Tag Archives: Nathi Mthethwa

‘Zuma murdered our people’, Says Malema

August 20, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema on Sunday called for President Jacob Zuma and Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa to step down. Malema, addressing striking workers, said Zuma did not do anything to prevent the killings at the Lonmin mine … read more »

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Mine ‘bloodbath’ shocks post-apartheid South Africa (Pictures & Video)

August 17, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Police shot dead more than 30 at Marikana mine; Brutal images shock post-apartheid South Africa; President Zuma cuts short Mozambique trip; World platinum prices spike, Lonmin shares slump. The killing by police of more than 30 striking platinum miners in … read more »

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‘We are sitting on a ticking bomb’

July 3, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Pietermaritzburg – Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has demanded immediate answers on corruption allegations involving top ANC and government leaders. This includes a charge that Gugu Mtshali, partner of Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, solicited bribes in exchange for facilitating a … read more »

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S.Africa: 43 presidential remission offenders back in jail

June 12, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Johannesburg – Forty-three of the offenders who were granted special remission of sentence by President Jacob Zuma are back in jail, the department of correctional services said on Tuesday. President Jacob Zuma announced on April 27 – Freedom Day – … read more »

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South Africa to release up to 35,000 from crowded prisons

April 29, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

South African authorities say they are releasing up to 35,000 offenders to ease overcrowding in the nation’s prisons. Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said Saturday some 14,600 prison inmates will be released “conditionally or unconditionally,” along with more than 20,000 offenders … read more »

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South Africa: The reign of thugs

January 27, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

One way of measuring the quality of a democracy is to assess the behaviour of its police. The recent brutal attack on the Unemployed People’s Movement leader Ayanda Kota reveals the sad state of democracy in South Africa. There are … read more »

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S.Africa Julius slams the ANC over broken promises

October 23, 2011 by benim

A DEFIANT Julius Malema yesterday warned party bosses that his expulsion would not end the poor’s anger over government’s failure to deliver on promises made since 1994. Speaking at a packed community hall in Diepsloot – near Fourways in Johannesburg … read more »

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No Malema threats – Nathi

September 16, 2011 by benim

Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa on Friday said that ANCYL leader Julius Malema had not reported any bomb threats to the South African Police Service (SAPS). Speaking to Talk Radio 702′s Redi Thlabi in August, Malema alleged that he was being … read more »

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SAfrica female cop’s sex video pain

August 17, 2011 by benim

The family of the female police officer at the centre of a row about explicit sex video pictures splashed in a daily newspaper is devastated at the disclosure. They fear that the woman may take her own life as the … read more »

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S.Africa fraud buster slams top cop over lease deal

July 14, 2011 by benim

A corruption investigator ruled Thursday that South Africa’s national police chief was guilty of “maladministration” in a lease deal that saw police try to pay three times the market rate for a building. Public Protector Thuli Madonsela slammed Police Commissioner … read more »

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South African Malema’s guards cost over R886 000

November 9, 2010 by benim

ANC youth league leader Julius Malema cost taxpayers over R886 000 for police bodyguards, it emerged on Tuesday. In written reply to a parliamentary question by Pieter Groenewald of the Freedom Front Plus, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said the VIP … read more »

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