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Transport Fikile Mbalula said if ANC members are accused of anything by a court of law, they should not have to wait for the party’s national executive committee to tell them to step aside.Image: Sunday Times

Mbalula backs Ramaphosa’s call for corruption-accused ANC members to step aside

Transport minister Fikile Mbalula has thrown his weight behind ANC leader Cyril Ramaphosa’s call for party members who are charged with crimes to step aside. This comes as ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule is expected to appear at the…

Transport minister Fikile Mbalula’s vow to find Shepherd Bushiri has been greeted with skepticism.Image: Fikile Mbalula/Twitter

‘Find the Guptas & missing Covid-19 billions too’: Maimane responds to Mbalula vowing ‘we’ll find Bushiri’

One SA Movement leader Mmusi Maimane has responded to transport minister Fikile Mbalula’s promise to “find” controversial prophet Shepherd Bushiri, urging him to also find the Gupta family, missing Covid-19 billions and solutions to other…

Fikile Mbalula has explained his plans for a shift from the overused road networks to rail.Image: Fikile Mbalula via Twitter

‘Eventually we will open up, but we can’t do it all at once’: Fikile Mbalula on international travel list

Transport minister Fikile Mbalula says the list of countries South Africans can travel to once international borders are open will be based on a “differentiated approach”. The new restrictions on international travel for business, leisure…

The AA is not in favour of the proposed zero-percent blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit; instead it feels that enforcement and education are key to making roads safer.Image: lecic / 123RF

New drunk driving amendment misses the mark, says AA

Changing traffic laws relating to drink driving is meaningless and will be ineffective if current laws regulating alcohol and driving are not properly implemented and enforced first. This is the view of the Automobile Association (AA)…

Transport minister Fikile Mbalula says easy access to alcohol needs to be reviewed.Image: Fikile Mbalula via Twitter

‘People are out of control – it’s a mess’: Mbalula calls for review of booze laws

Transport minister Fikile Mbalula says the government needs to review laws relating to access to alcohol. He was speaking on Monday during a visit to the families of three Tshwane metro police department (TMPD) officers who died during a…