The chief justice was acting in a non-judicial capacity when chairing the state capture inquiry, so the complaint probably falls outside the law but underscores the risk of naming sitting judges to investigate political scandals
The three, along with co-accused Ace Magashule, recently applied to the high court to have charges stemming from the scandal set aside but were unsuccessful
The former president’s dismissal of Nhlahla Nene as finance minister for spurious reasons showed the veracity of the Gupta family’s claim that he would do anything for them
The private sector has had close ties with the government for decades. Some see nothing wrong with this, but other say this relationship is at the very heart of corruption
President Cyril Ramaphosa said implementation of recommendations against those implicated in the report should only be expected in the latter part of 2022
The case Zuma refused to answer before Zondo
The latest extension is the commission’s fifth to date
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
The president was presented with evidence about state capture that it was hard to believe escaped the attention of those in power, including himself
The machinations around the finance ministry at the time clearly posed the risk that the treasury would be captured, to disastrous effect, Ramaphosa said.
Transnet’s former chief financial officer tells Zondo was not familiar with locomotive pricing and did not detect the 20% kickbacks built into the contract price for Gupta-owned front companies
The former SAA chairperson said her closeness to the former president had caused people to unfairly implicate her in state capture matters
The deputy chief justice said it was not clear if the burglary and a recent shooting were more than criminality, but vowed no one would deter the inquiry
Zondo commission files urgent court papers asking that former president Jacob Zuma be imprisoned because his stance risks undermining the rule of law
The state capture inquiry confronts the corruption-accused MP on his track record of inaction on Bosasa, which made R7-billion off the state
The legal arguments put forward by the former president’s team are weak and inconsistent
The former SAA board chairperson invoked the privilege not to incriminate herself at the Zondo commission
The deputy chief justice says the inquiry’s terms
of reference are too broad and it would take six years to look into state capture in such detail
A year ago, the suburb rose up against violence. Now, with more police on the streets, there are fewer gunshots and less crime
The former president’s son denied ever attending a meeting with the former Free State MEC at the Guptas’ residence in Saxonwold
The former president’s son was asked why a private meeting with Mcebisi Jonas was moved from a hotel in Rosebank to the Gupta residence
One might say that all the doors we pass through in our lives are ours. They belong to us, just because we passed through them, or we belong to them
A senior Hawks official says the journalist received money from a crime intelligence slush fund to pay off her car
During his appearance before the Zondo commission, the former SABC chief operating officer said he met with the controversial family countless times
The former SABC chief of operations will give evidence at the Zondo commission on Tuesday
SABC board chair Bongumusa Makhathini compared the frustrating of the SABC’s turnaround strategy to efforts to undermine its independence
Former prosecutions boss Mxolisi Nxasana says his deputy Nomgcobo Jiba tried to dig up dirt on him
The former NDPP is set to appear before the Zondo commission
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo criticised those in government who have withheld evidence related to state capture
While giving evidence on the Vrede Dairy saga, Roy Jankielsohn said officials who speak out against malfeasance could end up dead
Following a heated back-and-forth with the former president’s legal team, the commission will no longer be losing its star witness
Former president’s counsel argues their client has been ‘relentlessly cross-examined’