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South African President Thabo Mbeki has ruled out a commission of inquiry into allegations that Deputy President Jacob Zuma took a bribe in connection with the multi-billion rand arms deal.

The Scorpions are actively investigating Deputy President Jacob Zuma for an alleged attempt to secure a bribe of R500 000 a year from French defence giant Thomson-CSF, the Mail & Guardian can reveal.

HANNES DE WET, Pretoria | Thursday PERSUADING broadcasters to be cautious about showing explicit sex on television could form part of the quest to renew moral values in South Africa, Deputy President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday. ”We could all discuss how we could influence broadcasters to balance their approach to programming,” he told a […]

Justin Arenstein A key player in South Africa’s controversial arms deal, Shabir Shaik, helped sort out a financial crisis experienced by Deputy President Jacob Zuma in 1998. Shaik was Zuma’s financial adviser while he was finance MEC in KwaZulu-Natal. Bank records indicate that Shaik tried to help Zuma convince the troubled New Republic Bank (NRB) […]

The ANC attempted to end a Scorpions investigation into corruption in the province and instead deal with the matter ‘internally’ Justin Arenstein Former Mpumalanga premier Mathews Phosa’s allegations about a plot to discredit him in top political circles look set to backfire after a key witness dramatically retracted his affidavit this week. The retraction came […]

SOUTH Africa’s Deputy President Jacob Zuma is to hold a second day of talks with members of a main Hutu rebel group in Burundi to discuss ending the seven-year armed conflict. Zuma met a delegation from the National Liberation Forces (FNL) in Pretoria to discuss a ceasefire agreement. A source close to the negotiations said […]