Making headlines: Maphatsoe says MK must be the 'eyes and ears of the ANC', Nkoana-Mashabane says a coup in Lesotho won’t be tolerated in SA’s backyard, And, ANC Youth League lashes out at 'ex-wife of Zuma' comments

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Maphatsoe says MK must be the 'eyes and ears of the ANC'
The ANC's Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association wants the party to allow its members to guard both the party and the country's national key points.

This forms part of resolutions it reached at its three-day congress in Boksburg where new office bearers and national executive members were also elected, with Kebby Maphatsoe retaining his position as leader of the association.

Maphatsoe said companies owned by former freedom fighters needed to be the ones watching over the republic, mostly because they had not only the expertise, but were also patriotic.

Nkoana-Mashabane says a coup in Lesotho won’t be tolerated in SA’s backyard
South Africa will not tolerate a military coup in Lesotho, international relations and cooperation minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has warned.

Nkoana-Mashabane briefed journalists at Luthuli House yesterday about the ANC's international relations discussion document ahead of the party’s policy conference at the end of June.

She said Southern African Development Community will never tolerate a military coup when asked whether there was concern in South Africa about the military in Lesotho not accepting the result of the election last week, after former prime minister Pakalitha Mosisili lost.

ANC Youth League lashes out at 'ex-wife of Zuma' comments
eThekweini ANC Youth League secretary Thinta Cibane has lashed out at those referring to ANC presidential candidate, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, as the ‘ex-wife’ of Jacob Zuma, saying critics were using the term to discredit her.

A furious Cibane described Dlamini-Zuma as the longest serving government deployee and a struggle stalwart with an impeccable track record which spoke for itself.

He also rubbished a recent Durban survey which found deputy president and leadership front runner Cyril Ramaphosa to be the hot favourite to take over as ANC leader when the party made its decision at its elective conference this December.

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That’s a roundup of news making headlines today