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Denial: The suspended police minister, Senzo Mchunu (above), has described the allegations by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi against him as ‘wild’. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
ASSASSINATIONS

Mkhwanazi: Political killing task team disbanded when closing in on Gauteng syndicates

The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner said his testimony would deal with political interference by parliamentarians and the national executive

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
7 min read
Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu. (@Senzo_Mchunu/X)
ASSASSINATIONS

Mkhwanazi: Mchunu not briefed before disbanding political killing task team

The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner said the order to disband the team was irrational and irregular

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
7 min read
Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. (SAPS/X)
BREAKING NEWS

Mkhwanazi warns Madlanga commission of ‘risk of total collapse’ in justice system

The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner said his testimony will first deal with the disbanding of political killings task team in the province and then the influence of criminal…

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
4 min read
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has been placed on ‘special leave’. What does this mean in law?
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

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

  • Mandisa Makgakga
4 min read
In January last year, the department of environmental affairs in the Free State and the national department of forestry, fisheries and environment, together with the SPCA, inspected Steilfontein farm, in Petrus Steyn, where several feline predators were held captive. (Pers-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)
CAPTIVE LION OWNERS

Lion owners in talks to exit industry

Although some progress has been made, finding solutions for the future of more than 7 400 captive lions and thousands of workers at the 519 facilities is complex and will take…

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
Women’s league heavyweights such as Bathable Dlamini might not have any leeway to exert power and influence in the election of the new ANC leadership
ANC WOMEN S LEAGUE

ANC women’s league unlikely to elect new leaders before party holds December national conference

Women’s league heavyweights such as Bathable Dlamini might not have any leeway to exert power and influence in the election of the new ANC leadership

  • Lizeka Tandwa
5 min read
Bathabile Dlamini (Oupa Nkosi)
ANCWL

Bathabile Dlamini reinstated in ANC Women’s League task team

The women in the NEC are said to have fought tooth and nail to have Dlamini brought back after she was pulled out by officials.

  • Lizeka Tandwa
3 min read
Baleka Mbete Mbete headed the national task team mandated with preparing the ANCWL for the conference. (Oupa Nkosi, MG)
ANCWL

ANC recommends Baleka Mbete as head of ANCWL task team

The NWC has recommended two other names to help Mbete as task team convenor, but Bathabile Dlamini failed to make the cut

  • Lizeka Tandwa
3 min read
A task team has been appointed to investigate the source of the smell of sulphur over parts of Gauteng and the North West this week. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
AIR POLLUTION

Big stink: Task team to investigate sulphur smell that choked parts of Gauteng, North West

Preliminary results show significantly elevated levels of hydrogen sulphide around the Irene monitoring station in Centurion on 7 June

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read
The introduction of a new youth league task team results from mounting pressure by the league for its task team to be composed of members younger than 35 years.
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Out with the old in the ANC youth league

Six members of the ANC national youth task team were expelled from the structure this weekend after it emerged that they were over the age of 35.

  • Lizeka Tandwa
2 min read