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Shamila Batohi vouched for deputy after he was denied security clearance
The national director of public prosecutions says that key personnel are being targeted as part of a fight-back by state capture forces
Zondo fails to name captured journalists
A covert undertaking, Operation Wave, paid out R48-million to journalists and media houses from state security funds
The recent past subverts Ramaphosa’s line of plausible denial at Zondo commission
The president was presented with evidence about state capture that it was hard to believe escaped the attention of those in power, including himself
Playing ping-pong with Zondo, Ramaphosa concedes it came down to politics
The president told the Zondo commission the ruling party dropped the ball but struggled over two days on the witness stand to explain how it happened and how a repeat will be…
Zondo asks Ramaphosa if the ANC can change its spots
The deputy chief justice invited the president to reflect on the matter, given continued corruption since 2017 when he said the party reached a watershed
Ramaphosa distances himself from dubious Zuma-era appointments
President Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged that cadre deployment was abused to further state capture, but played for time when Zondo pressed him for details as to how it happened
ANC will not protect leaders implicated in corruption, Ramaphosa tells Zondo commission
The president conceded the ANC must answer for what happened on its watch as he took the witness stand days before the party is to expel implicated members refusing to step aside
Zondo deplores ‘attempted killing’ of state capture witness who implicated Molefe
The deputy chief justice says an attack on one witness may deter many others from giving evidence
Zondo to ask the Constitutional Court to send Zuma to jail for flouting summons
The deputy chief justice says he has to act because Zuma’s defiance risks inciting lawlessness
Fraser opens perjury charges against those who implicated him before Zondo
Former State Security Agency boss Arthur Fraser goes on the offensive as allegations mount against him at the inquiry into state capture
Zondo commission: Fraser personally signed off on SSA payments to ANA
Journalists who received payments from the state security agency will be named only once the Zondo commission has notified them in writing
Ms K describes ‘separate and discrete’ SSA command structure to protect Zuma
Ms K’s and Mr Y’s affidavits and testimony have alleged a picture going back to 2008 of how the former president and his aides worked — and allegedly abused the SSA
Zondo tightens his grip with criminal complaint against Zuma
The state capture commission’s star witness now faces a criminal complaint and another summons
Zondo dismisses Zuma’s recusal application
The summons to compel the former president to appear before the state capture commission stands, says legal head
Legal bias doctrine basis of Zuma’s recusal application to Zondo
The former president’s advocate and commission lawyers were embroiled in a showdown of who best argued the apprehension of bias doctrine