There was a heart-stopping moment in the National Council of Provinces on Thursday morning – with both MP candidates and guests in the gallery holding their collective breath – as chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng began the proceedings by citing a constitutional requirement that prohibits a convicted criminal from becoming an MP. Mogoeng, without naming names,..
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Prisoner to parliamentarian: EFF’s Kenny Motsamai sworn in – Motsamai spent 28 years in jail for killing a white traffic officer
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‘MK Veterans’ up for police promotion were still in nappies during apartheid
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The promotion of hundreds of former MK and Azanian People’s Liberation Army (Apla) soldiers to senior ranks within the police‚ allegedly because of the military experience they gained fighting apartheid forces‚ is being questioned. Documents in the possession of the trade union Solidarity show that many of the more than 600 officers said to be..
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Worst is yet to come in SA! Police to promote MK, Apla freedom fighters to top rank, former MK and Apla members in the police service will then be officers
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The SA Police Service (SAPS) is planning to promote 37 former Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) and Azanian People’s Liberation Army (Apla) freedom fighters to the top rank of General – a move that could see some of them skip as many as five ranks. According to police planning documents obtained by City Press’ sister publication, Rapport,..
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