Hogarth

Before the rooster crowed, MK Party boss Jacob Zuma had disowned the decision to appoint Des van Rooyen — causing Mr Weekend Special’s colleagues to describe his 24-hour tenure rather as a “one-night stand”.

It’s hard to believe, but the story behind the suspension of once-revered Western Cape judge president John Hlophe is that he acted without evidence against Umkhonto weSizwe Party chief whip Colleen Makhubele.

The Orange One appears to have moved swiftly on from accusing South Africa of committing “Afrikaner genocide”.

After angering the entire nation two weeks ago when he called South Africans “izinunu”, or monsters, the retired Nunu with many hats made a guest appearance in parliament this week.

Former police minister Bheki Cele loves a freebie, but apparently only since retiring as top cop in June last year.

With three-point penalty, Safa fumbles Bafana ball yet again.

Hogarth was clearly not the only one to find the timing of suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu’s letter disbanding the political killings task team curious.

Students of revolutionary uprisings say one prerequisite for success is the willingness of sections of the security forces to turn against the very state they are supposed to serve.

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There are own goals, and then there is Vincent Tseka. With team managers like him, who needs enemies?

North West ‘businessman’ Brown Mogotsi spins tales of secret missions — but police and the ANC say they’ve never heard of him

947 presenter reveals she is not the sharpest blade in the room, especially if Helen Zille is her guest.

Listening to all the testimony at the Madlanga commission strongly suggesting police minister Senzo Mchunu unlawfully instructed national police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola to disband a police task team investigating political killings, Hogarth could not help but remember another minister Senzo Mchunu.

Two days after McBuffalo proved himself to be volunteer-in-chief for the DA’s local government election campaign, the ANC-run North West province convened what it called the Provincial Members Assembly in Rustenburg.

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