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UPDATED: Mchunu denies ties to Matlala amid police tender scandal
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says he has never met or spoken to Vusimuzi Matlala, despite allegations of political interference in a R360 million South African Police Service…
Mchunu’s troubles deepen as party calls for probe into KZN task team shutdown
The African Transformation Movement claims the police minister sabotaged the team investigating political killings and protected politically connected suspects
Mbalula: ANC to wait for report from integrity committee to act on Thembi Simelane
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula defends the decision not to ask the minister to step aside, despite allegations of misconduct linked to VBS Mutual Bank
Mchunu confirms Thabo Bester was detained and then released while he was on the run
Convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester showed police officers a fraudulent identity document after being apprehended for speeding in July 2022
EFF student leader Sihle Lonzi to replace Mkhwebane in parliament
Lonzi, who has been openly critical of Floyd Shivambu, will be parachuted to parliament after reviving the EFF student wing
Busisiwe Mkhwebane latest high profile member to resign from EFF
The former public protector has also resigned from the National Assembly
ATM ‘will pursue all legal avenues’ over the Phala Phala scandal
The National Prosecuting Authority says Ramaphosa is off the Phala Phala hook
Gauteng education says it will implement remedial actions in PP report on improper construction of R82m school
The investigation originates from a complaint lodged by Build One South Africa leader Mmusi Maimane in September 2020
Korner Talk | Fikile Mbalula ‘is a certified clown’
The ANC secretary general should join the ‘Takalani Sesame’ cast and leave politics
Phala Phala: Public protector says she had no right to Ramaphosa’s tax records
The ATM’s argument that she skirted this and other issues in the scandal had no merit, Gcaleka’s office has argued in court papers
Ramaphosa: African Transformation Movement’s challenge to Phala Phala report is ‘nit-picking’
The president maintains the opposition party was trying to fashion evidence that he flouted the executive ethics code by twisting his public statements on the subject
Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka to deliver 5th Social Justice Lecture at Stellenbosch University
The Centre for Social Justice proudly presents the Public Protector as the keynote speaker
Ramaphosa and buffalo buyer saw Phala Phala deal differently
The South African Reserve Bank heard conflicting versions of the transactions – but accepted that of the president
Gcaleka voted in as new public protector
The vote was expectedly fractious, with the official opposition walking out of the National Assembly
Mkhwebane says EFF would be ‘wise’ to place her in ‘position of authority’
But party members say they have had enough of being sidelined for high-profile newcomers who haven’t put in the hours