-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
‘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.
-
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.
-
'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.
-
‘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.
-
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.
-
SA has become a dysfunctional democracy, Moerane Commission told
The Moerane Commission of Inquiry has heard South Africa has become a dysfunctional democracy.
-
Speaker of EC municipality gunned down in suspected hit
Thozama Njobe was shot several times while the other person she was with was unharmed.
-
‘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.
-
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.
-
Moerane Commission hears of culture of murders for political favours
A UKZN academic says the criminal justice system in KwaZulu-Natal is also complacent and perpetrators are rarely held to account.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Commission probing KZN political killings hears Zuma may be linked to violence
Community activist Vanessa Burger told the commission even President Jacob Zuma is involved through those supporting him in KZN.
-
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.
-
Commission probing KZN political killings to resume work
Last month, the Public Protector’s office found the eThekwini Municipality and police failed to prevent and investigate crime in the area.
