{"id":265101,"date":"2025-07-01T13:04:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T11:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/?p=265101"},"modified":"2025-07-02T15:10:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T13:10:41","slug":"da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"DA declares \u2018war\u2019 on ANC: Criminal charges filed against top minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CAPE TOWN<\/strong> – In a dramatic escalation of tensions within South Africa’s government of national unity, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has laid criminal charges against Higher Education Minister Nobuhle Nkabane, accusing her of deliberately misleading Parliament over controversial education board appointments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The charges, filed at Cape Town Central Police Station on Tuesday, center on allegations that Nkabane lied about the appointment process for Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) board chairpersons, with the DA claiming she covered up what they describe as systematic ANC cadre deployment corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move represents the DA’s most aggressive stance yet against ANC ministers since joining the coalition government, coming just days after President Cyril Ramaphosa fired DA deputy minister Andrew Whitfield<\/a> for making an unauthorized overseas trip – a decision that prompted the opposition party to withdraw from national unity talks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Corruption in the executive has become standard practice under President Cyril Ramaphosa’s watch,” the party said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It stressed that lying to parliament was a criminal offence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The row was sparked by Ramaphosa’s firing last week of a DA deputy minister who the president’s office said had made an unauthorised overseas trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DA announced on Saturday it was withdrawing from a “national dialogue” announced by Ramaphosa to tackle a host of problems confronting the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It vowed to take measures against ANC government ministers it accuses of corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We’re taking action because the president of the country, the president of the ANC, refuses to act on corrupt ministers,” DA member of parliament Baxolile Nodada told reporters outside the police station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nodada said one of the reasons the DA had joined the government of national unity was “to make sure that we fight against corruption and cadre deployment”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was referring to claims that key appointments were being made based on party allegiance rather than on competence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CAPE TOWN – In a dramatic escalation of tensions within South Africa’s government of national unity, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has laid criminal charges against Higher Education Minister Nobuhle Nkabane, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":265103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_linkdex":"69","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"30","_yoast_wpseo_inclusive_language_score":"90","_yoast_wpseo_is_cornerstone":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image-id":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image-id":"","newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","_crsspst_to_novanewscoza":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozabloemnewsexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozacityvision":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozadistrictmailhelderberg":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaeikestadnuus":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozahermanustimes":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozakomani-karoo":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozakougaexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozamthathaexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozanoordkaapbulletin":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozapaarlpost":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozapeexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozapeoplespost":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaswartlandgazette":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozatygerburger":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaudexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozavistanews":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozavrystaatkroon":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaweskusnuus":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaworcesterstandard":false,"_eb_attr":"","_EventAllDay":"","_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":"","_EventShowMapLink":"","_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":"","_EventVenueID":"","_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":"","_VenueShowMapLink":"","_application":"","_batch_id":"","_company_name":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_company_website":"","_custom_id":"","_EventDuration":"","_EventOrigin":"","_EventTimezoneAbbr":"","_featured":"","_filled":"","_job_expires":"","_job_location":"","_media_credit":"","_media_credit_url":"","_menu_item_menu_item_parent":"","_menu_item_object":"","_menu_item_object_id":"","_menu_item_target":"","_menu_item_type":"","_menu_item_url":"","_menu_item_xfn":"","_navis_media_can_distribute":"","_navis_media_credit_org":"","_OrganizerOrigin":"","_provider":"","_pum_built_in":"","_pum_default_theme":"","_pum_form_conversion_count":"","_remote_id":"","_remote_name":"","_remote_position":"","_report_frequency":"","_report_reference_dates":"","_send_attempts":"","_site_id":"","_sitemap_exclude":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","_sitemap_priority":"","_source_url":"","_subscription_period":"","_subscription_period_interval":"","_subscription_price":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":"","_template_type":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_tribe_aggregator_allow_multiple_organizers":"","_tribe_aggregator_content_type":"","_tribe_aggregator_file":"","_tribe_aggregator_finalized":"","_tribe_aggregator_hash":"","_tribe_aggregator_import_id":"","_tribe_aggregator_import_name":"","_tribe_aggregator_interactive":"","_tribe_aggregator_origin":"","_tribe_aggregator_post_status":"","_tribe_aggregator_preview":"","_tribe_aggregator_source_name":"","_tribe_aggregator_type":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_hide_attendees_list":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":"","_tribe_ticket_version":"","_type":"","_VenueOrigin":"","_wp_attachment_context":"","_wp_attachment_image_alt":"","_wp_font_face_file":"","_wp_old_date":"","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"2","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"","_yoast_wpseo_focuskw_text_input":"","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_block-catalog":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"1","_yoast_wpseo_primary_job_listing_type":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_nova_retailer":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_publication":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_tribe_events_cat":"","_yoast_wpseo_videositemap-duration":"","_yoast_wpseo_videositemap-rating":"","_menu_item_classes":[],"_tribe_modified_fields":[],"_wp_attachment_backup_sizes":[],"_wp_suggested_privacy_policy_content":[],"_yoast_post_redirect_info":[],"_yoast_wpseo_video_meta":[],"activation_date":"","archive_insertion_is_repeating":"","archive_insertion_posts_count":"","article_feature_media":"","article_feature_type":"","article_main_image_caption":"","article_media_icon":"","article_template":"","author_byline":"AFP","background_color":"","block_editor":"1","byline":"","cmplz_hide_cookiebanner":"","competition_end_date":"","contact_advertise_email":"","contact_advertise_phone":"","contact_editorial_email":"","contact_general_email":"","contact_general_phone":"","contact_office_hours":"","contact_physical_address":"","enabled":"","featured_image_custom_caption":"","featured_video_url":"","fields":"","font_body":"","font_header":"","frequency":"","headline":"","hide_border":"","icon":"","is_wp_suggestion":"","issuu_download_url":"","issuu_embed_url":"","language_version_url":"","large_border":"","name":"","nm_contact_name":"","nm_contact_number":"","nm_date_lost":"","no_overlay_background":"","node-url":"","obituary_born_date":"","obituary_died_date":"","obituary_memoriam_text":"","origin":"","overlay_color":"","overlay_opacity":"","overlay_size":"","placement":"","plural_label":"","post_author":"","post_id":"","post_language":"en","secret-key":"","sponsored_utm_campaign":"","sponsored_utm_content":"","sponsored_utm_medium":"","sponsored_utm_source":"","sponsored_utm_term":"","start_date":"","utm_suppression":"","video_embed_url":"","wp_pattern_sync_status":"","data_version":[],"enclosure":[],"pongrass_image":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_newspack_byline_active":false,"_newspack_byline":"","newspack_content_restriction_is_exempt":false,"scaip_prevent_shortcode_addition":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[8518,8067,8519,8520],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"publication":[],"class_list":["post-265101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cadre-deployment","tag-da","tag-gnu","tag-nobuhle-nkabane"],"yoast_head":"\nDA declares \u2018war\u2019 on ANC: Criminal charges filed against top minister | Weslander<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The DA has laid criminal charges against Nobuhle Nkabane for allegedly misleading Parliament on education board appointments.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DA declares \u2018war\u2019 on ANC: Criminal charges filed against top minister\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The DA has laid criminal charges against Nobuhle Nkabane for allegedly misleading Parliament on education board appointments.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Weslander\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/weslander\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-01T11:04:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-02T13:10:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nkabane.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"333\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"AFP\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lise Beyers\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lise Beyers\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a3f321c2234dde879bfe7b8298a14709\"},\"headline\":\"DA declares \u2018war\u2019 on ANC: Criminal charges filed against top minister\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-01T11:04:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-02T13:10:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":320,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Nkabane.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"cadre deployment\",\"DA\",\"GNU\",\"Nobuhle Nkabane\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\\\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2025\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\\\/\",\"name\":\"DA declares \u2018war\u2019 on ANC: Criminal charges filed against top minister | Weslander\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Nkabane.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-01T11:04:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-02T13:10:41+00:00\",\"description\":\"The DA has laid criminal charges against Nobuhle Nkabane for allegedly misleading Parliament on education board appointments.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Nkabane.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Nkabane.jpg\",\"width\":333,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"The Higher Education Minister Nobuhle Nkabane, has been fired by President Cyril Ramaphosa, due to accusations of her lying to parliament and more.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"DA declares \u2018war\u2019 on ANC: Criminal charges filed against top minister\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/\",\"name\":\"Weslander\",\"description\":\"To Inform, Engage and Empower Local Communities\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Weslander\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/weslander-site-icon-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/weslander-site-icon-1.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Weslander\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/weslander\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/weslander_koerant\\\/\"],\"description\":\"Weslander has been the main source of reliable news for the West Coast (Weskus) for 53 years, earning the trust of generations of readers. With a strong community focus, the newspaper serves as a vital link between residents, local businesses, and public services. It\u2019s a go-to platform for hyper-local stories \u2014 the kind of news that often goes unnoticed by national outlets but plays a crucial role in everyday life. From school achievements and local heroes to municipal matters and regional developments, Weslander provides a voice to smaller communities, helping to connect people, raise awareness, and highlight the issues that matter most to them.\",\"email\":\"weslander@novusmedia.co.za\",\"telephone\":\"022 713 1251\",\"legalName\":\"Novus Media (Pty) Ltd\",\"foundingDate\":\"2025-01-01\",\"vatID\":\"4100318916\",\"taxID\":\"2000\\\/018234\\\/07\",\"numberOfEmployees\":{\"@type\":\"QuantitativeValue\",\"minValue\":\"51\",\"maxValue\":\"200\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a3f321c2234dde879bfe7b8298a14709\",\"name\":\"Lise Beyers\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/747e47369dce0a29870a65898ea9e9af5af7d713b08ae3fefdafe7b5bf28f7e1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/747e47369dce0a29870a65898ea9e9af5af7d713b08ae3fefdafe7b5bf28f7e1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/747e47369dce0a29870a65898ea9e9af5af7d713b08ae3fefdafe7b5bf28f7e1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lise Beyers\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/weslander\\\/author\\\/lise-beyers\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"DA declares \u2018war\u2019 on ANC: Criminal charges filed against top minister | Weslander","description":"The DA has laid criminal charges against Nobuhle Nkabane for allegedly misleading Parliament on education board appointments.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"DA declares \u2018war\u2019 on ANC: Criminal charges filed against top minister","og_description":"The DA has laid criminal charges against Nobuhle Nkabane for allegedly misleading Parliament on education board appointments.","og_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\/","og_site_name":"Weslander","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/weslander\/","article_published_time":"2025-07-01T11:04:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-02T13:10:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":333,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nkabane.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"AFP","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lise Beyers","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\/"},"author":{"name":"Lise Beyers","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/#\/schema\/person\/a3f321c2234dde879bfe7b8298a14709"},"headline":"DA declares \u2018war\u2019 on ANC: Criminal charges filed against top minister","datePublished":"2025-07-01T11:04:35+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-02T13:10:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\/"},"wordCount":320,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nkabane.jpg","keywords":["cadre deployment","DA","GNU","Nobuhle Nkabane"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2025","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\/","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\/","name":"DA declares \u2018war\u2019 on ANC: Criminal charges filed against top minister | Weslander","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nkabane.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-01T11:04:35+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-02T13:10:41+00:00","description":"The DA has laid criminal charges against Nobuhle Nkabane for allegedly misleading Parliament on education board appointments.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nkabane.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nkabane.jpg","width":333,"height":500,"caption":"The Higher Education Minister Nobuhle Nkabane, has been fired by President Cyril Ramaphosa, due to accusations of her lying to parliament and more."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/da-declares-war-on-anc-criminal-charges-filed-against-top-minister\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"DA declares \u2018war\u2019 on ANC: Criminal charges filed against top minister"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/#website","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/","name":"Weslander","description":"To Inform, Engage and Empower Local Communities","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/#organization","name":"Weslander","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/weslander-site-icon-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/weslander-site-icon-1.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Weslander"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/weslander\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/weslander_koerant\/"],"description":"Weslander has been the main source of reliable news for the West Coast (Weskus) for 53 years, earning the trust of generations of readers. With a strong community focus, the newspaper serves as a vital link between residents, local businesses, and public services. It\u2019s a go-to platform for hyper-local stories \u2014 the kind of news that often goes unnoticed by national outlets but plays a crucial role in everyday life. From school achievements and local heroes to municipal matters and regional developments, Weslander provides a voice to smaller communities, helping to connect people, raise awareness, and highlight the issues that matter most to them.","email":"weslander@novusmedia.co.za","telephone":"022 713 1251","legalName":"Novus Media (Pty) Ltd","foundingDate":"2025-01-01","vatID":"4100318916","taxID":"2000\/018234\/07","numberOfEmployees":{"@type":"QuantitativeValue","minValue":"51","maxValue":"200"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/#\/schema\/person\/a3f321c2234dde879bfe7b8298a14709","name":"Lise Beyers","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/747e47369dce0a29870a65898ea9e9af5af7d713b08ae3fefdafe7b5bf28f7e1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/747e47369dce0a29870a65898ea9e9af5af7d713b08ae3fefdafe7b5bf28f7e1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/747e47369dce0a29870a65898ea9e9af5af7d713b08ae3fefdafe7b5bf28f7e1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lise Beyers"},"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/author\/lise-beyers\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nkabane.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":267160,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/ramaphosa-fires-higher-education-minister\/","url_meta":{"origin":265101,"position":0},"title":"Ramaphosa fires higher education minister","author":"Lise Beyers","date":"21 July 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"CAPE TOWN - On Monday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa dismissed his embattled higher education minister, weeks after a key party in his unity government filed criminal charges accusing her of lying to parliament. Ramaphosa has faced mounting pressure in recent months as several ministers from his African National Congress\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nkabane.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Novus Media","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265101"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=265101"},{"taxonomy":"publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication?post=265101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}