Makhozi Khoza has just announced that she is revoking her ANC membership to join the “the new anti-corruption movement of society and faith-based organisations”. Khoza made the announcement at a press briefing on Thursday at Lilliesleaf, Johannesburg. In a long, emotional speech she said that the ANC had become filled with corrupt leaders. “I have..
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Makhosi Khoza leaves ANC to join anti-corruption organisation
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Senzo Mchunu gives explosive details on KZN killings
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The manipulation of how councillors are selected stoked political violence in KwaZulu-Natal, said former provincial premier and ANC chairperson Senzo Mchunu. Mchunu, who was fired as premier after losing the November 2015 elective conference to current chairperson Sihle Zikalala, made the explosive disclosures at the Moerane Commission into political killings in KwaZulu-Natal. The elective conference..
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Jacaranda FM Advertiser ‘Had Enough’, Pulls Advertising Worth R100K
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“Black people should stop saying we [white people] are to blame for their problems”. Eric Barnard Meubels in Pretoria has pulled its advertising from Jacaranda FM because they do not want to be associated with a station that “gets involved with politics and mix it with business”. Manager and director of the popular furniture store,..
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Suspect walks into cash depot empty-handed and leaves R9-million richer without any effort
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The Hawks in the Northern Cape on Tuesday say they are still looking for a man who duped a cash depot into handing over R9-million to him. The man and his accomplice took off with the loot without any aggression‚ without any hostages‚ without any guns or explosives. The tale of how they made off..
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Thousands of illegal KZN ANC members uncovered ahead of December conference
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A northern KwaZulu-Natal councillor has claimed that they have uncovered thousands of illegal ANC members ahead of the elective conference in December. ANC councillor in Pongola‚ Nqaba Mkhwanazi‚ who gave evidence on Monday at the Moerane Commission which is sitting in KwaZulu-Natal to investigate political violence in the province‚ cited factionalism and corruption as being..
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EXCLUSIVE: Cash Paymaster Systems made R1-billion profit paying social grants
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Over the past five years Cash Paymaster Systems recorded a pre-tax profit of R1.1-billion from paying social grants on behalf of the government, the outsourced service provider told the Constitutional Court on Tuesday. After tax the net profit came to R705-million, the now infamous American-listed company said. That translates to a profit to shareholders of..
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Mother of Mitchells Plain accused of killing newborn, hiding body under mattress
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A Mitchells Plain mother has been arrested after she allegedly choked her newborn son to death and hid him under a mattress. According to a source close to the case, the woman was pregnant by a married man. The incident happened at the mother’s Beacon Valley home on Saturday afternoon. A suspicious visitor told her..
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Home Affairs Director-General placed on ‘suspension’ without any reason given – Government is hiring and firing again
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Home Affairs Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize has announced the department’s Director-General Mkuseli Apleni, has been placed on precautionary suspension as of Monday. The minister announced the suspension in a terse, one-line statement on Monday afternoon.The sanction was confirmed in a one-sentence statement released by Mkhize without any reason given. Apleni’s tenure at the department of Home..
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Zumas house of cards tumbling around him
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On this day in 2008, the then ANC national executive committee (NEC) met to deliberate on the controversial Nicholson judgment. The die had already been cast. Outside the Pietermaritzburg High Court a week earlier, the then ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema had declared “the problem in the country is Thabo Mbeki and his people”…
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SA deploys more women UN peacekeepers to curb sexual abuse
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The United Nations believes that putting more women peacekeepers in the field may curb sexual abuse by its own troops. South Africa, which has been accused of some of the worst sexual offences in the UN, currently has the highest number of women deployed on peacekeeping missions according to Defense Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, but two..
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Scopa to call KPMG to parliament over SARS ‘rogue unit’ retraction
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Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Sopa) will call KPMG to appear before parliament to account on its conduct regarding the SA Revenue Service (SARS) ‘rogue unit’ report and the subsequent withdrawal of some parts of this report, it said in a statement on Monday. Scopa’s ANC study group whip Mnyamezeli Booi said: “KPMG must..
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83 SANDF Cars Destroyed In Fire In Wallmannstal during fire rescue training – They should contain fires, not create fires
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The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) says it’s investigating an incident where 83 military vehicles were destroyed in a fire at its vehicle depot in Wallmannstal, north of Pretoria. The incident took place last week when the fire rescue team was conducting training at the area, the grass caught fire and subsequently spread to..
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‘The new Guptas’ score billion-rand deal
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South Africa’s “new Guptas” — former jailbirds Gayton McKenzie and Kenny Kunene — are being lined up to be BEE partners in a multibillion-rand gas deal. The pair, said to enjoy a cosy relationship with President Jacob Zuma, travelled to Russia three weeks ago to sell themselves to Russian company Rosgeo as possible BEE partners..
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Ventersdorp is defaced with graffiti of hate speech on road signs and walls
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The police in Ventersdorp are investigating a case of intentional property damage after road signs and walls in the town has been defaced with hate speech on. The hate speech appeared on Tuesday after Black First Land First (BFLF) supporters attended a Steve Biko day. Residents attacked social media on Wednesday with regards to the..
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ANC has damaged our humanity
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The ANC has not just messed up the foundations of our democracy. It has also committed an arguably worse moral sin: contributing significantly to reduced levels of humanity and public trust in the citizens of our beloved country. I have the awkward but enormous pleasure and privilege of framing and facilitating sharp debate on radio..
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