ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says the public fallout within the leadership of the anti-immigration movement March and March is evidence that the organisation is beginning to fracture. Addressing the media at Luthuli House in Johannesburg on Tuesday, Mbalula said he had predicted that divisions would emerge within the movement because of what he described as competing political interests among its leaders. “At the end of June, forces operating under an anti-immigration banner set out to shut down parts of our…

The resignation of former Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) head Advocate Andrea Johnson has created challenges for the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, with Johnson telling the Pretoria-based inquiry that she can no longer access certain outstanding documents requested by investigators. Johnson, who is still appearing before the commission as a witness, said her departure from IDAC means she no longer has the authority to obtain records through official channels. She told evidence leaders that she had ensured the necessary presidential…

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has criticised Department of Home Affairs Director-General Tommy Makhode after he failed to appear at a subpoena hearing into delays in processing a citizenship application. Makhode and the department’s North West Provincial Manager, Eunice Mhlanga, had been subpoenaed to appear before the Commission at its Rustenburg provincial office on Monday. However, only Mhlanga attended the hearing. The inquiry followed a complaint over prolonged delays in the processing of a citizenship application, which the…