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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REPORT – Nhlanhla Nene asks to be relieved of his duties
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Further fuel price rises expected due to the Rand that weakens sharply
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The rand was a lot weaker on Thursday morning‚ raising the prospect of yet another increase in fuel prices‚ which have been a political hot potato ahead of the general elections in 2019.
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Tea parties at Saxonwold:- A timeline of Nene’s meetings with the Guptas
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As rumours swirl that Nhlanhla Nene may have had an untoward business relationship with the Gupta family, the finance minister has denied any such claim but has admitted that he did have meetings with the family during his tenure as deputy minister.
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State Capture Inquiry Update:- Zuma Cabinet members turned against Nene
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Members of former president Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet were hostile towards Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene after he refused to approve a controversial nuclear deal, the commission of inquiry into state capture heard on Wednesday.
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Gupta-linked director general removed from Public Enterprises
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Richard Seleke, the controversial director general of public enterprises, has left public service after reaching an agreement with the presidency.
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State Capture Inquiry Updates:- How Zuma faked a job for Nene
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Former president Jacob Zuma did not give Nhlanhla Nene any reason why he was fired from his position as finance minister in December 2015, but instead presented Nene a “fabricated” job offer.
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The ANC are still in limbo over anti-Ramaphosa plot
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ANC secretary general Ace Magashule says he will not allow any “wedge drivers” to destroy his relationship with President Cyril Ramaphosa, amid reports that he is involved in an alleged plot to overthrow the president.
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Tom Moyane seeks ConCourt intervention as his time runs out
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Suspended South African Revenue Service (Sars) commissioner Tom Moyane has filed an over 700-page application at the Constitutional Court asking the court to urgently hear his matter to have President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decisions in appointing the Nugent commission and the disciplinary inquiry into his conduct as being in violation of the Constitution.
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Alleged ‘Dros rapist’ appears in court and protests expected
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Mass protest action is expected in Tshwane on Tuesday as the man accused of raping a six-year-old girl at a Pretoria franchise of the family restaurant chain Dros will appear in the Pretoria magistrate’s court.
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Blackmailing ‘rumours’ made by Jonas about Hlongwane and Duduzane
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Duduzane Zuma and Fana Hlongwane have said that their infamous meeting at the Guptas’ Saxonwold compound with former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas was merely to clear up rumours that Hlongwane was blackmailing Jonas.
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SARS employees involved in illicit tobacco trade, and another Zuma involved – Tobacco Trade Team
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The Nugent commission of inquiry into tax administration and governance has heard how a task team — ostensibly established to investigate syndicates in the illicit tobacco trade — instead focused its powers on internal investigations on fellow South African Revenue Service (Sars) officials.
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Following the Zondo Commission so far, The Reserve Bank warns of ‘catastrophic’ impact if banks kept Gupta accounts open
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South Africa’s “big four” banks could have been locked out of the international payments system with “absolutely catastrophic” results if they had kept the Gupta family’s bank accounts open in 2016, according to South African Reserve Bank deputy governor Kuben Naidoo.
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Cyril Ramaphosa accused of double standards
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The confession by Deputy Correctional Services Minister Thabang Makwetla during an ANC national executive committee (NEC) meeting that he received a more than R1-million cash bribe, and returned it to an unknown businessman six weeks later, will be at the centre of debates during next week’s NEC meeting.
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Moerane commission:- Top cop lied to commission, says witness
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The Independent Police Investigative Directorate has been asked to investigate perjury charges against a KwaZulu-Natal police general for allegedly lying under oath to the Moerane commission of inquiry into political killings in the province.
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This ‘gift’ of R370bn from China needs to be scrutinised, don’t you think??
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Given South Africa’s current economic woes, one would think that China’s recently announced investments in the country — the R33-billion loan from the China Development Bank to Eskom and the R370-billion toward a stimulus package — would have resulted in jubilation. But, bar the praises of a few government ministers, the news has gone down like a lead balloon.
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