The highly anticipated judicial commission of inquiry into state capture — headed by Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo — will kick off on Monday in Parktown, Johannesburg.
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So it is Day One for the state capture inquiry to get underway
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Confirmation from Treasury – Eskom looting was an inside job
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The noose is tightening around senior Eskom officials already implicated in looting with further evidence of the underhanded tactics used to benefit the infamous Gupta family, revealed on Sunday.
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Jacob Zuma’s legal options unpacked
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Judging by former president Jacob Zuma’s new defence team’s choices, his constitutional right to a fair trial may feature prominently in his defence strategy.
Zuma is set to appear in the high court in Pietermaritzburg on Friday (July 27) on 16 charges of fraud and corruption.
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Land Confiscation Will Redistribute Poverty, Not Wealth! 180 Billion Rand’s Mortgages, Food Production and SA Economy Will Be Destroyed
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Zimbabwe 2.0 – The South African economy and the nation’s food production could collapse if the government seizes land from white farmers and redistributes it to black citizens, a local race relations organization has said. The move, approved by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) regime as well as the opposition EFF party earlier this..
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South Africa is at the Brink: A country governed by chaos, violence and malice – There is no rule of law
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South Africa is a country governed by chaos, violence and malice. There is no rule of law. Just a bunch of civil societies and weak-wine intellectuals pretending that everything is okay – when it really isn’t. We pretend that things are okay now that Jacob Zuma is no longer the President; that Cyril Ramaphosa will..
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After a Quarter Century of Black Rule in SA, “Blacks” Still Blame “Whites” For EVERYTHING! When will blacks appropriate accountability, responsibility, duty and honour?
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Despite being in charge and control of everything from Taxes, Budget, Finance, Police, Army, Hospitals, Roads, Municipalities, Councils, Parliament, Judiciary, Customs, etc. etc. the black majority government in South has been unable to do anything more than consume the wealth that whites created prior to 1994.
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ANC and state capture, SA on the edge of being a failed state
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The FF Plus agrees with the assertion made by the director general of the Treasury, Mr Dondo Mogojane, that South Africa is not yet a failed state, but that it will soon end up being one if state capture is not brought to an end at once.
Economic growth is hampered even further by the unnecessary fragmenting of departments and it would only be to the country’s benefit if departments like trade and industry, small business development and even finance and energy were combined in order to promote cohesion.
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A top parliament official spent R4m of taxpayer money on travel costs
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A parliamentary official has been exposed for wasting millions on some rather ridiculous travel costs. Now, he will have to account for himself.
Parliamentary chief Gengezi Mgidlana is in very hot water over a finding that shows him spending R4m of taxpayers’ money on transport. On Friday, the Cape Town High Court dismissed his bid to stop Parliament carrying out a disciplinary hearing.
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Cyril Ramaphosa to ‘lend a hand’ in Mahikeng
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken his own call to “lend a hand” and “send me” by convening an urgent meeting on Friday over protests in Mahikeng.
On Thursday evening, he announced he was cutting his visit to the UK short to intervene, bringing to mind the Hugh Masekela song he quoted during his inaugural State of the Nation Address earlier this year.
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Jacob Zuma appoints lawyers to fight latest cost order
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Former president Jacob Zuma has appointed lawyers to challenge a cost order worth an estimated R10-million in the state capture court case.
This latest reported appeal by Zuma will come in his personal capacity, after the Pretoria high court…………
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Eskom CEO Brian Molefe loses court bid to appeal pay back pension ruling
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The North Gauteng High Court on Tuesday dismissed an application by former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe for leave to appeal a ruling that he pay back the part of his pension payout he already received.
Judge Elias Matojane said based on the submission presented to the court “we are of the view that there is no prospect that another court would come to a different conclusion… therefore the leave to appeal is refused.”
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South African Expat Justin Van Pletzen Detained in Dubai After Gupta Viral Video (WATCH)!
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The South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has confirmed the detention of South African citizen, Justin Van Pletzen, in Dubai.
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The Parliamentary committee to use Hawks to track down Gupta’s and Zuma Jnr.
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Parliament’s committee on public enterprises will reach out to the Hawks to help track down the Gupta brothers so that they can be issued a summons to appear before the Eskom inquiry.
Chair of the inquiry Zukiswa Rantho told Fin24 by phone on Tuesday that the brothers Ajay, Atul and Rajesh were to appear before the committee along with former SAA board chair Dudu Myeni and Gupta business associate Duduzani Zuma on Wednesday.
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Denel: Interim board gives staff, management new hope
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CAPE TOWN – Denel management and staff say the appointment of an interim board marks a new beginning for the cash-strapped state-owned arms maker.
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan announced the new board members on Monday, naming former Airport Company South Africa CEO Monhla Hlahla as chairperson
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WATCH: Zuma’s Fans Try (AND KIND OF FAIL) To Defend Him – “HE IS OPPRESSED”
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Watch fans and supporters of former South African President Jacob Zuma attempt to support him in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, yesterday, as he faces 16 charges for his involvement in the arms deal – two of corruption, 12 of fraud, one of money laundering, and one of racketeering
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