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ANC

KZN DA not moved by claims of clandestine ANC-MK party talks

The DA has refused to partner with the ANC in eThekwini because of its role in the removal of Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink

  • Mandisa Makgakga
4 min read
Mmabatho Mokoena, has been found guilty of extorting 60% of the salaries of at least three of the party’s parliamentary employees and according to a source, she claimed it was for party leader Jacob Zuma. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ANC

MK party takes legal action against KZN legislature over defeat in portfolio committees

The party also wants to be given the position of chief whip

  • Paddy Harper
8 min read
The Inkatha Freedom Party is now the largest party at Umvoti, but the ANC and its allies remain in control of the municipality. (Oupa Nkosi)
ANC

IFP and EFF make the biggest gains in KwaZulu-Natal

ANC gets 42 seats in KZN, while IFP and DA get 14 and 11 seats respectively

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
The group added that they “humble” themselves to the ANC and South Africans and “hereby ask for your pardon. We say
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

​KwaZulu-Natal ANC wants commission of inquiry into political killings after 12 dead

The KZN government should establish a commission of inquiry into what appeared to be politically-motivated murders, the KZN ANC said.

  • Gemma Ritchie
2 min read
Objections or greed?: The aim of the open process of election lists is to prevent political killings and outbreaks of violence.
ANC ELECTION LIST

Killings signal the start of the battle for power

Local ANC officials and politicians are being targeted, giving rise to a climate of fear.

  • Matuma Letsoalo Author
  • Phillip De Wet
9 min read
ANC

Leaders ‘splash on private property’

Major misspending by ANC local and municipal leaders reported in Harry Gwala municipality

  • Justice Kavahematui
5 min read
A source close to the Central Energy Fund board told amaBhungane that a process to appoint Dudu Myeni to its board is under way.
JACOB ZUMA

Zuma-linked water boss gets job back

Despite damning reports and default judgments, the minister overrode a selection panel’s decision.

  • Jonathan Erasmus
6 min read
KZN GOVERNMENT

Ngema gets more millions

His potato boycott play, Lion of the East, gets a further R2.9m injection of government money from KwaZulu-Natal.

  • Niren Tolsi
5 min read