Samkelo Mtshali

Contributing Journalist

Big boots to fill | When footballers follow in the glorious footsteps of their fathers, it is quite the sight to behold

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From Justin Kluivert's Premier League hat-trick to Timothy Weah's Serie A success, a new generation of football stars are creating their own legacies while honouring ...

EFF 10th birthday bash to be a ‘festival of the poor’

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‘Since the existence of the EFF you have seen the former liberation movement dropping; 2014 they dropped, 2016 they dropped, 2019 they dropped, 2021 they dropped ...

Family puzzled by murder of IFP councillor Mkhwanazi

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“My brother was a people’s person, this will be clear at his funeral on Sunday. He was always at the forefront of looking out for things that will help his community ...

Speaker Mapisa-Nqakula upset with Zondo’s criticism of Parliament over implementation of state capture recommendations

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“It’s not so much that as parliament we are beyond reproach, we do not want criticism, no no…it is about a head of the judiciary, a Chief Justice of the republic ...

Ace Magashule ‘not the only one’ EFF is trying to recruit

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EFF leader Julius Malema says his party is in advanced talks with expelled former ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule.

Magashule ‘not the only one’ EFF is trying to recruit

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Julius Malema, the no holds barred leader of the red berets, this week revealed that they were in advanced negotiations to nab expelled former ANC Secretary General ...

No rift between Prince Buthelezi and King Misuzulu

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Just difference of opinion between men of different eras - claims Zulu Royal Household spokesperson

ANC slams Poland over disembarkation stand-off

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The refusal by Polish authorities to allow a delegation of about 120 South African police officers, soldiers and journalists to disembark from their chartered flight ...

Poland slammed over disembarkation stand-off

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“This is unheard of. What did these people do? What did they do that a country like Poland will act in such a manner that will not allow, on the basis of human rights, ...

Warning that NHI would leave South Africans worse off

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The Hospital Association of South Africa (Hasa) said that approving the Bill without substantive consideration of the many valid and significant recommendations ...

ANC will not speculate on Joemat-Pettersson’s death as police probe bribery allegations

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The ANC says it will not be drawn into speculation on the cause of death of its long-serving member of Parliament, Tina Joemat-Pettersson, who died this week.

ANC says finances ‘stable’ as it sends delegation on Chinese study trip

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The ANC has denied speculation that the state coffers were plundered to finance a two-week “study trip” to China.

ANC will not speculate on Joemat-Pettersson’s death as police probe bribery allegations

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“We are treating them as rumours, just as rumours, because we can’t give legs to something that has not been collaborated by medical evidence. From where we are ...

ANC says its financial situation has stabilised as party sends 20 member delegation to the Far East on a Chinese study trip ...

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“To try and bring in the state of party finances and the trip to China and how it has been funded is a long stretch because the ANC has got its own balance sheet ...

DA eThekwini caucus set for showdown amid motion of no confidence in party’s leadership

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“The motion of no confidence process must follow caucus rules. What is left now is for the acting chairperson of the caucus to call a meeting where the motion of ...

Zuma wants Ramaphosa to look into Batohi’s fitness to hold NDPP office over handling of Billy Downer saga

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“To add insult to injury, once Advocate Downer was indicted, the NPA and or the NDPP took an obviously irrational, illegal and biased decision to provide him with ...

Premier’s Office leaves king feeling ‘powerless’

Samkelo Mtshali and Zama Ngcoya|Published

‘It’s not about trying to control him as such. The Premier's Office and the entire KZN government is badly managed, the premier is out of depth and lazy. When she ...

BLSA mum on Project Ostrich, despite providing R18m in funding

Bongani Hans and Samkelo Mtshali|Published

Business Leadership SA has remained mum on allegations that an apartheid spy was involved in an investigation dubbed Project Ostrich, for which it provided R18 million ...

Business leadership group mum on Project Ostrich, despite providing R18m in funding

Bongani Hans and Samkelo Mtshali|Published

Organisation got involved after receiving a request from De Ruyter at the end of 2021 to help fund a risk assessment that would ‘augment and complement the efforts ...

MEC Frazer won’t be fired for school nutrition bungle

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The party’s provincial secretary, Bheki Mtolo, told the Sunday Tribune that they would not be firing Frazer, despite pupils at more than 5 000 schools in the province ...

Report on hits paints a grim picture

Samkelo Mtshali and Shanell Daniel|Published

Two assassinations a week carried out in SA

ANCYL eThekwini region sees Bani-Mapena’s sacking as a ‘witch-hunt driven by power mongers’

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Bani-Mapena was shown the door by the ANC leadership in the province on Wednesday morning just eight months after she became the province’s Sports, Arts and Culture ...

Bani-Mapena sacked, Sithole-Moloi takes over temporarily as KZN MEC for Sports, Arts and Culture

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“The decision was taken yesterday (Tuesday) and was communicated to her by the provincial secretary this morning,” says ANC KZN provincial secretary Bheki Mtolo ...

Thabo Mbeki tears into ANC over its handling of Phala Phala matter

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Mbeki’s opening salvo was a reminder to Ramaphosa on his letter to ANC members in August 2020 in which he said that the ANC had been and remained deeply implicated ...

EFF shutdown: Business as usual on Monday, say SAPS and SANDF

Samkelo Mtshali , Xoliswa Madiba and Charmaine Mazibuko|Published

Security forces have assured the nation that the EFF will not bring the country to a standstill on Monday.