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AMBULANCE SCOOTERS

Mabuyane expected to reshuffle his cabinet after health MEC arrest

Sources say the Eastern Cape’s provincial working committee has advised the premier to ‘cut Gomba loose immediately’.

  • Lizeka Tandwa
4 min read
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Eastern Cape MEC could face the chop under stand-aside rules

Charges against health MEC Sindiswa Gomba over the Nelson Mandela funeral scandal have been reinstated – leading to questions about her political future after this weekend’s ANC…

  • Lizeka Tandwa
3 min read
Robert McBride claims that the timing of the public protector’s release of the report is “suspicious”. (David Harrison/M&G)
NELSON MANDELA

Slice of Life: Driving history home

"You know how sometimes you must look at something twice just to make sure that it is that thing? It was like that."

  • Carl Collison
2 min read
Opposition parties requested the probe into how taxpayers’ money released for Madiba’s memorial services had been used.
ANC

ANC dismisses claims of misuse of Mandela funeral funds

An ANC official says money was not misused despite reports that public funds for Madiba’s funeral were paid to suppliers without official approval.

  • Sapa
2 min read
South African President Jacob Zuma
MATUMA LETSOALA

Zuma vows to continue Mandela’s legacy

President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday that while Nelson Mandela’s long walk to freedom had come to an end, "our journey continues".

  • Matuma Letsoala
4 min read
NELSON MANDELA

Mandela buried in Qunu

Former president Nelson Mandela was buried shortly before 1pm on Sunday in Qunu in the Eastern Cape.

  • Sapa
5 min read
Members of the public line the route to Mandela’s funeral in the Eastern Cape.
KWANELE SOSIBO

ANC mulls life after Mandela

At a vigil on Saturday night in Mthatha, it was clear that for the ANC, life after Madiba presented an opportunity for rebirth.

  • Kwanele Sosibo
2 min read