Several senior Eastern Cape ANC MPLs will not return to the legislature after being left off the party’s provincial candidate list for the 2024 general election. The IEC released the final candidate lists for parliament and the nine provincial legislatures on Wednesday. Seasoned politicians who did not make the cut include former health MEC Sindiswa Gomba, standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) provincial chair Mxolisi Dimaza, transport portfolio committee chair Xolani Malamlela and .
Police minister Bheki Cele is in the spotlight this week not for crime-fighting efforts but for a controversial Rugby World Cup trip in France in which SAPS spent nearly half a million rand for his executive assistant to attend with him.