WATCH | ActionSA’s James files intimidation case against PA’s McKenzie | News24
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“ActionSA MP Dereleen James filed an intimidation case against PA leader and sports, arts and culture minister Gayton McKenzie.”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm or refute the claim about Dereleen James filing an intimidation case against Gayton McKenzie.
“James alleges threatening social media conduct related to her parliamentary questions in the ad hoc committee.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify allegations of threatening social media conduct related to parliamentary questions.
“McKenzie and the PA responded by lodging an ethics complaint against James, claiming she misrepresented his comments.”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm or contradict the ethics complaint lodged against Dereleen James by the PA.
“James specifically referenced the Facebook Live video McKenzie streamed on Monday night, in which he mentioned his security detail and said: 'die pad is lank (there’s a long road ahead)'”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify details about the Facebook Live video reference or the phrase 'die pad is lank'.
“James saw McKenzie’s reference to his security detail as a signal that she lacks similar protection.”
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— No evidence found in archive to assess whether Dereleen James interpreted McKenzie's security detail reference as an indication of lack of protection.
“The PA responded to James’s intimidation claims by lodging a complaint of misrepresentation and misleading claims against her with Parliament’s Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests.”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm the PA's actions regarding a misrepresentation complaint with the Joint Committee on Ethics.
“McKenzie said James sought to present the idiom as a threat when it was not.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify McKenzie's statement about James misrepresenting an idiom as a threat.
“James told reporters that she’s never referred to McKenzie in any of the allegations she was investigating.”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm or refute James's claim about not mentioning McKenzie in her investigations.
“Kunene was found at murder-accused Molefe’s house in 2025 when police swept in to arrest him.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify Kenny Kunene's presence at Katiso Molefe's house during the 2025 police raid.
“An internal PA report cleared Kunene of wrongdoing and found that his version of events – that he was there accompanying an intern of his news outlet that was meant to interview Molefe – was 'true on the face of it'.”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm the internal PA report's findings about Kunene's account of being at Molefe's house.
“James said she’s also lodged a case with the ethics committee, and we’ll battle it out there.”
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