The police in Makhanda are looking for a Facebook user for questioning in connection with racist and derogatory comments purportedly posted from her profile.
Jessie Duarte urges SACP to help end factional battles in ANC
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Johannesburg - ANC acting secretary-general Jessie Duarte wants the SACP to help her party to strengthen debates and internal party democracy following the outbreak of factional battles within the governing party.
SACP leaders have also been asked to play a meaningful role in the affairs of the ANC including in top positions in all spheres of government.
Duarte made the call to SACP leadership and membership saying that the ANC was threatened by an emergence of a cult of leaders within it who are posing a serious threat to its renewal and unity.
Arrested Khayelitsha cops appear in court for corruption and theft
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Cape Town - The case against the four police officers accused of corruption and theft has been postponed to Monday.
Thandubuzwe Mretsu, Patience Nolundi Quba, Ntsikelelo Matyila and Zweledinga Sontshalabe stationed at Harare police station made a brief appearance at the Khayelitsha Magistrate s Court on Wednesday, after they were arrested on Tuesday.
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila said Mretsu, Matyila and Sontshalabe were charged with corruption and theft while Qubu was also charged with pointing a firearm. He said their case has been postponed, and that there was an outcome of an identity parade.
So, these days, when I hear about the ANC splitting, it really doesn’t feel realistic, to put it mildly. Ace Magashule, Tony Yengeni, Bathabile Dlamini, Supra Mahumapelo, Karl Niehaus et al could walk out tomorrow and nothing would happen.
Politics have not been ruled out of the recent controversy in which the qualifications of the newly appointed North West social development head of department (HOD) were questioned.
It has also emerged that Smuts Matshe, chairperson of the SA Communist Party in the North West, was among the candidates who did not make the cut for the position, which he had applied and been interviewed for. There’s more to this story Subscribe to News24 and get access to our
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