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KZN ANC establishes teams to deal with political killings
The provincial party held a briefing on its plans to deal with political challenges facing KwaZulu-Natal.
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Mkhize to fight against graft, restoring ANC image if elected as party leader
Zweli Mkhize says that after the December conference, the ANC must focus on the integrity of its leaders so that South Africans can regain trust in the organisation.
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Sindiso Magaqa's family 'devastated' by his death
Magaqa and two other ANC councillors were shot in a hail of bullets two months ago.
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Dlamini-Zuma: Magaqa's life should serve as lesson
Senior ANC leaders and members have descended on Sindiso Magaqa's home village in Ibisi in uMzimkhulu.
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'Ipid harrasing, intimidating me over Moerane Commission presentations'
KZN Ipid ethics manager Amar Maharaj says days before he was due to appear before the commission he was harassed and questioned on his authority to submit evidence.
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Salga: KZN political killings about yearning for state power
Salga says that the murders have taken place in municipalities that are already dysfunctional and have weak human resources systems.
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SA may need to review councillor system, Moerane Commission told
On Tuesday the South African Local Government Association made presentations in Mayville where it unpacked the impact of the murders on local government.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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‘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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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EC police tight-lipped on motive for ANC councillor's murder
But it's widely believed Thozama Njobe, an ANC councillor, was killed in a hit.
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SA has become a dysfunctional democracy, Moerane Commission told
The Moerane Commission of Inquiry has heard South Africa has become a dysfunctional democracy.
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Murdered EC municipality speaker was aware of assassination plot
Thozama Njobe died in hospital on Monday night after being shot several times.
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Speaker of EC municipality gunned down in suspected hit
Thozama Njobe was shot several times while the other person she was with was unharmed.
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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.
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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.
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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.
