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Malema thrills Port Alfred crowd

EFF leader Julius Malema encouraged his supporters to vote for “real freedom” when he addressed a large crowd of supporters in Nemato Township during a visit to the Port Alfred sub-region on Thursday May 16. EFF supporters waited…

Law enforcement officers remain on high alert

NATJOINTS UPDATE AS AT 07:00AM Law enforcement officers through the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) have in the last 12 hours arrested 87 protestors across the country for public violence related…

Report criminality, police urge

The SOuth African Police Service in the Eastern Cape have urged members of the public to report any criminality witnessed during today’s action by the EFF to the nearest police station or Crime Stop 086 00 10 111. SPokesperson COlonel…

Police minister Bheki Cele attended a parade in KwaMashu on Saturday, before visiting other regions in eThekwini ahead of Monday’s planned shutdown by the EFF.Image: Lwazi Hlangu

Enforce law but don’t be provoked by ‘war talk’, Cele tells law enforcement officers ahead of national shutdown

BY LWAZI HLANGU Police minister Bheki Cele has urged law enforcement officers to enforce the law but withstanding provocation after Julius Malema’s “war statement” ahead of Monday’s national shutdown. Cele said the EFF leader’s call for…

Dali Mpofu has questioned Bheki Cele’s claims.Image: Deaan Vivier

‘He must be ashamed of himself’ — Dali Mpofu takes fresh shots at Cele over ‘plot’ to get rid of him

Dali Mpofu has slammed police minister Bheki Cele’s claims that EFF leader Julius Malema and national police commissioner Gen Khehla Sitole plotted to remove him from his position. During the state of the nation address (Sona) debate in…

AT THE HELM: Newly elected mayor Thandiswa Dyakala, left, and speaker Andile Marasi at the inauguration of the new Ndlambe council Picture: JON HOUZET

Power play at council

There was an immediate power play in the newly inaugurated Ndlambe council on Tuesday November 23 as the ANC caucus took the executive committee portfolio positions it wanted and voted with the EFF to force the DA into the finance…

Monday was election day – Results

A few photographs of voting stations at Memorial Hall, Station Hill, Jauka Hall and Kuyasa Secondary School on Monday. Voting was peaceful and calm, but fewer people than hoped came out to vote. The final tally gives the ANC eight of the…

Water, politics, mindsets

Readers of last week’s Talk of the Town will have noticed that Ndlambe Municipality placed several large advertisements in the newspaper that serve as a promotion of its work, rather than the usual notices about tenders, jobs and town…

Disregarding residents’ interests

Council meetings are few and far between, even more so during the past 18 months of various states of lockdown. And being able to report on them is more difficult, because they have all been virtual, which comes with technical glitches,…

SAPTU supports Labour Court ruling against EFF

SAPTU (South African Parastatal and Tertiary Institutions Union) has welcomed the Labour Court’s ruling that the EFF has no business handling labour issues and should leave that to unions. Johannesburg Labour Court Acting Judge Reghana…

Port Alfred RO plant handover delayed by safety concerns after encounter with EFF

Ndlambe Municipality reported today that the planned commissioning / handing over of the 2ML seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant had been delayed after EFF members came to the plant site and argued with workers, and safety concerns…

The EFF’s Mbuyiseni Ndlozi says Zuma must be arrested for defying the ConCourt order. File photo.Image: Brian Witbooi/The Herald

‘Arrest Zuma’ – Mbuyiseni Ndlozi calls for Jacob Zuma’s head after ConCourt defiance

Former president Jacob Zuma must face arrest for defying the Constitutional Court by refusing to testify before the Zondo commission. This is the view of EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. Ndlozi said if Zuma does not get arrested for flouting the…

Police minister Bheki Cele was tagged on social media after Mpumalanga premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane was seen on national television without a face mask while out in public and in contravention of lockdown regulations.Image: GCIS
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WATCH | EFF vs Bheki Cele: what you need to know about the criminal charges

The EFF went to the Sunnyside police station in Pretoria on Monday to open a case against police minister Bheki Cele. EFF supporters stood outside singing in support as Mbuyiseni Ndlozi opened case of political interference and defeating…

Bheki Cele insists that comments by EFF leader Julius Malema were an incitement to attack police officers and their families.Image: Esa Alexander

‘Threats to police won’t be tolerated’: Cele continues war of words with Malema

The war of words raging between police minister Bheki Cele and the EFF continues. In the latest instalment, Cele on Wednesday issued a statement responding to the EFF’s response to his statement — which itself came after a response to…

The DA, Solidarity and AfriForum have come out against controversial statements made by EFF leader Julius Malema against police officers. File photo.Image: Alaister Russell

Union ‘inundated’ as police complain about ‘threats’ by Julius Malema

The DA accused the ANC-led government on Wednesday of being “terrified” of EFF leader Julius Malema and failing to act against him for several incidents of incitement to commit violence. Malema, in the latest incident at the weekend in…