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On guard: Rwandan soldiers patrol the Afungi Peninsula in the Palma district of Cabo Delgado province, near Total’s liquid natural gas facility. A contingent of a thousand Rwandan soldiers have, since July 2021, been in Mozambique to fight insurgents. (Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP)

Bonomado Machude Omar, Mozambique’s most wanted man

The leader of the insurgency in the country’s northern Cabo Delgado province is described as ‘sinister and brutal’ but ‘with a sense of justice’

Where there’s fire: Zandile Mafe, who has now been charged with terrorism and is homeless and could be mentally ill, seems an unlikely suspect, leading to the idea that he was used as a patsy by others. Photo: Gianluig Geurcia/AFP

Whispers of insurgency add up to a murky national security situation

Concerns abound about the parliament fire, with insiders saying the timing was suspicious and the truth may never come out, while intelligence and security clusters are worried.

insider said the SACP sought to have its chairperson, Blade Nzimande, remain a cabinet minister.

Timeline: State security-compromising attacks

Eskom, parliament, constitutional court, looting could all be linked. ‘We smell a rat’, says Blade Nzimande

Deputy President David Mabuza has offered to resign. (Jairus Mmutle/GCIS)

Our security cluster is strong, don’t panic, Mabuza says

The deputy president’s remarks come just hours after acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo warned that facilities were under threat from those wanting to destroy institutions…

Not briefed: Police Minister Bheki Cele (left) and police commissioner Khehla Sitole’s testimony at hearings into the July riots suggest monumental crime intelligence failures. (Jaco Marais/ Netwerk24/Gallo Images)

The security cluster remains the thorn in the ANC’s side

Despite a shake-up in defence and intelligence, the security cluster remains shaky ahead of potentially explosive elective conferences

Opposition Democratic Alliance posters are seen in Phoenix, north of Durban. (RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images)

DA in KZN to demand apology for race-bait Phoenix election posters

The party’s regional leadership, concerned at the impact the controversial posters will have on voters in the 1 November elections, insist they must be removed

A private security employee watches as a factory burns in Durban’s Sea Cow Lake area on 12 July. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Criminal probe recommended against multinational UPL for chemical spill

In a statement, United Phosphorus Ltd said that it was co-operating with authorities and the government.

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Editorial: We have all shielded powerful abusers

How many R Kellys are we harbouring? It’s a difficult question for all.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. Photo: Madelene Cronje

Effects of recent unrest on the economy set to linger, finance minister tells parliament

‘The unrest presents an untimely and negative effect on SA’s growth prospects,’ said Godongwana, adding that this could last for the next six quarters

Mboneni Tabane was arrested on 18 July and charged with incitement to commit public violence. His first court appearance was on 20 July, according to the National Prosecuting Authority’s Twitter page.

ANC: Accused insurrection instigator is innocent and will not be removed from election list

The ANC in Johannesburg says charges against a ward councillor accused of instigating last month’s looting and violence are trumped up

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Editorial: Black women’s burden

Viewing black women as strong and resilient does them a disservice

Suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule.

Magashule’s trial set for October

Court hears that the case against the accused in Free State asbestos case, including Magashule, relies on inadmissible Zondo commission testimony

Speak up: Former Defence and Military Veterans Minister; Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula during a media briefing. (Photo by Gallo Images / Beeld / Theana Breugem)

Top six chooses Mapisa-Nqakula as preferred parliamentary speaker candidate

Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, previously the defence minister, replaces Thandi Modise, who was deployed as the minister of defence in last week’s cabinet reshuffle.

Implicated: Security companies said to have given weapons to civilians in Phoenix include Royal Security, run by Roy Moodley (in red shirt), who is close to Jacob Zuma (centre), (Photo by Gallo Images / Sowetan / Thuli Dlamini)

Zuma funder link in Phoenix killings

Weapons have been seized from a number of security companies owned by ANC-linked individuals who are loyal to the former president

Legging it: Paddy Harper can now see the funny side of witnessing a looter making off with a stolen leg on Monday last week

My sense of fear is over, for now

Whatever last week was — half-assed coup or failed sparkling insurrection — the dread of impending apocalypse has dissipated

The 2021 July riots were the most widespread, coordinated, and visible instance of looting in South Africa.

The effects of the recent looting on South Africa’s young democracy

Rebuilding is crucial, but democracies cannot allow themselves to be held to ransom by the destruction of anarchists in dictating where public funds should be spent

Suspected looters were
made to lie down after police
apprehended them in Soweto. (Photo by James Oatway/Getty Images)

Six ‘instigators’ arrested as ‘insurrection’ investigation in KZN and Gauteng gains momentum

Three of those held for incitement have appeared in court and have been remanded in custody pending bail applications

Rooikat vehicles formed part of the army’s response to the July 2021 riots. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/ AFP/Getty

Security cluster disagrees over describing recent unrest as an ‘insurrection’

State Security Minister Ayanda Dlodlo and Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula are two leaders who disagreed with the ‘insurrection’ label, sources say