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Seven people have been killed in a horror crash on the N4 Toll Road between Belfast and Wonderfontein in Mpumalanga, on New Year's Eve.
The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC, Rev Thulasizwe Buthelezi, is deeply shocked and saddened by the passing of the Mayor of Nkandla Local Municipality, Councillor Mbhekiseni Biyela. Councillor Biyela passed away in the early hours of this morning.
EFF leader Julius Malema stated that he would only work with MKP because among others they are all calling for the expropriation of land without compensation.
On Friday, Malema spoke to the media during President Duma Boko's inauguration ceremony in Botswana, addressing the status of his relationship with Zuma at the time.
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said Jacob Zuma’s departure dented the ANC. However, those who have links with Zuma will be cut out from the party.
Jacob Zuma’s younger brother, Khanya, said the ANC would “regret it”, vowing that it would thwart any growth for the once-powerful party.
The IFP’s National Executive Committee (NEC) established a 7-member NEC Task Team led by IFP deputy president, Inkosi Mzamo Buthelezi, to facilitate all coalition-related matters, including engaging with other parties.
The KwaZulu-Natal-based activist, who asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorised to speak to the media, said that according to the MK Party’s national interim leadership structure, whoever is appointed President will take instructions from Jacob Zuma, who will remain the party head and rule the country behind the scenes from his Nkandla homestead.
In an exclusive interview with the Daily News, Jacob Zuma’s brother, Khanya, said the former president is relaxed and if anything, the ruling has motivated him to fight even more to return to government and change people’s lives.
According to Collen Malatji, the ANC should have carefully listened to Thabo Mbeki when he said Jacob Zuma was not the ideal leader for the party.
The Chilli Boys suffered their first loss in five games and remained in eighth after a heartbreaking loss in KwaZulu Natal.
Nkandla residents under the small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) received equipment and tools to help them continue making a sustainable living.
Nhleko resigned from the ANC a month after his fallout with Mbalula after the secretary-general said the ANC had lied to Parliament about the Nkandla report to protect the then president.
Kim Heller said these recent resignations were in part a symptom of rising discontent about the trajectory that the governing party has embarked upon, which is out of sync with the original mission of the ANC to better the lives of black people, particularly Africans
Former Police Minister Nathi Nhleko resigned from the ANC a month after his fallout with Mbalula after the ANC secretary general said Nhleko lied about the Nkandla report to protect former President Jacob Zuma.
The renowned ophthalmologist and health expert withheld his reasons for his resignation but his latest comments on the government's approach in the health sector, particularly the recent National Health Insurance (NHI) strikes hints on his departure.
Former Minister of Police Nathi Nhleko said there were many issues that have led to him to jump ship.
South Africans on social media have expressed their mixed emotions about the scandal, saying the ANC was not a party to trust at all costs following the damning revelation.
ANC Veterans League president Snuki Zikalala said he does not know what ‘excited’ Fikile Mbalula when he spoke about the ‘fire pool’, but it was rather unfortunate.
Former police minister Nathi Nhleko says the African National Congress and it's secretary-general Fikile Mbalula had no competency to determine if the controversial R3. 9 million swimming pool at former president Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla house was indeed a fire pool or a swimming pool.