The capacity of the state in the criminal prosecution of the Gupta brothers is in question, risking a delay in the crucial state capture trial on which their extradition hinges, while the formal request for their surrender to SA is still in the draft stage
The suspects are two men who worked for Swiss engineering firm ABB and allegedly ensured lucrative deals were handed to a company in which former Eskom chief executive Matshela Koko’s stepdaughter held a stake
Advocate Dali Mpofu, appearing for the suspended public protector, insists that the president wrongfully suspend her and this taints the parliamentary process that could lead to her impeachment
The minister has endured through a leasing scandal and factional wars in the police because the president can’t jettison the KwaZulu-Natal support base that he commands
The president successfully argued against the claim on seven counts but failed to persuade the court that there is no argument of a causal link between his actions and the fatal shooting of miners
The president has singled out the part of the state capture report that recommends an investigation that includes Arthur Fraser’s alleged abuses be resumed
From Mbeki to Zuma to Ramaphosa, the facts and fictions of the intelligence networks have shadowed political players and settled power struggles
The president’s response to the chief justice’s findings suggest he will continue to bide his time before the ANC conference in December
The final chapter of the state capture report found that investigation was interrupted at Zuma’s urging to protect Fraser
The chief justice said the delay of almost a week was caused by fact-checking the fifth and final chapter of his report