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  • FILE: Members of the Moerane Commission of Inquiry visit the Glebelands Hostel in Umlazi on 21 July 2017 to assess and gather evidence on political killings around KwaZulu-Natal. Picture: Gallo Images/City Press/Siyanda Mayeza

    Another person killed at Glebelands Hostel in Umlazi

    The Glebelands Hostel has been the subject of the Moerane Commission of Inquiry investigating political killings in KwaZulu-Natal.

    1846 days ago
  • Moerane Commission of Inquiry Chair Advocate Marumo Moerane visits the Glebelands hostel in KZN. Picture: Ziyanda Ngcobo/EWN

    Moerane Commission finds bullet holes in corrugated iron at Glebelands hostel

    This week the commission was told about the rivalry between two blocks at Glebelands which has led to the ongoing violence over the past few years.

    1851 days ago
  • The Moerane Commission of Inquiry is investigating political killings in KwaZulu-Natal. Picture: Ziyanda Ncgobo/EWN

    Moerane Commission: Witness to speak under police guard

    Today the inquiry is concluding this round of hearings as it investigates the underlying causes of political killings in KwaZulu-Natal.

    1852 days ago
  • The Moerane Commission of Inquiry is investigating political killings in KwaZulu-Natal. Picture: Ziyanda Ncgobo/EWN

    Moerane Commission: SAPS, Ipid yet to respond to graft claims

    Parliament’s Portfolio Committee for Police has urged both the SAPS and Ipid to respond to allegations that corrupt officials who commit assaults are not held to account.

    1852 days ago
  • Reverend Sonto Thusi from the Umzinyathi Christian Council makes representations at the Moerane Commission of Inquiry on political killings in KZN. Picture: Ziyanda Ngcobo/EWN

    ‘Church has significant role to play in bringing peace, stability to KZN’

    The Moerane Commission has been told that violence in the communities they serve is driven by a hunger for power.

    1852 days ago
  • FILE: The Moerane Commission of Inquiry is investigating political killings in KwaZulu-Natal. Picture: Ziyanda Ngcobo/EWN.

    Parly calls on SAPS, Ipid to respond to allegations made at Moerane Commission

    The Moerane Commission of Inquiry heard damning claims that Ipid has failed to hold officers involved in assaults at the Glebelands Hostel accountable.

    1852 days ago
  • FILE: ANC MP Makhosi Khoza. Picture: Facebook.

    Mbalula: Makhosi Khoza not availing herself to help probe into threats

    Police Minister Fikile Mbalula says that Khoza refuses to deal with his office directly and only through Facebook.

    1853 days ago
  • Abahlali Basemjondolo leader Sibusiso Zikode at the Moerane Commission of Inquiry into political killings in KwaZulu-Natal. Picture: Ziyanda Ncgobo/EWN

    Moerane Commission: ANC leaders suppress activists to cover up corruption

    Abahlali president Sibusiso Zikode has shared with commissioners how others have been shot by police officers who were acting on instructions from senior politicians.

    1853 days ago
  • FILE: The Moerane Commission of Inquiry is investigating political killings in KwaZulu-Natal. Picture: Ziyanda Ncgobo/EWN

    'Police in KZN afraid of probing cases against politicians'

    Abahlali Basemjondolo President Sibusiso Zikode says some of the movement’s leaders have been told to stop their activism or face continued intimidation.

    1853 days ago
  • FILE: ANC flag. Picture: Supplied.

    ‘KZN police wounded, killed activists on orders of ANC politicians’

    Abahlali Basemjondolo's Sibusiso Zikode told the the Moerane Commission that nothing happens to cops who act under the instructions of senior officials.

    1853 days ago
  • The Moerane Commission of Inquiry is investigating political killings in KwaZulu-Natal. Picture: Ziyanda Ncgobo/EWN

    Ipid challenges activist's claims over KZN office, corruption

    Vanessa Burger shared how some police officers are supplying weapons to hitmen living at the Glebelands Hostel.

    1853 days ago
  • University of KwaZulu-Natal Professor Paulus Zulu makes academic submissions on political violence in KZN. Picture: Ziyanda Ngcobo/EWN

    SA has become a dysfunctional democracy, Moerane Commission told

    The Moerane Commission of Inquiry has heard South Africa has become a dysfunctional democracy.

    1854 days ago
  • Advocate Marumo Moerane. Picture: Ziyanda Ngcobo/EWN

    ‘Councillors' lack of qualifications main driver of political killings’

    UKZN academic Paulus Zulu says the main driver of political killings in the province is caused by the fact that councillors are not required to have a qualification.

    1854 days ago
  • FILE: The Moerane Commission of Inquiry is investigating political killings in KwaZulu-Natal. Picture: Ziyanda Ncgobo/EWN

    Traditional leaders: Our reduced power in local govt contributes to anarchy

    The Moerane Commission is investigating political killings in the KwaZulu-Natal province and the lack of arrests.

    1854 days ago
  • FILE: The Moerane Commission of Inquiry is investigating political killings in KwaZulu-Natal. Picture: Ziyanda Ncgobo/EWN

    Politicians use Glebelands Hostel to shop for assassins, commission hears

    Activist Vanessa Burger says that the reason why police have failed to make a single arrest since March 2014 is because some officers are directly involved in the violence.

    1855 days ago
  • Advocate Marumo Moerane. Picture: Ziyanda Ngcobo/EWN

    Money channeled through Glebeland hostel to fund KZN ANC, commission told

    In harrowing submissions made to the commission, activist Vanessa Burger shared how money is collected from Glebelands residents to remunerate assassins.

    1855 days ago
  • FILE: The Moerane Commission of Inquiry is investigating political killings in KwaZulu-Natal. Picture: Ziyanda Ncgobo/EWN

    Glebelands hostel ‘a reservoir for assassinations’

    The Moerane Commission of Inquiry is investigating why at least 89 people have been murdered since March 2014 without a single arrest being made.

    1855 days ago
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