How many times did former president Jacob Zuma respond to questions at the state capture inquiry with “I don’t know”, “I don’t remember” or “I’m not sure”? We counted. During his testimony from Monday to Wednesday last week, he denied knowing the answers to 36 questions. Last week, the former president dominated news headlines when..
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President in absentia: More than 30! That’s how many times Zuma failed to answer questions at state capture inquiry
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ANC stalwarts reacted to Zuma’s haunting week at the State Capture Inquiry: “He’s a spineless thug”
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Former president Jacob Zuma may have dug his own grave with his antics at the State Capture Inquiry. His own brotherhood of ANC cadres has turned against him after he made startling allegations about some of them. In what turned out to be one of the most dramatic weeks of deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo’s..
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Nedbank pockets R780m from the parastatal Transnet -Nedbank is the latest in a long list of private sector companies to be implicated in state capture
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The banking sector will be rocked by allegations of corruption this week, when Transnet tells the commission of inquiry into state capture about Nedbank’s involvement in a controversial deal which saw the bank pocket R780 million from the parastatal. This week, Transnet’s acting chief executive, Mohammed Mahomedy, will appear before the state capture inquiry where..
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PIC blows millions of of taxpayers money on selected members – embezzlement and corruption are once again the order of the day – tax payers are coughing UP and corrupt ANC members are wasting it
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The former Head of Risk and Compliance at the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), Paul Magula, testified before the PIC’s Commission of Inquiry on how millions of Rands have been spent on a few select members of the corporation. Dan Matjila, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, once again stands in the trough of..
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Tom Moyane: the devil incarnate! – described himself as the best Sars commissioner in the democratic era even though his mismanagement lead to revenue shortfalls and the country being hit with a VAT increase this year
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Suspended SA Revenue Service (Sars) commissioner Tom Moyane attacked the judge heading a commission of inquiry into the tax agency during his reign as irrational and biased, saying murderers and serial rapists would get better treatment. Moyane has described himself as the best Sars commissioner in the democratic era and has rejected accusations that his..
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Cyril Ramaphosa appoints commission of inquiry into Public Investment Corporation
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a commission of inquiry into alleged impropriety at the Public Investment Corporation.
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REPORT – Nhlanhla Nene asks to be relieved of his duties
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Following a public apology for meeting the Gupta brothers at their Saxonwold home instead of a public place, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene has asked to be relieved of his duties, according to a Business Day report on Monday.
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JZ sets conditions if he’s to go
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Supporters of President Jacob Zuma are demanding that ANC MP Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma take over as the country’s interim president as a condition for him to step down, ANC insiders told the Mail & Guardian this week. Party insiders familiar with the behind-the-scenes negotiations on Zuma’s future say the former ANC president and his supporters have..
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Zuma now firmly in the firing line
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Jacob Zuma’s future hangs in the balance in the wake of the ANC national conference, with party president Cyril Ramaphosa’s more militant backers pushing for the head of state to be recalled early next year at the latest. With the conference endorsing greater powers for the ANC’s integrity committee and the immediate appointment of a..
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Zuma won’t let Public Protector dictate to him on #StateCapture inquiry
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Pretoria – Jacob Zuma will not be dictated to by the Public Protector, or any other State functionary, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Tuesday. “One of the points we raise is that the remedial action [prescribed by former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela] is telling the president [Zuma] that he has no discretion on..
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Ramaphosa spurs Hawks to be proactive on state capture suspects.
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Cyril Ramaphosa says commissions of inquiry into state capture should not stop law enforcement agencies from investigating the culprits in the meantime. Addressing hundreds at a Cosatu rally in Seshego outside Polokwane on Sunday, Ramaphosa said the Hawks must investigate state capture. He said parliamentarians were also concerned that allegations of state capture were lingering..
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