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Carl Niehaus at the Estcourt Magistrates Court on Monday, 16 May 2022. Picture: Nhlanhla Mabaso/Eyewitness News

Mkmva

Carl Niehaus plans to sue the State, NPA for wrongful and malicious prosecution

By Nkosikhona Duma

Carl Niehaus instructed his lawyer Nthabiseng Mokoena to file a discharge application in terms of Section 174 of the criminal procedure act last month.

  • FILE: David Mahlobo briefing the media on the outcomes of the Peace and Stability commission at the ANC’s elective conference. Picture: Eyewitness News

    Joint MKMVA conference set to kick off in East London this week

    Chair of the peace and stability sub-committee, David Mahlobo, confirmed that it would sit from Thursday to Saturday.

    112 days ago
  • Fifty-three military veterans accused of holding ministers Thandi Modise, Mondli Gungubele and deputy minister Thabang Makwetla against their will appeared in court on Tuesday for bail applications. Picture: Pool/Jacques Nelles

    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 last week.

    297 days ago
  • Defence Minister Thandi Modise, Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele and Deputy Minister of Defence Thabang Makwetla  were held hostage by former liberation combatants at St George’s hotel outside Pretoria on 14 October 2021. Picture: EWN.

    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.

    304 days ago
  • FILE: Margaret Holloway was enjoying the sunlight at her old age home on Sunday in Westdene when she was hit by the bullet.Picture: SAPS.

    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.

    341 days ago
  • ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte briefing media on 7 September 2021. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    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.

    341 days ago
  • FILE: Police are now investigating allegations that mourners discharged firearms at the funeral, firing shots into the air. Picture: Pexels.com

    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.

    342 days ago
  • FILE:  Fomer Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association President Kebby Maphatsoe. Picture: dmv.gov.za

    ‘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.

    343 days ago
  • FILE: Kebby Maphatsoe. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    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.

    344 days ago
  • Deputy President David Mabuza at the Mpumalanga Show on 31 August 2019. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    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.

    346 days ago
  • The ANC on Wednesday arriving at the home of former MKMVA president and Deputy Defence and Military Veterans Minister Kebby Maphatsoe. Picture: Veronica Makhoali/Eyewitness News.

    '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.

    348 days ago
  • FILE: Kebby Maphatsoe, uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans' Association president. Picture: GCIS.

    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.

    348 days ago
  • FILE: Kebby Maphatsoe. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    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.

    348 days ago
  • FILE: Kebby Maphatsoe, uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans' Association president. Picture: GCIS.

    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.

    349 days ago
  • FILE: Kebby Maphatsoe. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    ANC MKMVA leader Kebby Maphatsoe has passed away

    Maphatsoe served as Deputy Minister of Defence from 2014 to 2019.

    349 days ago
  • FILE: Former MKMVA spokesperson Carl Niehaus addresses the crowd outside the state capture commission on 19 July 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    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.

    404 days ago
  • A screengrab of a small group of people dressed in uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) uniforms blocking a police vehicle trying to make its way into former President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla homestead on 7 July 2021.

    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.

    404 days ago
  • FILE: Carl Niehaus, former spokesperson of the uMkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association, led supporters of former President Jacob Zuma in a protest on 9 October 2020, demanding Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo step down from the commission of inquiry into state capture, accusing him of bias against Zuma. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/Eyewitness News

    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.

    404 days ago
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