Department of Public Enterprises
State capture is often cited as the the reason for the department’s ongoing failures, but its problems run far deeper
Malusi Gigaba
Department of Finance
The journey to full-blown austerity is marked by changes to an economy presided over by a government adrift
ANCYL withdraws Gigaba conference invite, only to invite him again
Former presidents and secretaries were uninvited to try cut costs but have now been asked to attend again
Home affairs department extends Zimbabwe permits by six more months to December
The permit, which has allowed tens of thousands of Zimbabweans to live, work and study in South Africa, was initially to be terminated in December 2022
Ramaphosa’s future hinges on whether he serves the party or the people
The president has made strides in renewing the state but how he deals with individuals in the ANC linked to state capture may be his undoing in the party
‘We will get them off their thrones’: Potterill on male dominance of judiciary
Judge Sulet Potterill told the JSC the battle to bring women into the highest echelons of the judiciary will be won
Politicians and their sexual escapades from affairs to sexual misconduct
The finance minister is not the first politician to get into hot water over claims of sexual misconduct
Editorial: Zondo takes us back to the future
The president’s failings were mentioned. Read between the lines and you’ll find Farmgate too
R57-billion: How the Guptas played Monopoly with state money
The largest sources of state capture money were Transnet and Eskom, two of South Africa’s most fragile state-owned entities
The list of NPA state capture arrests starts to grow
Fugitives Rajesh and Atul Gupta were arrested four months after Interpol issued a Red Notice against them. But they are just the latest.
Former Transnet chief exec Siyabonga Gama, Gupta associate Eric Wood arrested
Former Transnet chief executive Siyabonga Gama and four others have been arrested on charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering.
Treasury’s most senior official to leave in June
Dondo Mogajane is set to pursue new opportunities outside the public sector after his contract as treasury director general expires
‘Unintended consequence of undoing apartheid’: Zim lawyers battle for admittance
A group of Zimbabweans challenging their exclusion from the bar say their home is here, and it is populist opportunism to use unemployment figures to keep their their lives in limbo
How Brian Molefe became the Guptas’ go-to guy
The former Transnet group chief executive was one of the key architects of the capture and looting of the state-owned entity
Gupta kickbacks: Zondo recommends investigations into Gigaba, Molefe, Gama and Singh
The Zondo commission’s second report deals with the capture of Transnet through the Gupta racketeering enterprise
The Blue Train’s great Gupta voyage – and the whistleblower who paid for it
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.
How to keep SAA, PetroSA, Eskom away from politicians
The state capture report reveals a governance crisis at state-owned entities. Experts weigh in on how this came to be and what to do about it.
Conference battles and alliances will determine Ramaphosa’s ANC future
A busy year looms for Ramaphosa and allies as he fights to lead the ANC and the country come 2024.
Zondo report: Why Myeni must be prosecuted for SAA debacle
The first of three reports to be handed to the president outlines how misrepresentations by the former SAA board chairperson cost the airline R800-million
Zondo commission: 10 unanswered questions
Zuma went to jail rather than testify. Some who did told blatant lies. Who decided Cabinet appointments and how much money was carried out of Saxonwold?
Zondo villains: Amnesiac, paranoid, unhinged
South Africans listened to the weird testimony of people who denied they looted the country’s coffers — except Zuma, who refused to respond
Zuma’s silence leaves state capture’s truth up to inference
The case Zuma refused to answer before Zondo
Ramaphosa’s Zondo refrain of ‘I did not know’ rings false
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
‘I’m not happy that me and other taxpayers have to foot Gigaba’s legal bill’, former SAA boss tells Zondo
Sizakele Mzimela, under cross-examination by the former minister’s lawyers, also tells of ‘ambush’ at a meeting when the Gupta-linked Jet Airways placed undue pressure on the national airline to cancel its Mumbai route
How Zuma’s 15-month sentence will affect this weekend’s NEC meeting
This Constitutional Court ruling comes at an inconvenient time for the Ramaphosa faction. Magashule’s strength is waning, but Zuma still wields significant support
Gigaba says it was ‘an unfortunate coincidence’ SOEs were captured on his watch
The former public enterprises minister says he was deliberately removed from state companies’ dealings and could not have learned of the looting
Gigaba denies he allowed Gupta allies to strong-arm SAA into scrapping Mumbai flights
The former minister was confronted with testimony that the airline was bullied, including by his special adviser, on his watch
Gigaba insists he faced sinister threat, slams court ruling on wife’s arrest
The former cabinet minister told the Zondo commission he cannot see how the court concluded there was no evidence of a plot to kill him
Gigaba questions high court ruling on wife’s arrest
The former cabinet minister told the Zondo commission he cannot see how the court concluded there was no evidence of a plot to kill him
Zondo to ask court to extend state capture commission until end September
The deputy chief justice said the three-month extension would allow the commission to hear the testimony of about six witnesses
Gigaba explains his suits and why, on his version, his estranged wife is lying
The couple’s acrimony continued to play out at the Zondo commission on Monday, as the former minister denied the Guptas funded his wardrobe and family
Gigaba says his estranged wife is a bitter, vindictive liar
The former minister told the Zondo commission that his wife fabricated her testimony on his ties with the Guptas, like she had embellished her own past