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Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Mchunu’s chief of staff says national commissioner ordered search and seizure to destroy evidence

Nkabinde claimed the purpose of the operation was to delete crucial evidence that would disprove Mkhwanazi’s allegations

Grave concern: President Cyril Ramaphosa (above) regards allegations against Police Minister Senzo Mchunu as requiring ‘the highest-priority attention’.

Ramaphosa puts Mchunu on leave of absence over police infiltration scandal

President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on leave following explosive allegations of criminal syndicates infiltrating law enforcement agencies

President Cyril Ramaphosa was mildly heckled by members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) during his State Of the Nation address (Sona) on Thursday as he tried to outline the government’s plan to deal with state capture. (Photo by NIC BOTHMA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Sona 2022: Ramaphosa mildly heckled during his address

As the president spoke about state capture, opposition MPs murmured disparagingly in a manner previously reserved for his predecessor Jacob Zuma

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo by Michele Spatari/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Sona 2022: Ramaphosa must make ‘decisive statements’ — opposition parties

Talk is over, the country needs action says Chief Zwelivelile Mandla Mandela ahead of the State of the Nation address

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

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Government relied on social media and mainstream media for updates on July unrest, says KwaZulu-Natal premier

Sihle Zikalala told the South African Human Rights Commission that the July unrest was the most destructive protest in the country’s history

Smoke rises from a Makro building set on fire overnight in Umhlanga, north of Durban, on July 13, 2021 as several shops, businesses and infrastructure were damaged in the city, following four nights of continued violence and looting. (Rajesh Jantilal/AFP)

Intelligence failure on co-ordinated insurrection will cost South Africa billions

The state’s inability to foresee or forestall this week’s frightening and destructive series of events defies explanation

Minister of International Relations and Co-operations Naledi Pandor. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Ministers go into self-isolation

Two ministers have taken precautions after a Dirco employee tested positive for the virus

On Monday, Ronnie Kasrils (R) said the intelligence services were central to former president Jacob Zuma’s “fight back” campaign, and that this began almost immediately after Zuma was sacked in 2004. (Gallo)

Kasrils says he warned ANC about factions using spooks

The report, released on Saturday by President Cyril Ramaphosa, details how the intelligence services were used to advance Jacob Zuma’s interests

According to the front-page article, a senior official at the agency said Letsatsi-Duba was used to spy on her cadres ahead of the ANC’s Polokwane conference in 12 years ago and had earned millions for her efforts.(Ziyaad Douglas/Gallo)

New security minister talks tough on state ‘sabotage’

Minister Letsatsi-Duba intends to conduct a skills audit in the state security department to ensure key positions are occupied by qualified people

After the meeting

ANC chief whip wants state security minister to be investigated

Bongo allegedly received instructions from Eskom’s Zethembe Khoza to bribe the head evidence leader and collapse the inquiry into the utility.

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. (Reuters)

Why the public protector’s Absa billions report should be binned according to SARB

In its application to review Mkhwebane’s report the Reserve Bank listed what it calls a number of “evidential factual inaccuracies therein”.

Patriotic: MKMVA soldiers on parade.

Military veterans eye private firms for state security

"the security service industry is lucrative: South Africans spent in excess of R45-billion on private security last year alone."