Three themes dominate the political coverage of the Sunday papers: The ANC's crackdown on the media - Blade Nzimande and Siphiwe Nyanda say its the media's own fault; the government's revolving doors; and the weekly serving of corruption and self-serving administration

The Sunday Times leads off with the chief of police, king-of-bling Bheki Cele, steering a dodgy R500-million property deal towards a well connected businessman as he moves himself and a few of his senior mates out of the old police headquarters into fancier diggs around the corner. Read it here

There is also a smell of corruption around the story of a supposed service-delivery expert hired to pour nearly R1-billion into fixing the dilapidated political and economic hub of the Eastern Cape, who has now quit under the cloud of a tender scandal. Read it here

In the same vein, the Sunday Independent reports that ANC Youth League (ANCYL) Limpopo chairman Frans Moswane, an associate of Julius Malema, has resigned from Sekhukhuni Municipality in the face of "imminent" fraud charges by the municipality, prompted by allegations that he was earning a monthly R35 000 salary despite not having reported for duty since June last year. Nice work if you can get it. Read it here

In another example of mangled administration, the Sunday Independent leads with news of a simmering rebellion from the SABC's new board against chairman Ben Ngubane and group CEO Solly Mokoetle, who seems to insist that they can chart their own course. This story is not available online.

Perhaps it is because they have been so busy lining their own nests that ANC politicians have allowed their parliamentary caucus to collapse into administrative chaos resulting in crucial meetings not taking place, important documents being left unsigned, staff members taking off as they wish, and questions being raised about the caucus's overall financial viability. Read it here

How long you will be able to "read it here" depends in part on the outcome of the burgeoning media freedom debate.

Writing in the Sunday Times, Siphiwe Nyanda, the communications minister currently feeling the heat of scrutiny on several fronts, says the system is broken and the government needs to intervene. Read it here

And in City Press, SACP chief Blade Nzimande writes that the media’s shifty reaction to the SA Communist Party’s (SACP) online newsletter Red Alert – making the case for proper oversight over the fourth estate – was hardly surprising. Read it here

The ANC presented a dilemma with an invitation to editors and political editors to chat on Tuesday. Business Day editor Peter Bruce apparently declined, saying: "Thank you for the invitation. I feel, however, that it would be inappropriate and, indeed, demeaning for Business Day to attend a function with the ANC while it is threatening to impose draconian curbs on our ability to do our jobs in terms of both the Media Tribunal and the Protection of Information Bill." But Rapport's Jan-Jan Joubert argues that journalists must engage. Read it here

In the revolving door department, the Sunday Independent says former prisons boss Xoliswa Sibeko plans legal action to force the Department of Correctional Services to reinstate her because her dismissal was unfair, Read it here and City Press says North West Premier Maureen Modiselle has sacked her provincial director general, Nana Magomola, who had dared to challenge her treatment in the bargaining council while Mamodupi Mohlala, recently fired by Nyanda, is reported to have declined a settlement, but might be considering another job elsewhere in government.

If this is all too much and you would prefer a love story, try the Sunday Times political page. "They were born in the same year - just over a month apart - and share political ambitions and a love for antique china tea sets. Now the two iron ladies of South African politics, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille and Independent Demo-crats leader Patricia de Lille, are discussing the feasibility of marriage." Read it here

The other iron lady's troubles are not yet over, says the Sunday Times: "After backing down against minister of defence Lindiwe Sisulu on Thursday, parliament's defence committee is this week set to again consider compelling her to produce two secret reports on weak morale in the defence force. Read it here