‘It’s game over’: Mbalula wants the Scorpions back

ANC secretary-general also sees party haemorrhaging support due to grim national mood

04 June 2023 - 00:01

South Africa made a major mistake in 2009 when it disbanded the Directorate of Special Operations (DSO), commonly known as the Scorpions, and the unit should be resurrected, says ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula...

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