IFP claims victory in three KZN by-elections

[FILE] IFP supporters celebrating a victory The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has claimed victory in all three by-elections held in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday.  The hotly contested polls took place in ward 12 in AbaQulusi and in wards 7 and 20 in Nongoma.  All three wards became vacant after the resignation of councillors.   The IFP now…

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Mchunu unfit to be Police Minister: Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu testifies before the Ad Hoc Committee on October 21, 2025. The KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, says Senzo Mchunu is no longer fit to be Police Minister. This follows President Cyril Ramaphosa’s response to the questions of Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee. Ramaphosa says Mchunu did not consult him about…

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Tshwane deputy mayor probed amid water tanker corruption allegations

Water tanker servicing an area. The City of Tshwane is once again embroiled in a heated political battle as corruption allegations resurface regarding a massive R777 million water tanker project. The controversy has sparked a public rift between former coalition partners, with accusations of falsified records and administrative negligence. Corruption allegations are related to the…

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Nkabinde and Mchunu’s relationship appeared suspicious: Mkhwanazi

Cedrick Nkabinde testifying before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee, 19 November 2025. KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says the relationship between the Chief of Staff in the Police Ministry Cedrick Nkabinde and Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, who is on special leave, was suspicious, describing it as a possible cover up. He is rounding up his…

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Mkhwanazi reiterates suspicion that Mchunu was captured

KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi appears before the Ad Hoc Committee on 18 March 2026. KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says he is still convinced that Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, who has been placed on special leave, was not the mastermind behind the letter to disband the Political Killings Task Team. He is rounding up…

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