The former Transnet boss was confronted at the Zondo commission with evidence pointing to Salim Essa’s common denominator in the web of loans and facilitation agreements linked to the flawed R54-billion deal
The president told the Zondo commission the ruling party dropped the ball but struggled over two days on the witness stand to explain how it happened and how a repeat will be prevented
The deputy chief justice invited the president to reflect on the matter, given continued corruption since 2017 when he said the party reached a watershed
President Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged that cadre deployment was abused to further state capture, but played for time when Zondo pressed him for details as to how it happened
The president conceded the ANC must answer for what happened on its watch as he took the witness stand days before the party is to expel implicated members refusing to step aside
Increasingly reluctant to do the Gupta family’s bidding, the former minister was ‘punished’ with a transfer back to the home affairs portfolio, according to Nomachule Mngoma
The former Transnet chief executive tells the Zondo commission the events described in crisp detail by his former driver were fiction
The Judicial Service Commission deferred a decision on whether to suspend the Western Cape judge president. He was present, but mostly silent candidates were interviewed for the division
The commission has dismissed three requests not to proceed with interviews for candidates for the Western Cape high court
The former Transnet chief financial officer says ‘it wasn’t me’ when confronted with proof the Gupta family hosted him in a five-star Dubai hotel