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Mzimuni Ngiba
ANC

Jailed ANC councillor accused of killing predecessor is finally fired

Mzimuni Ngiba, however, was axed for missing council meetings, not because of the murder charge he is facing

  • Khethukuthula Xulu
2 min read
Not briefed: Police Minister Bheki Cele (left) and police commissioner Khehla Sitole’s testimony at hearings into the July riots suggest monumental crime intelligence failures. (Jaco Marais/ Netwerk24/Gallo Images)
ANC

The security cluster remains the thorn in the ANC’s side

Despite a shake-up in defence and intelligence, the security cluster remains shaky ahead of potentially explosive elective conferences

  • Paddy Harper
  • Lizeka Tandwa
8 min read
National Freedom Party members at the launch of the party’s 2014 election manifesto at Mehlareng Stadium in Tembisa, South Africa. The killing of a NFP candidate at Nongoma has sent the party’s candidates in KwaZulu-Natal into hiding in fear for their lives. (Photo by Gallo Images /Sowetan / Mohau Mofokeng)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Nongoma NFP candidate the latest victim of KwaZulu-Natal’s killing fields

National Freedom Party candidates in the Zululand town have gone into hiding amid fears that they will be targeted next

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
Crime and councillors: Sangomas outside court during the pre-trial hearing in the Durban Solid Waste case (Photo by Gallo Images/Darren Stewart)
ANC

ANC candidates list filled with people accused of crimes, but too late to make changes

Court challenges loom as ANC branches cry foul over the culling of popular candidates

  • Lizeka Tandwa
  • Paddy Harper
7 min read