The arms manufacturer has argued that there was no evidence to show that it was aware of hundreds of indirect payments to Jacob Zuma, but the court was not convinced.
The application for a permanent stay of prosecution, lodged by Zuma’s legal team two weeks ago, will be argued over three days before next year
The former president faces 16 charges relating to 783 payments allegedly received when he was still deputy president
After 10 years of following the JZ story, I slept through Shaun’s decision to charge him
Years of underhand scheming were paying off handsomely but the very institutions Zuma sought to undermine were finally his undoing
Even in death, the woman many chose to forget was used as a pawn in a political game
"The failure of the NPA to act swiftly and vigorously against those involved in state capture shows that there has been a dereliction of duty."
In his last speech, President Jacob Zuma denounced everyone but himself for South Africa’s fractured state
The sacrifice in the fight for freedom and Zuma, the freedom fighter, should be honoured, but his presidency will be counted among history’s follies.
Zuma’s artful dodger may be beyond criminal accountability but the NPA, and its contradictions, is not.
It’s been a long road as the president again tries to swat away corruption charges
All the controversy has returned to haunt the findings of an investigation badly compromised, with the Seriti commission making no findings.
The ANC has denied new details that have emerged on how bribes were paid to the ANC and Jacob Zuma, using code words such as “Eiffel Tower”.
The broad church of the ANC: performing miracles since 1994. Schabir Shaik and Jackie Selebi will testify. Julius Malema? Poor guy will be cursed.
Sam Sole argues that the corruption claims flowing from that deal have exposed a threat to South Africa’s democratic project.
Bulelani Ngcuka arguably blundered by indemnifying French arms dealer, but two secretaries could come to his rescue.
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/ 23 January 2004
Now that the Hefer probe is over, the focus shifts to the president’s dilemma over what to do about his deputy.
The bribery investigation faces a crucial hurdle as Schabir Shaik challenges the state’s attempt to make him testify against the deputy president.
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/ 7 February 2003
The investigative noose is tightening around Deputy President Jacob Zuma, the Mail & Guardian can reveal.
Political connections of a company that won part of the R43-billion arms package are at the centre of the latest disclosures in the unfolding scandal.
The brother of the defence secretariat’s chief of acquisition has been a director, since 1996, of a company awarded contracts worth R400-million.