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Traffic on the N3 between Durban and Pietermaritzburg was backlogged for several kilometres due to protest action.Image: Vernon Moodley

Police deployed to Nkandla as protest action grows in KZN

The police were deployed to Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday morning. The deployment came after widespread protests in and around Durban following a viral message calling for a “#ShutdownKZN” protest in support of former president Jacob…

Supporters of former president Jacob Zuma sing struggle songs outside his homestead in Nkandla on Wednesday night. Zuma’s son, Edward Zuma, vowed that police would not be allowed in should they arrive to make an arrest.Image: Orrin Singh

Motorcade leaves Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead moments after ambulance allowed in

An eight-vehicle motorcade pulled out of the Zuma family’s Nkandla homestead about 11.15pm on Wednesday night, but it was not immediately clear whether former president Jacob Zuma was in one of the vehicles. The vehicles left in the…

The KwaZulu-Natal SAPS air wing unit has been placed on standby in Empangeni for a possible deployment to Nkandla, according to well-placed police sources.Image: Supplied

Police air wing on standby for possible deployment to Nkandla

According to well-placed SAPS sources, members of the air wing unit are on standby in Empangeni, about 130km from Jacob Zuma’s homestead The KwaZulu-Natal police’s air wing unit has been placed on standby for possible deployment to…

Jacob Zuma walks alongside Mgijili Nhleko, right, an induna and commander of the Zulu regiments, outside the former president’s home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal.Image: Ilanga

Organisers of Nkandla event to be brought to book‚ ANC likens MKMVA to ‘extreme right wing elements’

Organisers of the superspreader event outside former president Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home will be brought to book‚ the ANC said on Tuesday. Scores of ANC supporters descended on Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday in anticipation that Zuma…

Former president Jacob Zuma met police minister Bheki Cele in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, on Thursday.Image: Supplied

Still plenty tea in Nkandla for those who want to visit‚ says Jacob Zuma

Former president Jacob Zuma on Sunday said there was still plenty of tea available for those who wanted to visit his Nkandla homestead. This as a long list of high profile politicians have in the past weeks visited Zuma. Among the most…

Military veterans outside former president Jacob Zuma’s homestead in Nkandla on Thursday. Members of the MKMVA are expected to stand guard at the home from Sunday, according to the organisation’s spokesperson Carl Niehaus.Picture: Sandile Ndlovu

MK vets head to Nkandla to do what is ‘necessary’ to prevent Zuma’s arrest

uMkhonto weSizwe military veterans said they are ready to do their “level best” to protect former president Jacob Zuma from being arrested. The members of the MK Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) are expected to arrive in Nkandla from…

Former president Jacob Zuma.Image: Veli Nhlapo

‘We will support Zuma until death do us part’: MKMVA heads to Nkandla

The Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) will visit former president Jacob Zuma at Nkandla on Thursday to show their unwavering support for his defiance campaign. “As MKMVA, we had taken a resolution a long time ago in…

EFF leader Julius Malema addressing hundreds of community members in NU3 in MdantsaneImage: Sino Majangaza

Malema vows ‘to take Nkandla back’

Julius Malema has launched a new project on the former president Jacob Zuma. He said the party would start to campaign to take Zuma’s Nkandla home and make it a TVET college to benefit the South Africans. Malema was speaking to the…

Contract to build Zuma’s Nkandla homestead awarded unfairly: SIU

The process used to appoint a contractor to undertake mammoth upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s private Nkandla homestead was not fair‚ not transparent‚ not equitable and not cost effective‚ the Special Investigating Unit said on…