The maligned former Eskom CEO challenged the notion that it was foolish to shut ageing power stations and focus on procuring more renewable capacity
There is progress cleaning up corruption but party reform lags behind and the president can’t afford to lose allies, even those implicated in the Zondo report
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In 1997, the warning bells were ringing that South Africa faced a dark future because Eskom would run out of capacity to supply a growing populace and an expanding economy
The president’s compromise on what state capture recommendations can be implemented was expected
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The former executives are being pursued for the purchase of Optimum coal mine by Gupta-owned Tegeta
Legal and compliance group executive told parliament it had been successful ‘in securing an order against Mr Molefe’s pension for the return of various funds’
The Palm Ridge court granted a postponement to allow the full contents of the docket to be made availed to Brian Molefe, Anoj Singh and their co-accused
People named in the Zondo state capture report are appearing in court but there is still a long list of those who need to face the law
The net will have to be cast wider if the perpetrators of State capture are to be brought to book
The largest sources of state capture money were Transnet and Eskom, two of South Africa’s most fragile state-owned entities
Fugitives Rajesh and Atul Gupta were arrested four months after Interpol issued a Red Notice against them. But they are just the latest.
Former Eskom chief executive says Zondo Commission was ‘very sympathetic’ towards Glencore’s relationship with Ramaphosa
Recommendations by the Zondo commission include investigation and possible criminal prosecution for Brian Molefe, Matshela Koko and Anoj Singh
The former president’s dismissal of Nhlahla Nene as finance minister for spurious reasons showed the veracity of the Gupta family’s claim that he would do anything for them
The ruling party was unbanned 32 years ago on 2 February, but few ANC leaders can be feeling festive today
The former Transnet group chief executive was one of the key architects of the capture and looting of the state-owned entity
The Zondo commission’s second report deals with the capture of Transnet through the Gupta racketeering enterprise
In 2016, Prinsloo sounded the alarm about the hazardous condition of the Blue Train and free trips being offered to friends of Transnet executives, including the Gupta family and Duduzane Zuma.
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Democracy in Action argues in court papers that the president cannot receive the report because he is implicated, and demands it be given instead to the deputy president or the public protector, or both
Those haggling over the keys to Durban city hall can’t smell the shit in the harbour
The case Zuma refused to answer before Zondo
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It became hard to suspend disbelief as Ramaphosa repeatedly told the Zondo commission that he did not know of the abuses ripping through the state machinery while he was deputy president
The president’s claim that he served as deputy president under Zuma as a way of stemming corruption came up short against prior evidence of witnesses who said he failed to help them do so
The machinations around the finance ministry at the time clearly posed the risk that the treasury would be captured, to disastrous effect, Ramaphosa said.
The former Transnet chief financial officer said he has no idea how R41-million flowed to a Gupta front company, ostensibly for unblocking a deal
The former Transnet and Eskom chief financial officer agreed that it was highly irregular that the consultancy firm enjoyed this unfair advantage
It was preposterous to imagine Glencore banked on Ramaphosa to help Eskom bow to its coal-price hike demands, Clinton Ephron told the Zondo commission
Transnet’s former chief financial officer tells Zondo was not familiar with locomotive pricing and did not detect the 20% kickbacks built into the contract price for Gupta-owned front companies
The former Transnet chief executive tells the Zondo commission the events described in crisp detail by his former driver were fiction
The power utility’s former chief executive prefaced his testimony by asking if the president would have to answer to claims that he meddled in Eskom
The former Transnet boss says luck, not political meddling, was behind his baffling reinstatement
The deputy chief justice says an attack on one witness may deter many others from giving evidence