IEC CEO Sy Mamabolo presents 2024 Elections Report to Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee on July 15, 2025. The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) CEO, Sy Mamabolo, says they faced an unprecedented number of challenges during last year’s general elections. Mamabolo highlights disinformation on social media as a major concern, stressing the need for ongoing…
Protestors attend march in support of KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi in Durban on July 15, 2025. Organisers of the #HandsOffMkhwanazi march in Durban are demanding the protection of KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. They also say they reject President Cyril Ramaphosa’s establishment of the judicial commission of inquiry to probe his implication of senior police…
[File photo] KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi briefing councillors, traditional leaders, Community Police Forum (CPF) members and station commanders on August 23, 2024. Organisations, including civic group Umnotho Wabantu Abansundu, will march on Tuesday in support of KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. The march follows Mkhwanazi’s allegations that senior police officials, including Minister Senzo Mchunu,…
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the government wants the Commission of Inquiry into allegations of crime syndicates and collusion with some police members to be fast-tracked. She says this is for the security of the people of this country. Ntshavheni was briefing the media in Parliament after…
Deputy Police Minister, Dr Polly Boshielo speaks at a memorial service in Bloemfontein, Free State on May 6, 2025. The Deputy Police Minister, Dr Polly Boshielo says in terms of the law, she cannot be appointed as acting minister. The appointment of Firoz Cachalia as acting minister has been met with mixed reactions. This comes…
Mpumalanga Premier Mandla Ndlovu. Mpumalanga Premier Mandla Ndlovu has made several changes to his executive council. Education MEC Cathy Dlamini and Department of Economic Development and Tourism MEC Makhosazane Masilela have been sacked. Ndlovu says the changes were necessary to ensure proper governance of the province. A few months ago, the Education Department was embroiled…
IEC CEO Sy Mamabolo The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) will on Tuesday present its report on the 2024 general elections to Parliament’s Home Affairs Portfolio Committee. The report highlights several achievements, including the successful integration of independent candidates into national and provincial elections. The IEC also lauds the achievement of the largest ever…
Firoz Cachalia. The appointment of Firoz Cachalia as acting Minister of Police has been met with mixed reactions. Cachalia was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa as the constitution allows for the appointment of no more than two ministers outside of the National Assembly. This comes after allegations by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lt Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi,…
Lt General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party has handed over a memorandum to the leadership of the police at the Gauteng provincial police headquarters in support of Kwazulu-Natal (KZN) Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. The party says it wants to save the country from crime and corruption. Over a week ago Mkhwanazi…
ActionSA provincial Chairperson for KZN, Zwakele Mncwango, with party President, Herman Mashaba. ActionSA in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) says it does not support President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to establish a judicial commission of inquiry to probe allegations of corruption in the police. The commission will investigate allegations related to criminal syndicates’ infiltration of institutions in the criminal…
