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
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The ANC has called for constitutional and legislative changes following damning allegations in the state capture report
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
The president’s tendency to avoid confrontation with his own party means we must maintain public outrage to ensure an end to state capture
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From Mbeki to Zuma to Ramaphosa, the facts and fictions of the intelligence networks have shadowed political players and settled power struggles
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Some of the conditions in which the July unrest occurred have abated but others, such as the spiralling cost of living, have worsened
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The utility’s employees went on an unprotected strike but years of poor decisions wrecked the energy producer
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After more than 10 years of meddling and the countless executive game of musical chairs, please leave political actors out of Eskom problem-solving. This is a problem to be solved by Andre de Ruyter and the unions and the ‘rogue’ employees working outside the established channels
Number 1 should take some tips from Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta and finally clear the cabinet of some deadwood
He was horrified about what he learned of the ANC and government — and we should be too
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What the former has which the latter conspicuously lacks is a behind-the-scenes ‘enforcer’ to establish a bold new ethos
The field of such NGOs is crowded but who and what are they holding to account and who are they mollycoddling?
Former president intends to review aspects of the full report, in which he has been directly implicated in wide-scale looting of the state
A covert undertaking, Operation Wave, paid out R48-million to journalists and media houses from state security funds
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The former health minister and a senior ANC member want the president to account for the robbery at Phala Phala Wildlife farm in Limpopo
The president’s response to the chief justice’s findings suggest he will continue to bide his time before the ANC conference in December
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Facemaskpreneurs and state capture agents are the only ones unhappy about Wednesday’s dual announcements
The largest sources of state capture money were Transnet and Eskom, two of South Africa’s most fragile state-owned entities
The final Zondo report recommends that law enforcement agencies investigate the pair for their part in the failed R280-million project
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The chief justice said widening the scope of the inquiry into state capture meant there was not enough time to investigate everything without stretching it by another 10 years
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Chief Justice will hand over the fifth and final part of the report to President Cyril Ramaphosa
Provincial leaders have asked ANC top brass to caution national working committee (and national executive committee members against meddling
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The president needs to set an example of ethical leadership, something that has been eroded during the years of state capture
The chief justice said the delay of almost a week was caused by fact-checking the fifth and final chapter of his report
The suspended public protector urged the Judicial Service Commission to investigate the incident further, saying the judges she named must be removed from the bench
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In her interview for the position of deputy chief justice, the appellate court president said she tried to resolve woes in the general office that has delayed cases involving Jacob Zuma but faulted the office of the chief justice for not stepping in
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The handover was expected to take place on Monday, after the Zondo commission said it would submit an electronic version to the president
The residents of Vingerkraal village say the president often drops by for a chat without his bodyguards
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Farmers and auction houses say the theft of cash from the president’s farm has unfairly stained the business of big game
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While Cyril Ramaphosa’s detractors revel in his possible demise in the wake of the case opened against him, those in Mkhize’s corner see a no-win for the ANC as a whole
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Three interns at the Mail & Guardian write about being young in South Africa today
The president rejected the demand that he lift her suspension as public protector and said he would defend his decision in a legal challenge she sought to bring
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