This is deeply hurtful. It truly pains me. 💔
Colonel Padayachee had already retired. He was called back into service by the 6th Administration specifically to fight the scourge of corruption and state capture—and this is what he was reduced to, and gullible South African cheered him.
The Madlanga Commission is right to question IDAC’s real motives. Whose agenda were they truly serving? It certainly wasn’t the agenda of law-abiding South Africans.
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[WATCH] ON MINISTER OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS APPOINTMENT.
The ANC wishes to address, directly and candidly, the appointment of Cde Dina Pule to the National Executive as Minister of Social Development, and we commend the President for his decision to appoint this capable and knowledgeable Comrade. We do not dismiss the concern this appointment has stirred, and we understand where it comes from. Ours is a movement in the midst of renewal of its values, its ethical standing and the trust of the people and in such a moment South Africans are right to hold their leaders to the highest bar. We hear that call, and we take it seriously. To answer it honestly, we must speak not only of a sanction served, but of the work of correction that has been done, and that continues. The people of South Africa do not hand down life sentences least of all where there has been accountability, redress and correction. Cde Pule faced a process more than a decade ago; she was sanctioned by that process; and she accepted the consequences; she stepped aside before we even made it policy. She did not want to be defined by a mistake in the time, she went back to the ground and worked to uplift thousands upon thousands away from the limelight.
That is what accountability looks like. But our movement, and our nation, believe in redemption and in the capacity of a human being to be rebuilt and to rebuild. In the years since, Cde Pule earned back the confidence of her peers through the most democratic tests our movement offers: she was elected by her comrades to the National Executive Committee, she was entrusted with senior responsibility in the Women's League, and she was returned to Parliament by the people through the ballot. A person who has answered for a mistake, served the sanction, and rebuilt trust through the free choice of her peers and the electorate is not to be condemned in perpetuity. The ANC stands fully behind the person of Cde Dina Pule, behind her ability, and behind the President's prerogative to constitute his executive.
That work has been real, and it has been humbling. Cde Pule underwent internal ethics counselling within the movement; she consulted with our Veterans, whose wisdom and moral authority the ANC holds dear; and she engaged in deep and honest introspection about the harm that was done and the trust that had to be rebuilt. In that same spirit, she will seek a session with the Integrity Committee of the ANC, to place herself before that body and to receive its further counsel. Cde Pule does not take this second chance lightly. She knows, better than most, that it carries a heavy price and a heavy responsibility for the ANC in this very period of renewal the renewal of our values, our ethical standing and the trust of the people. She carries that weight consciously, and she is determined to honour it in her service.
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EXCLUSIVE | “We will challenge them legally and deal with them, but if they want to come physically, we will meet them on the field.”
KZN police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has exposed a plot to silence him over his investigations into the activities of certain individuals in the national office.
He has now categorically stated that the “smear campaign” against him originates within the organisation.
But Mkhwanazi insists he and his team are not backing down, and their work will soon reveal the rogue elements hiding out at the SAPS HQ.
In an interview with @eNCA, the veteran policeman says this isn’t the first time he’s been targeted for exposing criminals within the SAPS.
Mkhwanazi has given an assurance that the level of policing in KZN won’t be affected by this.
More on #DStv403.
This corruption is not an isolated incident -it has become deeply entrenched in certain policing and law enforcement environments, particularly in parts of Johannesburg.
Allegations of officers extorting money from foreign nationals, undocumented migrants, street traders and vulnerable communities continue to surface with alarming regularity.
Areas such as Diepsloot, Johannesburg CBD, and Hillbrow are repeatedly mentioned in complaints involving bribery, intimidation and unlawful confiscation of goods or cash.
Many victims are often too afraid to open cases because they fear deportation, harassment or retaliation.
That silence allows corrupt officials and criminal syndicates to continue operating unchecked.
The reality is that corruption at street level destroys public trust in the police and undermines legitimate crime-fighting efforts.
Communities already battling violent crime, drugs, hijackings and illegal firearms are left vulnerable when some officers abuse their authority for personal gain instead of protecting residents.
The key question is: why do the same hotspots keep appearing in corruption allegations year after year without visible long-term intervention?
How many honest officers are being undermined by corrupt colleagues?
And how many victims -particularly foreigners and undocumented individuals are suffering in silence because they believe nobody will protect them if they speak out?
@pule_jones@eNCA@SAPoliceService
WATCH: this took place near Diepsloot, JHB.
Be Patient Mr Mashaba don't use emotion. Adv Madonsela once corruption is wide spread across all sphere of gov during the state capture report and she proposed voluntary evidence for all those involved and amnesty to who speak the truth
W/O Sander is an experienced officer with a track record of drug busts, he was denied a promotion to Captain for reasons unknown to him.
Col Sibiya is an inexperienced officer 2 ranks above him, he got promoted after Drugs that were stolen in Port Shepstone #MadlangaCommission