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South Africa: Forty-Two Military Veterans Get Bail
SAnews.gov.za, 20 October 2021
Forty two of the 53 members of the military veterans accused of kidnapping two Cabinet Ministers and a Deputy Minister have been released on R500 bail. Read more »
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South Africa: Military Veterans Holding Government Ministers Hostage Is Not a Sign of Maturing Democracy - It's Criminality
Daily Maverick, 18 October 2021
Craig Bailie is a scholar with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Parliamentary Research Programme. He has a keen interest in church-state relations and the intersection of… Read more »
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South Africa: Ministers Freed In Military Veterans Hostage Drama
allAfrica, 15 October 2021
Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Thandi Modise, Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele, and Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Thabang Makwetla… Read more »
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South Africa: Strides Made in Interventions for Military Veterans
SAnews.gov.za, 15 October 2021
Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele says government is going to great lengths to address the issues faced by military veterans in the country. Read more »
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South Africa: Police Successfully Diffuses Hostage Situation
SAPS, 15 October 2021
National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINT) Read more »
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South Africa: Kebby Maphatsoe Leaves a Legacy Irrevocably Tied to Zuma
Daily Maverick, 2 September 2021
MKMVA leader Kebby Maphatsoe, who died on Tuesday, rose to prominence as an ally of Jacob Zuma. He pinned his career on defending the former president, using the name of Umkhonto… Read more »
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South Africa: Media Statement - Committee On Defence Agrees to Minister of Defence's Request to Present MTT Report in Three Weeks' Time
Parliament of South Africa, 25 August 2021
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans has accepted a request from the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Ms Thandi Modise, to present the report on the… Read more »
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South Africa: MKMVA Vows to Defy ANC's Disbandment Decision
Daily Maverick, 14 June 2021
Amid efforts to unite the party's former combatants, the ANC has decided to disband the leadership of the MKMVA and MK Council. MKMVA leaders say they're not going anywhere and… Read more »