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2 more struggle vets implicated in Modise, Gungubele hostage saga granted bail
They are among the 53 vets who allegedly held Defence Minister Thandi Modise, Presidency Minister Mondli Gungubele and Deputy Minister Thabang Makwetla hostage...
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UPDATE: Modise, Gungubele rescued after being held hostage by military veterans
Scores of police were deployed to St George’s hotel outside Pretoria as a meeting between the combatants and the government ministers deteriorated into a shouting match.
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Woman hit by stray bullet fired during Maphatsoe funeral feels lucky to be alive
Margaret Holloway is recovering at Helen Joseph Hospital, but doctors have told her the bullet lodged in her leg would have to stay there for the rest of her life because it was too risky to remove it.
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ANC calls for action against those who fired guns at Maphatsoe funeral
Members of the now-defunct MKMVA were seen and heard firing off guns in honour of Kebby Maphatsoe, who died of heart failure last week. An old age home resident was hit by a stray bullet fired from the funeral.
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Attempted murder case opened after elderly woman wounded at Maphatsoe funeral
The disbanded Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association's president's funeral was held on Sunday at the West Park Cemetery in Johannesburg.
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‘It was a blue lie’- Maphatsoe’s comrades dismiss claims he was an apartheid spy
Kebby Maphatsoe was laid to rest at the Westpark Cemetery in Johannesburg on Sunday.
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ANC heavyweights turn out for funeral of MKMVA head Kebby Maphotsoe
It's understood that MKMVA head Kebby Maphotsoe had specifically asked for certain ANC members to speak at his funeral.
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Mabuza: The ANC will unite and correct itself
African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President David Mabuza conceded that the ANC was facing crippling problems and he's called for unity in honour of the late Kebby Maphatsoe.
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'We've suffered a tragic loss': ANC honours late MKMVA leader Maphatsoe
The former deputy minister of defence and military veterans and head of the now-disbanded Umkhonto We Sizwe Military Veterans' Association has been hailed for his courageous contribution to democracy.
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ANC MKMVA leader Kebby Maphatose died of a heart attack, family confirms
The leader of the African National Congress (ANC)'s disbanded uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) died at his home in Meyersdal on Tuesday.
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Kebby Maphatsoe's passing leaves a deep void amongst all of us - Niehaus
The 58-year-old died in his sleep at his Joburg home on Tuesday.
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Maphatsoe hailed for cementing the MKMVA in modern day ANC politics
The MKMVA’s rise to prominence was largely linked to former President Jacob Zuma’s dominance and Maphatsoe was an avid supporter of Zuma until his final days.
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ANC MKMVA leader Kebby Maphatsoe has passed away
Maphatsoe served as Deputy Minister of Defence from 2014 to 2019.
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Carl Niehaus to lodge appeal against suspension from ANC
Spokesperson of the already disbanded uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans’ Association (MKMVA), Carl Niehaus, insists that the actions he has been suspended for from the African National Congress (ANC) were part of the collective and not just his own doing.
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Zuma supporters block police vehicle from entering Nkandla homestead
A small group of people dressed in uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) uniform have blocked a police vehicle trying to make its way into former President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla homestead.
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ANC suspends Carl Niehaus with immediate effect
The party’s national executive committee (NEC), which held a special meeting on Monday, said that inflammatory speeches made by Carl Niehaus over the weekend while dressed in ANC regalia had brought the organisation into disrepute.
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Mabe: MKMVA's defiance aims to give an impression of a crisis within ANC
ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe told Eyewitness News there was nothing new about bringing former combatants together and the decision was adopted at the ANC’s 2017 elective conference.
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MKMVA: We will form a human shield around Jacob Zuma
On Friday, MKMVA's Carl Niehaus, who has been deployed to Zuma’s Nkandla home following a NEC meeting on Thursday night, threatened that there would be instability in the country if the former leader was apprehended.
