ANC KZN to discuss offensive voice notes against late minister Mthembu


The funeral service for the late Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu will be held at the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Ackerville, Emalahleni in Mpumalanga this morning.

African National Congress (ANC) Deputy Secretary General Jesse Duarte has called on South Africans to deepen the fight against COVID-19 in memory of the late Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu.

ANC MP and Parliament's Home Affairs Portfolio Committee Chairperson, Bongani Bongo, says the late Presidency Minister Jackson Mthembu was very vocal against corruption.

The death of Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu, Minister in the Office of the President of South Africa, has been met with sorrow across the country. Tributes have come from across the political spectrum for the country’s first government minister to succumb to COVID-19.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver the eulogy at the funeral of Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga tomorrow.

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has accused former party MP Thembinkosi Rawula of being set on tarnishing his political image. Malema has escalated his legal battle with Rawula to the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein.

The late Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu's memorial service will be held at the Government Communication and Information System Auditorium in Hatfield, Pretoria on Monday. The memorial service was originally planned for Saturday but has been postponed following consultation between the Presidency and the late minister's family.

A former police sergeant, who saw anti-apartheid activist Neil Aggett just hours before he died, says she couldn't protect him because those accused of his assault and torture were her seniors.

Michael Mthembu, a brother to the late Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu, has described as "tough" the passing of his brother.

The National Prosecuting Authority has welcomed the Pietermaritzburg's High Court ruling dismissing an application by the French arms company Thales in which the company was challenging the racketeering charge against it.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the late Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu will be honoured with an official funeral at his home in Emalahleni, Mpumalanga, this Sunday.

The community of Kanyamazane in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, is struggling to come to terms with the death of the Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu.

The Electoral Court has granted the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) an application to postpone the by elections by another 120 days.

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has described Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu as an honest person.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has determined that the Political Party Funding Act will come into operation on April 1, 2021. The Act prohibits donations to parties by foreign governments or agencies, foreign persons or entities, organs of state or state-owned enterprises. Parties may, however, receive funding from foreign entities for training, skills development or policy development.

The coronavirus pandemic is expected to top the African National Congress (ANC) NEC virtual Lekgotla which will start later on Friday morning.

The African National Congress (ANC) has made an impassioned plea to South Africans to take the coronavirus pandemic seriously, saying it has continued to claim millions of lives across the globe.

The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) has described late Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu as the friend and defender of media freedom and freedom of expression.

The United Nations in South Africa has wishes to expressed its deepest condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of the late Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu.

Mthembu died earlier today, due to COVID-19 related complications.

Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu has passed away at the age of 62. Mthembu succumbed to COVID-19 related complications earlier on Thursday.

Social media reacts to the passing of Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu after the news that he succumbed to COVID-19 complications earlier on Thursday. He was 62-years-old.

Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor says she is devastated by the death of Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu.

Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu passed on earlier on Thursday from COVID-19-related complications. The Presidency has sent condolences to his family.

The DA in the Western Cape has called for a differentiated approach that allows schools that are ready to reopen. The reopening of schools has been delayed until next month as the country battles a second wave of the coronavirus.

The funeral for KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport Bheki Ntuli is currently under way at eSikhaleni township outside Mpangeni. 63-year-old Ntuli died last week from COVID-19 complications.

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says he is studying the contents of the Public Protector report regarding the adverse findings against Provincial Minister for Local Government, Anton Bredell.

Former security branch police officer, Martin Naudé, has conceded that it's possible that anti-apartheid activist, Neil Aggett may have been assaulted a month before he died at the then John Vorster Square police station in Johannesburg, in the early 1980s.

Some disgruntled residents of Taung village in the North West, have expressed concern at the process of recruitment for the Extended Public Works Programme.

Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Nqaba Bhanga says he is confident that he will remain in his office even after the election of a Mayor.