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Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association spokesperson Carl Niehaus reignited his ‘feud’ with transport minister Fikile Mbalula this week.Image: Gallo Images / Rapport / Deon Raath
CARL NIEHAUS

‘Do you have an evil twin or imposter?’ — Inside Fikile Mbalula & Carl Niehaus’ fiery Twitter exchange

Political squabbles continue to play out in the public as transport minister Fikile Mbalula and Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) spokesperson Carl Niehaus reignited their “feud” this week. It started after Niehaus…

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Transport minister Fikile Mbalula caught heat on Twitter after he quoted a tweet by US president Joe Biden.Image: SUNDAY TIMES
JOE BIDEN

‘You wasted more than 25 years’ — Mbalula slammed for quoting Joe Biden on service delivery

Transport minister Fikile Mbalula caught heat on Twitter on Thursday after he quoted a post from US president Joe Biden about not wasting time “when it comes to the crises we face”. Biden tweeted this shortly after he and Kamala Harris…

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Transport minister Fikile Mbalula chats to commuters on a Metrorail train from Khayelitsha to Langa in Cape Town that started an hour late and never reached its destination. The train’s seats had been ripped out, most of the windows had been removed and there was graffiti all over the carriage. Image: Dan Meyer
MBALULA

Mbalula promises action after his Cape train ride fails to reach its destination

“Mr ‘Fear Fokol’ is gone; you are now talking to ‘Mr Fix-It’.” New transport minister Fikile Mbalula has re-dubbed himself the man to fix our problems – including the Western Cape’s troubled rail service. On Tuesday morning he took a…

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