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Gupta-linked Bobat was hired on merit, Van Rooyen tells Zondo commission

Politics Sarah Smit - 11 Aug 2020

Former finance minister Des van Rooyan said he did not have Mohamed Bobat’s CV when he appointed him as a special adviser

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For whom the Bell tolls

Opinion Adrian Joseph - 29 May 2020

The cautionary tale of Bell Pottinger reminds us of the role of journalism in a democracy and why we owe it to ourselves to be more responsible about the media we consume

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Editorial: Capture virus hits again

Article Editorial - 31 Jan 2020

State Security Agency still cannot produce the security clearance certificate required for the incumbent, Baptiste Dungu, to occupy the top post at the Onderstepoort Biological Products

Ace’s son evicted from Gupta house

Article Athandiwe Saba & Thanduxolo Jika - 18 Oct 2019

Tshepiso Magashule had to be forced out of the property, leaving behind his dog and a history of close ties with the Gupta family

Want a jet, a car, a house? Gupta sale is on

Article Thanduxolo Jika, Athandiwe Saba & M&G Data Desk - 18 Oct 2019

Money from the dodgy family’s assets will be used to settle debts. Eight companies are under business rescue – but what’s the point?

Who’s who on the US blacklist

Article Jacques Coetzee 1 - 17 Oct 2019

The Mail & Guardian dug through the list of more than 7 000 entries on the US Office of Foreign Assets Control’s report

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Mkhwebane loses again, this time over Vrede dairy probe

Article Franny Rabkin - 15 Aug 2019

High court says public protector’s failures when probing Gupta-linked project "impacted on the rights of the poor and vulnerable in society”

New Age and ANN7 were my idea, Zuma says

Article Natasha Marrian - 15 Jul 2019

Former president bemoans plan to remove him, details plot including using “suicide bombers” to assassinate him

SA’s monetary policy needs a serious overhaul

Article Patrick Bond - 11 Jun 2019

Recent pronouncements by Lethuli House, and Ace Magashule in particular, merely muddied the waters

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Eskom ‘misled’ treasury over multi-billion rand Gupta contract

Article Jan Cronje - 11 Mar 2019

According to testimony before the Zondo commission, Eskom appears to have misled treasury about the quality of coal from a Gupta-owned coal mine

Zondo commission: ‘What did the ANC do?’

Article Sarah Smit - 27 Nov 2018

According to ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe, the party realised it was in “big trouble” with regard to state capture

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Court papers show Transnet execs ‘colluded fraudulently’

Article Sibongile Khumalo - 13 Nov 2018

Four executives, including Siyanbonga Gama, are said to have colluded to cause Transnet to make inflated payments to a Gupta-linked company

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Zuma, Cabinet tried to halt Gordhan’s moves to stop illicit flow of funds

Article Sabelo Skiti - 8 Nov 2018

Hawks, NPA and Sars all attempted to frustrate the former finance minister’s fight against state capture, Gordhan to tell Zondo Commission

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The finance minister, his son and the Mozambican refinery

Article Sabelo Skiti & Thanduxolo Jika - 5 Oct 2018

Siyabonga Nene asked the PIC to finance a huge investment in Mozambique. He didn’t get that for himself

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Zondo to decide on Gupta, Duduzane Zuma applications to cross examine

Article Sarah Smit - 13 Sep 2018

After Barbara Hogan’s testimony was postponed indefinitely, the commission will meet to hear Zondo’s decision on key cross-examination applications

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