SACP says attack on Mpumalanga politician ‘linked to rumours he will be made premier’

Thirty-three years ago, on October 19 1977, the apartheid government banned three newspapers and many political organisations.

An inquest docket has been opened into the death of controversial Mpumalanga politician James Nkambule, Mpumalanga police confirmed on Monday.

James Nkambule, chairperson of the Cope in Mpumalanga’s Ehlanzeni region, has accused Premier David Mabuza of being behind political murders.

Cope in Mpumalanga is in disarray, with three members out on bail and a fourth recalled from the only seat the party occupies in the province.