Corruption

 

Peter Hain’s “Smoking Gun” – Provides Bank Accounts Detailing How Guptas Took Billions From South Africa

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  LONDON — Renowned anti-Apartheid activist, Lord Peter Hain, drove a very deep nail into the Zupta coffin in the UK’s House of Lords on Wednesday. In a speech that was televised live, Hain said he has handed over a “smoking gun” to the UK Treasury – documents revealing details of money laundered by the Guptas from South Africa..
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Before We Die: Marikana Miners Speak Out – Miners Live In Fear Amid Platinum Belt Killings [VIDEO]

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The miners say they have been forced into self-exile as a result of the tensions in the area and claim union leaders have not protected those speaking out against corruption. FILE: Mine workers in Marikana. Four Marikana miners have told Eyewitness News that they fear for their lives amid claims that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union..
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‘He Is A Gangster Like Us’: Glen Agliotti – New Book Reveals Zuma’s ‘Darkest Secret’

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This is an exclusive extract from Jacques Pauw’s ‘The President’s Keepers’, which delves into a world of lethal criminals: the men who keep this toxic president in power President Jacob Zuma’s secrets are laid bare in ‘The President’s Keepers’.  Once Jacob Zuma ascended to the highest office on 6 May 2009, one hoped he would..
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Open Letter To Zuma -Your Vision For This Once Beautiful Country Is A Huge Fat “For Sale” Sign!

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Good day Mr President! Firstly, I know you’re a fucktard, so lets cut the pleasantries and get down to business! This Country is my Country – one that my forefathers built with pride and dignity – something every moral fibre in your being is devoid of! In 1994, I voted for change, the change that..
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New York Times Paints Grim Picture Of South Africa’s Relentless Poverty, Post-Apartheid

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Starting in Crossroads, Cape Town, this New York Times piece is essential reading for every South African who simply by dint of living here, often cannot see the wood for the trees. It traverses the lives of every income cut of Black South Africans, exposing us to the harsh realities and simmering disillusionment born of a new democracy that..
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February’s Main Budget Could Be A Total ‘Bloodbath’ Judging Gigaba’s Mini-Budget

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The biggest day in Malusi Gigaba’s political career so far was strongly contrasted yesterday by a vehemently negative market reaction. While being honest in his assessment of the state of the South African economy, the Finance Minister provided little hope that he has a plan to halt the bleeding. And as Matthew Lester points out below, if Gigaba remains Finance Minister until..
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Full Junk Status For South Africa Is Inevitable

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While two of the three major rating agencies already have South Africa’s foreign debt ratings in sub-investment grade, finance minister Malusi Gigaba’s bleak budget speech this week practically makes ‘full’ junk for the country an inevitability. As the market and analysts digest the key takeaways from the budget speech, the overarching theme that has emerged..
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Officers ‘Lunching’ On Banknotes Slapped With Pre-Suspension Letters – Ekhuruleni

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The two Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department officers seen in a video “lunching” on banknotes have been slapped with pre-suspension letters, the EMPD said on Friday. The video clip went viral on Friday. It shows the two EMPD traffic wardens in full uniform gyrating to loud music from the boot of a car with their lunch packs littered with banknotes…
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This Is Who Is Paying South Africa’s Tax – A Paltry 13% Of The South African Population

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Finance expert Jayson Coomer, known as the Rolling Alpha, has updated his annual breakdown of South Africa’s tax trends, following the mini-budget speech delivered this week. According to Coomer’s data, currently a paltry 13% of the South African population of 56 million people are the ones paying income taxes – with the other 87% not contributing..
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SAP [Systems, Applications and Products.] ’Fesses Up, Calls In US Authorities Amid “Humbling” Investigation Into Gupta Bribes

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Hasso Plattner SAP chair Hasso Plattner has met his promise to provide an update on its investigation into bribes paid by the multinational’s South African office to Gupta-linked companies which facilitated deals with SA state-owned enterprises like Transnet. SAP today disclosed in July it initiated a “voluntary disclosure” process on the Gupta scandal to the US Department..
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February’s Main Budget Could Be A Total ‘Bloodbath’ Judging Gigaba’s Mini-Budget

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Matthew Lester The biggest day in Malusi Gigaba’s political career so far was strongly contrasted yesterday by a vehemently negative market reaction. While being honest in his assessment of the state of the South African economy, the Finance Minister provided little hope that he has a plan to halt the bleeding. And as Matthew Lester points out below, if Gigaba remains Finance..
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Medium Term Budget Policy Statement  2017 Reveals The Full Horror Of Jacob Zuma’s Catastrophic Mismanagement Of The Economy In South Africa

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The Minister of Finance, Malusi Gigaba’s, “maiden” medium-term budget policy statement exposes the full horror of President Jacob Zuma’s catastrophic management of the economy in South Africa. The minister’s medium-term budget policy statement reveals a full-scale budget “blow out” with: **  a massive revenue shortfall of R50. 8 billion, which is the largest revenue shortfall..
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Don’t Let FBI Beat Us To State Capture Probe, Says Cyril

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Speaking at a cadres’ assembly in Mafikeng yesterday, Ramaphosa urged state institutions not to be overtaken by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which has opened an investigation into alleged Gupta family involvement in state capture. “Right now foreigners have started to investigate us as South Africa because of state capture,” he said. “The FBI..
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Just Like Satan, Zuma Will Use His Last Days To Multiply Ferocity

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Last week, our ears were clogged by the noise that followed Jacob Zuma’s last-kick reshuffle of his already discredited cabinet. We have reached a point in the haunted life of our captured state where most South Africans wish Zuma would simply sit and do nothing in Nkandla, until he is ejected from the Union Buildings…
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Ramaphosa leads Gauteng nominations in the presidential race

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ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa is leading the Gauteng presidential race following this weekend’s round of nominations by branches in the province. But, it’s early days, insiders say. According to them, nominations are yet to meet the halfway mark, which will give a more clear indication of Ramaphosa’s performance in the race. Outcomes of branch..
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