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Crime intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo. (Screenshot from Madlanga Commission)
ANC DELEGATES

Khumalo: ‘Big 5’ cartel paid ANC delegates and drove task team’s disbandment

Crime intelligence boss Dumisani Khumalo told the Madlanga commission that text messages from cartel leader Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala exposed links to ANC politics and police…

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
5 min read
Crime intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo. (Screenshot from Madlanga Commission)
CRIME INTELLIGENCE

Organised crime strengthened by compromised police service, says crime intelligence head Khumalo

He said organised crime thrived through police infiltration and political interference behind the disbandment of the political killings task team

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
4 min read
Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu.
BROWN MOKGOTSI

Masemola testifies that Mchunu believed political killings only happened before 1994

The national police commissioner said the political killings task team is still in operation with no clarity on its disbandment

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
5 min read
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.
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
SACP provincial secretary Themba Mthembu
ANC ALLIANCE PARTNERS

SACP calls for investigation into disbanded political killings task team

Violence monitor Mary de Haas months ago called for an investigation into the allegedly exorbitant spending on and by the team

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read
Undeterred: Whistleblower Thabiso Zulu sleeps in different locations every night to evade assassination. (Rogan Ward)
ACTIVISM

Story of a whistleblower: ‘Baba, do you think you are about to die?

Whistleblower Thabiso Zulu can’t explain his situation to his son, but continues to expose wrongdoing and show solidarity with others

  • John G Clarke
13 min read
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

ANC Durban election candidate shot dead while on door-to-door campaign

One other man was shot dead and two others were rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
Stolen dockets, tender corruption, unaccountable leadership and criminals rob South Africans of their dreams of a safe future. Photo: File
ANC

ANC council candidate stabbed to death outside party meeting

The brutal murder of an Eastern Cape ANC member puts political killings in the province, and in the country, into sharp focus just before the local government elections

  • Lizeka Tandwa
4 min read
Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

ANC fears more violence at branch meetings

Party secretaries have beefed up security as tensions at branch general meetings rise

  • Lizeka Tandwa
  • Paddy Harper
6 min read
Neglected: KwaZulu-Natal ANC branches say national leaders are fighting factional battles with the likes of Supra Mahumapelo (above) and not on their battles. Photo: Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo Images/ Netwerk 24/Beeld
ACE MAGASHULE

Selecting ANC councillor before addressing interim body a recipe for disaster — KZN branches

Branch leaders in the Lower South Coast region have told the party that the regional task team has outstayed its term

  • Lizeka Tandwa
6 min read
Two ANC leaders have been gunned down in separate incidents in KwaZulu-Natal since the weekend, sparking fears that the drop in political killings in the province may have been temporary.(Paul Botes/M&G)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Two dead in new ANC KwaZulu-Natal killings

A Mtubatuba councillor and a Hammarsdale ANC Youth League leader were shot yesterday near their homes

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
The commission also recommended a political education process in parties to promote ethical, nonviolent behaviour among members and to defuse interparty conflicts. (Khaya Ngwenya)
COUNTRY

Moerane’s proposals on KZN killings to take effect

​KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala wants to begin implementing the recommendations of the Moerane inquiry into political killing

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
This week’s M&G is now free to read. Staff Photographer
ACE MAGASHULE

Unembargoed: September 21 to 27

Showdown at Luthuli House: A minister’s bribe confession provides ammunition for Ace Magashule to fight back against President Ramaphosa

  • Mg Reporter
8 min read
This week’s M&G is now free to read. Staff Photographer
ACE MAGASHULE

Unembargoed: September 21 to 27

Showdown at Luthuli House: A minister’s bribe confession provides ammunition for Ace Magashule to fight back against President Ramaphosa

  • Mg Reporter
8 min read
Missed opportunity: (From left) Vasu Gounden, MTK Moerane SC and Cheryl Potgieter made only cautious recommendations in their final report. (Madelene Cronjé)
GLEBELANDS HOSTELS

Moerane commission report a dud

It failed to recommend that people implicated in the KwaZulu-Natal killings face prosecution

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
Major General Dumezweni Chiliza is alleged to have covered up crimes at the Glebelands Hostel. (Rogan Ward)
INDEPENDENT POLICE INVESTIGATIVE DIRECTORATE

Top cop lied to commission, says witness

Ipid has been asked to investigate perjury charges against a KwaZulu-Natal police general

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
The report recommends that political parties must “take responsibility for the violent competition between their members for political positions and power”. (Khaya Ngwenya)
GLEBELANDS HOSTELS

Moerane Commission: Politicians must take responsibility for KZN’s violent culture

During its more than 12 months of hearings, the Commission heard claims of South African Police Service (SAPS) complicity

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
The commission was chaired by Advocate Marumo Moerane, SC, supported by commissioners Vasu Gounden and Professor Cheryl Potgieter. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)
CHERYL POTGIETER

Moerane Commission Report to be made public

The report’s long-awaited release comes at a time when police have made some breakthroughs in investigating the killings

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
In the dock: (From left) Nkosinathi Gambu, Skhanyiso Zimu, Sifiso Mbhele, Mlungisi Zumu, Ayanda Ngubane and Gift Zungu were remanded in custody until September 20. (Ian Carbutt)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Deputy mayor’s kin on murder rap

The arrest of six men for the killing of a former councillor has rocked the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read