Umkhonto Wesizwe Military Veterans Association
latest news & developmentsCarl Niehaus gets the chop as ANC cracks down ahead of conference
Disgruntled would-be national executive committee members are going to court over their failure to make the top 200 names
Going back to the future of KwaZulu-Natal politics
The past is helpful in understanding the predatory and violent nature of political factionalism in the province. But it doesn’t answer the question of how to fix it.
ANC suspends MKMVA spokesperson Carl Niehaus
The ANC has resolved that Niehaus’s conduct at Nkandla was in contravention of rule 25.17 of the party’s constitution and warrants disciplinary action
How Zuma’s 15-month sentence will affect this weekend’s NEC meeting
This Constitutional Court ruling comes at an inconvenient time for the Ramaphosa faction. Magashule’s strength is waning, but Zuma still wields significant support
MKMVA threatens court action against top six
The structure will consider taking the ANC to court if it does not agree to its demands on disbandment, says MKMVA president Kebby Maphatsoe
MK committee to look into Gupta influence in military veteran’s association
Party insiders say a report on the Guptas’ association with leaders of the Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans’ Association will help rid the structure of Jacob Zuma’s most loyal…
MKMVA accuse top six of being factional in collapsed meeting
A defiant MKMVA has vowed it is business as usual, after a meeting with the top six ended with the military veterans being kicked out of the virtual platform
Maphatsoe seeks deliberation on MKMVA disbandment
Maphatsoe said the decision was surprising, given that it deviated from the MK unitary process the MKMVA and the MK Council had been working on
Zondo to ask the Constitutional Court to send Zuma to jail for flouting summons
The deputy chief justice says he has to act because Zuma’s defiance risks inciting lawlessness
Zuma snubs Zondo commission
His lawyer says the summons was not in line with the Constitutional Court order
Minister had ‘no interest’ in military veterans’ woes or wisdom
Former members of the defence department’s advisory council tell oversight committee their recommendations went ignored and that an audit should be conducted
Mbalula’s war with military vets belies the Prasa disaster
The transport minister uses humour, which his targets don’t find funny, to survive in tough times or to divert attention from a problem.
Why the ANC clean-up is dragging on
The outcome of the ANC’s NEC meeting was clear: ask party members who are facing or who have been convicted of criminal charges to step aside. But as Paddy Harper and Lester…
Veterans get a room to call ‘home’
Military Veterans’ Association steps in after the M&G highlights the plight of freedom fighters
Homeless freedom fighters battle for a place called ‘home’
Many Umkhonto weSizwe veterans find themselves living on the streets, abandoned by the country that they helped to free