The Presidency has launched its application in the High Court in Pretoria to review the remedial action of the Public Protector’s ‘State of Capture’ report. Jacob Zuma’s legal team has argued that the Constitution empowers only the president to establish a commission of inquiry. The Presidency has launched its application in the High Court in..
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Zuma’s Lawyers: Only The President Can Establish Commissions Of Inquiry
#CRIMESTATS: 52 South Africans Murdered, 109 Raped And 46 Hijacked Every Day
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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Mbalula delivers crime stats, vows to crack down on ‘lazy’ police efforts
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Police Minister Fikile Mbalula on Tuesday announced a general 1.8% decrease in crime but remained scathing of efforts to curb violence. The crime statistics released in Parliament show that robberies are the highest they have been in a decade at 6% and are the cause of most aggravated contact crimes. Although the “most policeable crime”,..
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McKINSEY DOSSIER – Part 2: Contract To Pay McKinsey And Trillian R1.6-Bn ‘Invalid’
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In Part 1, we detailed how global consultancy McKinsey lined up an R9.4-billion bonanza from Eskom with the help of Gupta-linked Trillian Capital Partners. We also showed how Eskom executives ignored warnings from their own legal team that the contract favoured McKinsey and did not comply with the law. In Part 2, we show how the flawed..
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McKINSEY DOSSIER – Part 5: How Transnet Cash Stuffed Gupta Letterboxes
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When global consulting firm McKinsey “came clean” last Tuesday about its work at Eskom, it admitted it was not careful enough about associating with Trillian, its de facto local partner. But it claimed not to have known that Gupta lieutenant Salim Essa owned most of Trillian.Now we show that at least R30m flowed from Regiments,..
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McKINSEY DOSSIER – Part 4: Eskom Bending Over Backwards For Trillian #GuptaLeaks
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Eskom paid Trillian R595m without a valid contract while lying to the public about doing so. This is well established by now. But how the Gupta-linked company was sneaked onto Eskom’s payment system – a system designed to prevent fraud – has always been a mystery. A series of interviews and leaked documents show that..
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McKINSEY DOSSIER – Part 3: Eskom Tells McKinsey And Trillian To #PayBackTheMoney #GuptaLeaks
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Pressure on global consulting giant McKinsey has reached breaking point after Eskom moved to reclaim R1.6-billion in consulting fees paid as part of the controversial turnaround project. On Thursday night Eskom released a statement saying that it “sought McKinsey and Trillian’s co-operation” to have the R1-billion paid to McKinsey and the R564-million paid to Gupta-linked..
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McKINSEY DOSSIER – Part 1: How McKINSEY And Trillian Ripped R1.6B From ESKOM – And Planned To Take R7.8BN More
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It is now well-established that global consultants McKinsey and their local Gupta-linked counterpart Trillian extracted R1.6-billion in fees for “turnaround” advice given to Eskom. In this investigation, the first in a series, we delve into an explosive report that says Eskom ignored warnings that the proposed contract might be illegal, and reveal internal documents detailing..
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Zuma, his Nigerian friend, the road and a new statue
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Nigerian governor who conferred honours on President Zuma is a narcissist, runs a bankrupt government, forced the state to celebrate his 55th birthday and is surrounded by acolytes who believe he made the sun stand still. Rochas Okorocha, the Nigerian host of South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma, had been celebrating his 55th birthday for nearly..
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Jacob Zuma’s criminal status key for ANC rules
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If corruption charges against Jacob Zuma were to be re-enrolled, a fraught responsibility would fall on ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe. Under the ANC’s constitution, the party’s secretary general “may suspend” a member or office bearer indicted to appear in a court if that seems necessary — “on the authority of” the party’s national executive..
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Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma ‘links’ to illicit Gupta cash flows an attempt to block her presidency
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Presidential hopeful Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma’s backers have labelled reported links between her and alleged illicit flows of funds by the Gupta family as a “clear” attempt to block her from ascending to the party’s top post. Dlamini-Zuma was flagged, along with 27 other people, as individuals that UK financial institutions should review as possibly being involved..
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Russian group meets with Zuma days before reshuffle – Putin shows Zuma who’s boss
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Another Sunday means another huge political story to dive into. While the world has become well aware of Russian meddling in other countries’ political affairs, the latest report reveals that Zuma and the Russians might be even closer than first thought. The Sunday Times reports that on Monday, President Zuma met with a “high-level Russian..
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NPA gives Zuma until November 30 to explain why corruption case must be dropped
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The National Prosecuting Authority has given Jacob Zuma until November 30 to make representations on why the corruption case against him should be dropped. In a statement issued on Friday, the NPA said the National Director of Public Prosecutions “is of the view that in light of the judgment of the SCA, it appears that..
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Restore hope to SA’s democracy
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In his book The Price of Inequality, Joseph Stiglitz writes: “Countries around the world provide frightening examples of what happens to societies when they reach the level of inequality toward which we are moving. It is not a pretty picture: countries where the rich live in gated communities, waited upon by hordes of low-income workers;..
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