Author: Kgaogelo Magolego

The ANC has come out strongly against the Democratic Alliance over the latter’s misinformation campaign against South Africa which has led to adverse action against the country by the US Donald Trump administration. The ANC said the former opposition and now partner in the Government of National Unity was desperately trying to get the Trump administration to help it reverse transformative policies that it has failed to block in parliament. The hard hitting criticism follows revelations that the DA’s foreign affairs spokesperson Emma Powel visited Washington DC where she spread false claims about a supposed white genocide underway in South…

It was a busy day in Pretoria as various groupings took to the streets in support Kwazulu-Natal Police Commissioner and also demanding that President Cyril Ramaphosa resign. uMkhonto weSizwe pulled the largest crowd that marched from Church Square to the police headquarters before proceeding to the Union Buildings where memorandums were submitted. MKP said the allegations made by Mkhwanazi which include that the criminal justice system has been infiltrated by criminal syndicates and that high ranking officials as well as politicians such as police minister Senzo Mchunu are captured by the syndicates warrant immediate action. The party rejected Ramaphosa’s decision…

Operation Dudula has vowed to intensify its campaign against illegal foreigners even in light of fierce resistance by pro-immigration NGOs. Scores of Operation Dudula members on Thursday gathered at the Marry Fitzgerald Square in New Town, Johannesburg before marching to Braamfontein to submit to the Socio-Economic Rights Institute ( SERI) and the South African Human Rights Commission, an event that quickly escalated when they found a larger crowd of pro-SERI protesters blocking the NGO’s entrance vowing to defend it. Glad in red t-shirts of Abahlali Basemjondolo (Land rights pressure group), the counter protesters were steadfast in their blockade accusing Operation…

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu will continue serving as a Member of Parliament as well as in the ANC’s National Executive Committee and National Working Committee. ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula who briefed the media on Tuesday said President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to place Mchunu on “special leave” does not affect his role in the party. “Comrade Senzo is a member of the NWC. He’s a member of the NEC. There’s no curtailment on those roles. We in fact expected him to attend the meeting yesterday and he gave me an apology and I told him that I need to sit…

Newly formed anti immigrant pressure group March and March has rejected the call by government for it to stop blocking entrances at public health facilities. The group, along with Operation Dudula and some political parties have been blocking foreign nationals from accessing health services at public institutions insisting that only South Africans be accepted. March and March activist Johannes Maluleke who led one such campaign in Rossetenville, Johannesburg on Monday said government was not obliged to rollout services to immigrants arguing they ( foreign nationals) should pay for services rendered by private providers. “We want to say to President Cyril…

In a move that is raising eyebrows across the nation, President Cyril Ramaphosa has opted to keep Police Minister Senzo Mchunu in his position, even as serious allegations of criminal activity have been levelled against him by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. The decision comes as South Africa grapples with ongoing concerns over corruption within its law enforcement agencies. Following Mkhwanazi’s explosive allegations, which suggest a criminal syndicate may have infiltrated both law enforcement and intelligence structures in South Africa, President Ramaphosa has placed Mchunu on special leave. Critics view this as just a “paid holiday,” indicative of the government’s…

The suspended executives of the Road Accident Fund have threatened to reveal massive corruption involving the legal fraternity and other professionals in their fight for reinstatement. Collins Letsoalo and Sefore Modiba who have been suspended as CEO and Chief Investment Officer respectively held a joint media briefing in Pretoria on Saturday where they said they were undeterred. The two were adamant that their suspension was part of pushback that they said had captured the RAF and felt displaced by the current management. “I’m undeterred. So if the battle is coming, let’s have that battle,” said Letsoalo on his determination.Letsoalo said the…

National Police Commissioner has expressed reluctant support for the SAPS’ outspoken Kwazulu-Natal Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi who on sunday made damning allegations against among others Minister Senzo Mchunu. Chief among the allegations by Mkhwanazi during the unprecedented media briefing on Sunday is that Mchunu is being controlled by alleged criminal mastermind and businessman Vusimuzi Cat Matlala through an influence peddler known as Brown Mogotsi from the North West. Masemola held his own briefing in Pretoria on wednesday and tried to avoid the elephant in the room ( allegations of capture of the SAPS by drug cartels) only responding briefly to questions…

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes there’s no one more deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize than his close ally US President Donald Trump.Netanyahu this week announced he has nominated Trump for the coveted award saying the 45th and 47th President of the United States of America, arguably the most important (influential) man in the world has done more than anyone else to bring peace in various parts of the world, particularly in the Middle East where ironically, Israel happens to be the instigator and more escalation was recorded under Netanyahu’s leadership. President Trump is “forging peace as we speak,…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied the claim by his US counterpart that trade between the two countries is skewed in favour of South Africa. Trump made the claim in a letter to Ramaphosa in which he announces the imposition of a 30 percent trade tariff against South Africa. In the response, posted on his official X account, Ramaphosa cautiously dismissed Trump’s assertion also indicating that Washington’s interpretation of trade between the two countries was itself incorrect and was part of ongoing discussions. “This 30% tariff is based on a particular interpretation of the balance of trade between South Africa and…