Former South African Airways (SAA) chairperson Dudu Myeni and her fellow board member and counterpart at the airline’s subsidiary SAA Technical, Yakhe Kwinana, oversaw a state-owned entity riddled with corruption during their terms, and fuelled a culture of bullying, fear ...
Read More »Mpumalanga Premier appoints MECs who “have integrity”
In her first ever cabinet reshuffle, Mpumalanga premier, Refilwe Mtshweni Tsipane, removed four members of the Executive Council (MECs) that she appointed in 2019 and replaced them with at least two younger members who, she says, are committed to work ...
Read More »Cyril cannot fix the ANC, he must fix government instead, says Phosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa must focus his attention on fixing the government than trying to fix the ANC because he will never fix the ANC, says Dr Mathews Phosa. Former premier of Mpumalanga and treasurer-general of the African National Congress, who ...
Read More »Mpumalanga sends more students to Russia but problems persist
Last week, Mpumalanga’s department of education sent 86 students to study in Russia, but there’s secrecy in the entire project believed to be costing the department millions of Rands. Departmental spokesperson, Jasper Zwane, failed to respond to a written media ...
Read More »No democracy required to rise within the ranks for ANC’s blue-eyed boys & girls
The African National Congress prides itself as a democratic organisation. Ziwaphi-The New Era investigation discovered that the organisation’s constitution doesn’t always apply to its blue-eyed boys. At least, two significant occurrences in the organisation’s recent history in Mpumalanga province have ...
Read More »A price on Nyoni’s head
Mpumalanga ANC chairperson candidate, Peter Nyoni believes there’s a hit against him by fellow ANC comrades who hate the fact that he’s vying the chairperson position. Nyoni who sometimes hires body guards when addressing his supporters, says he sensed that ...
Read More »Nkamba out, Mashiteng in: Kholwane rings the changes
On Monday this week, MEC for finance economic development and tourism, unveiled a new head for the provincial treasury to replace embattled Nombedesho Nkamba who was forced out of the department in October. In a statement released by the department ...
Read More »NGRAYI: Arrested again
The law has finally caught up with ANC strongman, Ngrayi Ngwenya, following his arrest on Tuesday, or has it? If convicted, it will be for the fifth time that ANC Ehlanzeni regional chairperson, Ngwenya, has been convicted of the same ...
Read More »EFF to report free-spending MEC to Ramaphosa after R230 000 cellphone splurge
Economic Freedom Fighters will report Mpumalanga’s MEC for culture, sports, and recreation to president Cyril Ramaphosa after she splurged R231724,93 on her cellphone in just three months. This was after Mpumalanga premier Refilwe Mtsweni refused to accede to the EFF’s demands to ...
Read More »Ziwaphi article an attack on government, Mncwango
On 28 September 2018, the print edition of Ziwaphi published an article, “How The Deputy President Fooled Mpumalanga for Eight Years,” following months of investigation of two infrastructure projects, the High-Altitude Training Centre at Emakhazeni and the Creative Industries Cultural Hub ...
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