The magistrate took the most drastic option in the case involving the former Eskom chief executive, Batohi said, while conceding that the National Prosecuting Authority was learning from its setbacks
Political interference has been cited as the reason for the departure of former executives and board members at the power utility
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The players in the weapons scandal involving bribes of about $300 million escaped justice
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The National Prosecuting Authority has failed in another state capture case considered only the foothills of the mountain it must climb
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The state capture case has suffered long delays, prompting a successful application by the defendants to have it thrown out of court
The order raises questions as to who directs the defence of challenges to the work of commissions of inquiry
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MPs must find a way to handle André de Ruyter’s allegations and a protected disclosure accusing Pravin Gordhan of wrongdoing in the SAA sale
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The maligned former Eskom CEO challenged the notion that it was foolish to shut ageing power stations and focus on procuring more renewable capacity
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 money will be used to improve South Africa’s ability to fight serious corruption
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The three face charges of fraud and corruption stemming from a crooked deal with Swiss engineering firm Asea Brown Boveri
The former executives are being pursued for the purchase of Optimum coal mine by Gupta-owned Tegeta
The suspects are two men who worked for Swiss engineering firm ABB and allegedly ensured lucrative deals were handed to a company in which former Eskom chief executive Matshela Koko’s stepdaughter held a stake
The largest sources of state capture money were Transnet and Eskom, two of South Africa’s most fragile state-owned entities
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 Investigating Directorate has filed an application worth R2-billion that could see the mine, the shares Tegeta holds plus debt intended to be converted into a majority stake in the mine
Former senior executive Prish Govender tried to justify why payments to McKinsey and the Gupta-linked consulting firm continued in the absence of a contract
Faced with stark evidence, former CEO says evidence leaders are trying to twists facts and intimidate him
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
On his fourth appearance before the commission, the former Eskom CEO maintains he was tricked into sharing company information with a third party
The state capture commission has cast its net too wide, given the short time left to finish its work
As former Eskom board member Pat Naidoo claims ignorance of Tegeta deal, Zondo counters that the evidence was staring him in the face
As the testimony about how Eskom was captured is heard, former high ranking officials feign shock and can’t explain how multimillion-rand contracts were paid before a single deliverable was met
In a lawyer’s letter, the former Eskom chief executive says the commission is not being fair to him
Early signs of instability are creeping into struggling power utility as forces fighting for space in the parastatal take battle to the very top at Megawatt Park
Phakamani Hadebe is the latest in a series of leaders for the embattled utility, and will bow out at the end of July
Trillian’s stance is that Eskom’s case for corruption against the firm is ‘flimsy at best’
As testimony implicating him in wrongdoing mounts, the former acting Eskom CEO has acted to distance himself
The former Eskom executive denied a slew of corruption allegations made against him in an interview with Eusebius McKaiser
Eskom treasurer Andre Pillay told the commission on Friday that Singh was seemingly determined to sign a term sheet in advance of the R25-billion loan