Any move made by the Zondo commission head or by former president Jacob Zuma must be calculated, because one mistake from either side could lead to a political fallout
Last year the commission asked the Constitutional Court to force the former president to appear. Although ruling has not been made, the summons remains valid, but Zuma’s lawyers say they won’t honour it
More allegations against Jacob Zuma put before the state capture commission, as the questions the former president will have to answer when he appears next week continue to stack up
After the former president stalked out of a sitting, it asked the ConCourt to force him to appear before the inquiry. A ruling has not been made but the summons remains valid
As countries expand investment in decentralised renewable energy, its worth keeping an eye on who’s profiting.
This is an extract from the book 50 People Who F***ed Up South Africa: The Lost Decade by Alexander Parker and Tim Richman, with cartoons by Zapiro
Attempts to discredit election outcomes can be dangerous and the United States would do well to heed the warnings from history
A challenge to the racketeering case against co-accused Thales will be heard only next year
The small fish get caught. Jails are used to control the poor and disorderly and deflect attention from the crimes of the rich and powerful.
It is Zondo’s legal end game and will leave the former president, his supporters and those implicated in state capture to increasingly play fast and loose at imputing political motive to the commission
Disgraced Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Andile Lungisa calls for a change of leadership in the ANC immediately after being released on parole
The cross-examination of the public enterprises minister by Tom Moyane’s lawyers at the state capture inquiry went on well into overtime on Monday evening
Reverend Frank Chikane has just completed six years as the chairperson of the Kagiso Trust. He speaks about corruption, his children’s views and how churches can be mobilised
The former president’s escapades at the commission of inquiry into state capture are a far cry from Nelson Mandela’s response when summonsed to testify in the high court
The public enterprises minister is being cross-examined by Tom Moyane’s lawyers at the state capture inquiry, as both men seek to defend their reputations
Another summons has been served on Jacob Zuma at his Nkandla residence, requiring the former president to appear before the Zondo Commission next year
The state capture commission’s star witness now faces a criminal complaint and another summons
You didn’t need to be a genius or a prophet to predict that Bushiri would run or that Zuma would stall
The summons to compel the former president to appear before the state capture commission stands, says legal head
The legal arguments put forward by the former president’s team are weak and inconsistent
The former president’s advocate and commission lawyers were embroiled in a showdown of who best argued the apprehension of bias doctrine
The application for the state capture commission chair to recuse himself lays bare the history of the two men
The former president has, through his lawyers, told the Zondo commission to not ‘bully’ him into appearing before the inquiry
South Africans are learning the hard way that corruption cannot simply be solved through technical fixes and increasing “accountability” through locking the villains up
Obfuscation, non sequiturs, outright lies, senseless babble, curry breaks — and we’re paying for it all
Attempts to trade amnesty for information about state corruption have caused conflict as well as controversy in other countries.
Joe Biden doesn’t have the mojo needed to restore the US – so he needs a full house to appoint those who do, writes Richard Calland.
Learning from its failure to turn the Schabir Shaik conviction into one for Jacob Zuma, the state is now building an effective system for catching thieves. Khaya Koko, Sabelo Skiti and Paddy Harper take a look behind the scenes at how law enforcement agencies have started creating consequences for the corrupt
President Cyril Ramaphosa needs to hold ‘fireside chats’ and have more power and institutional muscle around him, writes Richard Calland
What’s that animal sound? Is it a Hawk swooping? A chicken roosting? No, it’s Zuma remembering a beef
The ANC has used its power to create networks of patronage. And this means going after corruption will cost the party financially
An invalid contract worth R85-million a month is still being paid — three years after a court order to stop