Former president Thabo Mbeki calls on Cyril Ramaphosa and senior ANC leaders to take responsibility for the party’s poor electoral performance. The ANC’s National Executive Committee (NEC) is meeting on Thursday at the Birchwood Conference Centre in Boksburg to assess the party’s performance in the 2026 Local Government Elections, which saw its national electoral support fall to a historic low. The meeting comes amid mounting pressure on the party’s leadership, following former president Thabo Mbeki’s calls for President Cyril Ramaphosa…
KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has been accused of offering to stall a criminal investigation into businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala in return for information on former national deputy police commissioner Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya. The allegation was made by KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Maj-Gen Lesetja Senona during testimony before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria on Tuesday. Senona told the commission that he had a personal relationship with Matlala, confirming that they were introduced at his wedding in Mamelodi in…
Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu is facing fresh and explosive allegations after an undercover police officer, known as Witness E, told the Madlanga Commission that Mchunu personally attempted to coach him into lying under oath. The commission on Monday played an audio recording of a phone call that Witness E says captures Mchunu urging him to submit a fabricated statement to the inquiry. The recording places the suspended minister at the centre of an alleged attempt to undermine the commission’s…
The African National Congress (ANC) in Johannesburg has accused the South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) of fuelling divisions within the party by alleging that the recent regional leadership election process was rigged. Johannesburg ANC Regional Secretary Sasabona Manganye says SANCO’s claims are creating factions within the organisation and undermining internal democracy. This follows reports that ballot papers were allegedly found at a house in Centurion belonging to the officer who presided over the ANC’s 16th Regional Conference held in…