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Fomer Justice Minister Thembi Simelane. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ANC

Mbalula: ANC to wait for report from integrity committee to act on Thembi Simelane

ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula defends the decision not to ask the minister to step aside, despite allegations of misconduct linked to VBS Mutual Bank

  • Mandisa Makgakga
3 min read
Fomer Justice Minister Thembi Simelane. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ANC

ANC NEC to discuss strengthening step-aside guidelines, empowering integrity commission

Veterans league president Snuki Zikalala said if members ‘stepped on the toes’ of the integrity commission, there must be immediate consequences

  • Lunga Mzangwe
4 min read
Embattled Justice Minister Thembi Simelane. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ANC INTEGRITY COMMISSION

Pressure mounts on ANC, Ramaphosa to deal with justice minister over VBS

Thembi Simelane on Wednesday met the ANC’s integrity commission regarding the loan she accepted from a middleman in the VBS scandal This content is restricted to registered users…

  • Emsie Ferreira
1 min read
Embattled Justice Minister Thembi Simelane. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ACTIONSA

Justice Minister Thembi Simelane to stay put, despite pressure to resign

The ANC’s integrity commission will review her involvement in a R575 600 loan from a fixer for the now-defunct VBS Mutual Bank This content is restricted to registered users and…

  • Mandisa Makgakga
1 min read
ANC stalwart Frank Chikane.
ANC

Veterans should lead the ANC’s renewal, says Chikane

The ANC embarked on a programme of renewal in 2017 after it emerged that it had been complicit in state capture.

  • Lizeka Tandwa
4 min read
Reverend Frank Chikane. Photograph: James Puttick
ANC INTEGRITY COMMISSION

Frank Chikane to take over as chair of ANC Integrity Committee

The ally of former president Thabo Mbeki could wield the axe over president Cyril Ramaphosa, who is yet to hear what the commission recommended about the Phala Phala scandal

  • Lizeka Tandwa
3 min read
The Mail & Guardian previously reported that Mkhize is understood to be preparing to resign from office over the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) probe into the irregular awarding of a R150-million Covid-19 communications tender to his long-term associates. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION

Two women punted as frontrunners to replace Mkhize

Ramaphosa is said to be considering appointing former Gauteng health MEC Dr Gwen Ramokgopa or Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as the minister of health

  • Lizeka Tandwa
3 min read
‘Candid and frank’: Former president Jacob Zuma (right) chats to Khanyisile and Sandile Ngcobo as Mike Mabuyakhulu looks on during a campaign visit to Shakaskraal in April 2019. (Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

ANC move to ‘stand aside’ is falling flat

Corruption-accused cadres are staying put as provincial rulings contradict NEC’s resolution to clean up the party.

  • Paddy Harper
7 min read