Author: Setumo Stone

Thabo Mbeki address
Politics

Mbeki’s voice of reason resonates beyond Luthuli House walls

Critics of former President Thabo Mbeki tell a story that during his tenure as head of the ANC and the country, he was intolerant of criticism from his predecessors.... Read more.
Jacob Zuma was on Robben Island as an agent of enemy forces –  Mbeki 
Politics

Mbeki ‘ashamed’ of Mashatile’s majoritarian blind spot

When Deputy President Paul Mashatile told MPs last Thursday that the ANC would use its numbers in the house to vote as it pleases, his colleagues cheered, but elsewhere... Read more.
Politics

Phala Phala saga could cost ANC during elections, Mbeki warns

Former president Thabo Mbeki says the illegal Phala Phala dollars scandal and the ANC’s reaction shows that the governing party remains at the forefront of... Read more.
Politics

More Denel ‘rogue intelligence’ claims as e-mail charge added against Ntsihlele

State arms manufacturing company Denel is piling up charges against suspended Denel Dynamics CEO Sello Ntsihlele, the latest relating to an e-mail he allegedly sent... Read more.
Politics

Modise would have been queen, but now has a target on her back

Defence Minister Thandi Modise’s presidential campaign failed to get off the ground because she was reluctant to nail her colours to the mast regarding her ambition... Read more.
Phala phala theft case
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ATM roasts Gcaleka for ‘shoddy’ probe into CR’s Phala Phala dollars

Deputy Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka’s draft report into President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala scandal carries the smell of a cover-up where officials are... Read more.
Let's kill M23 rebels who killed our soldiers, says McKenzie
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Send soldiers to Hillbrow and Sunnyside to justify costs – ATM

The state’s R167-million expenditure to deploy SA National Defence Force (SANDF) for the national shutdown on Monday would be a waste if soldiers stayed idle... Read more.