy Nkonyeni and provincial minister Mike Mabuyakhulu are being reviewed by Zuma’s new NPA appointee.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 29 October 2011

Bring on the public protector, says Peggy Nkonyeni

KZN legislature speaker Peggy Nkonyeni has invited the public protector to investigate DA claims that she was "profiteering" from her position.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 1 August 2011

Tender case: ANC leaders get R100 000 bail

Two ANC leaders in KwaZulu-Natal and a former department head, charged with tender fraud and corruption, have each been granted R100 000.

By Bongani Mthembu

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Article

/ 15 July 2011

Arrest leaks ‘smack of ANC showdown’

Leaks to the media about the imminent arrest of two high-ranking politicians in KwaZulu-Natal have heightened concerns in the ANC.

By Niren Tolsi

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Article

/ 12 March 2010

Knives out in provincial battle

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.

By Mmanaledi Mataboge and Matuma Letsoala

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Article

/ 14 August 2009

Freedom — for now

NPA temporarily withdraws corruption charges against KwaZulu-Natal’s former health minister

By Niren Tolsi

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Article

/ 13 August 2009

ANC welcomes dropping of charges against Nkonyeni

The ANC has welcomed the decision by the NPA to withdraw charges against its provincial treasurer and speaker of the KZN legislature, Peggy Nkonyeni.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 12 June 2009

KZN speaker to go on trial for corruption

The KwaZulu-Natal legislature’s speaker, Peggy Nkonyeni, and two co-accused go on trial in August for corruption.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 2 June 2009

DA calls on KZN speaker to step down

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.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 1 June 2009

KZN speaker accused of taking kickbacks

Speaker Peggy Nkonyeni allegedly accepted kickbacks for influencing the KZN health department to buy expensive equipment from an associate.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 15 December 2008

Peggy-pinching for KZN health

An MEC facing corruption charges and having overspent the budget by more than R1,5-billion this year alone, KZN Health is penny pinching.

By Niren Tolsi

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Article

/ 9 December 2008

KZN health minister ‘to appear in court’

KZN health minister Peggy Nkonyeni is expected to appear in court on Wednesday, apparently over the disappearance of a hospital mammogram machine.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 16 August 2008

Zulu king takes the cake

Zwelithini laments poverty of his people at
lavish birthday bash

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 5 July 2008

KZN health minister accused of witch-hunt

KwaZulu-Natal’s health minister Peggy Nkonyeni has been accused by the Treatment Action Campaign of orchestrating a ”witch-hunt” against two doctors.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 21 June 2008

Zweli Mkhize now ANC’s top man in KZN

KwaZulu-Natal finance minister Zweli Mkhize is the new African National Congress chairperson in the province, replacing Premier S’bu Ndebele.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 21 June 2008

Zunami to flood KZN conference

The province’s overwhelming support for Zuma has left it less divided than other provinces.

By Niren Tolsi

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/ 22 October 2007

KZN health boss gets formal suspension notice

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.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 17 October 2007

KZN health boss suspended

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.

By Staff Reporter