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Cele Tapes Saga continues 14h ago Further information in what is being dubbed the Cele Tapes Saga has revealed that convicted drug dealer and businessman Timmy Marimuthu advised Police Minister Bheki Cele to sideline certain top cops, investigate tenders and pull resources from the Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma (NDZ) campaign, and redirect them to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s CR17 campaign. These recordings were part of the taped conversations between Cele and former policeman Marimuthu. Marimuthu i...

Thursday 6 May 2021 - 2:50pm SACP Spokesperson Dr Alex Mashilo reacts to the suspension of ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule. Courtesy #DStv403​ JOHANNESBURG - The SACP says its fully behind the ANC decision to suspend the ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule and others who are implicated in corruption. Magashule has been suspended from the party after refusing to step-aside.

The publication of the claims in legal papers by amaBhungane in Daily Maverick suggests that the decision to provide Karpowership SA (which uses ships that produce power using liquefied natural gas) with the contracts to generate electricity as an independent power producer was corrupt. The claims point to a “close associate” of the minister. While there is already a complicated nexus of interests in the power production space, there is now a risk that this court action against the Departm...

Today marks 27 years since South Africa’s first democratic elections. Official celebrations to mark the occasion were held in Botshabelo, Free State under the theme “The year of Charlotte Maxeke: The meaning of freedom under Covid-19”.  Limited to 250 people, the event was attended by members of the Botshabelo community as well as politicians, a few ministers and ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule. President Cyril Ramaphosa, who addressed the nation as part of the day’s proceedings, s...

Freedom Day: Ramaphosa speaks, South Africa ‘celebrates’ amid protests Sandisiwe Shoba © Copyright (c) Daily Maverick , All Rights Reserved Today marks 27 years since South Africa’s first democratic elections. Official celebrations to mark the occasion were held in Botshabelo, Free State under the theme “The year of Charlotte Maxeke: The meaning of freedom under Covid-19”.  Limited to 250 people, the event was attended by members of the Botshabelo community as well ...

Danville Smith, the ANC’s shadow MEC for local government, appeared on charges of corruption in the Bellville Commercial Crimes Court on Friday, 9 April. His appearance came in the wake of a Hawks investigation into irregularities at the Cederberg municipality. Confirming Smith’s appearance, Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani said: “The matter relates to food parcels that were supposed to be delivered on Mandela Day in 2016, which were paid for and never delivered… during the accused’s tim...

For the first time, the opposition DA appears to be suggesting it could work, to an extent, with part of the ANC.  This appears to be an attempt to send out several signals. While it is unlikely to herald any immediate change in our politics, it does reveal how constituencies with big similarities are divided by party allegiance, when in fact their interests might be better served by working together. So, it is entirely possible that a realignment does occur at some point in the future. On Sun...

On Friday the Western Cape Judge President, John Hlophe, ruled that the prosecution in the case of former state security minister Bongani Bongo did not have a case against him, in the allegation that he had attempted to bribe a senior official to stop Parliament’s Eskom Inquiry. The ruling lands like a grenade in a set of dynamics involving the excruciating debate over the ANC’s “step aside” resolution, the recent attacks on the judiciary, and more importantly, the National Executive Co...

Free State police have opened a criminal case against organisers of an illegal gathering outside the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

General 20.2.2021 05:33 am Daily news update: Crime stats, Magashule in court and Wayde van Niekerk heads to the US The Citizen ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule appears in the dock during his first appearance at the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court on corruption charges, on 13 November 2020. Picture: EPA-EFE/Conrad Bornman ...