Latest articles on State Capture

ANC’s ‘moral crisis’ will foil W Cape hope

Politics Lester Kiewit - 25 Sep 2020

Former premier Ebrahim Rasool says voters will abandon the party until corruption is arrested

Eskom and treasury fight needs urgent attention

Business Sabelo Skiti - 3 Sep 2020

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

Bank guarantees foil Denel’s R4.5-bn Egypt contract

Business Sabelo Skiti - 22 Aug 2020

Loss of work is the last thing the beleaguered state enterprise needs

The corruption virus weakens public trust in the government

Coronavirus Solomon Makgale - 7 Jun 2020

While fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, graft and mismanagement continues unabated, leaving civil society bewildered and angry

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For whom the Bell tolls

Opinion Adrian Joseph - 29 May 2020

The cautionary tale of Bell Pottinger reminds us of the role of journalism in a democracy and why we owe it to ourselves to be more responsible about the media we consume

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Moral leadership is essential for curbing corruption

Article Solosh Pillay & Chris Jones - 7 Mar 2020

The term ‘corruption’ is a convenient scapegoat that leaders deploy to mask their moral failings. Instead, they should re-evaluate their personal ethics

Water theft: Thirty years of looting

Article Sipho Kings - 28 Feb 2020

New research details how the department was broken, profiting a select few and leaving a third of South Africa’s population without clean water

Stranded commuters say Ramaphosa’s rail promises ring hollow

Article Lester Kiewit - 19 Feb 2020

Cape Town’s largest passenger rail line has been closed for months, hitting people’s pockets and adding to road traffic congestion

Will Cyril’s Sona promises ever be fulfilled?

Article Editorial - 14 Feb 2020

Four Sonas on, he is still to enforce his will upon the governing party and the state

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Zondo argues for more time for state capture commission

Article Franny Rabkin - 11 Feb 2020

But Casac says this should be the final extension granted

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Editorial: Capture virus hits again

Article Editorial - 31 Jan 2020

State Security Agency still cannot produce the security clearance certificate required for the incumbent, Baptiste Dungu, to occupy the top post at the Onderstepoort Biological Products

South Africa could use a communist party

Analysis Benjamin Fogel - 27 Jan 2020

The SACP is not building socialism, or even social democracy. Sadly, it has become just another party advancing the politics of patronage

Failure to investigate TRC cases during the Mandela era delayed justice, Aggett inquest hears

National Sarah Smit - 20 Jan 2020

Counsel for late trade unionist Neil Aggett’s family decries the slow pace of instituting an inquest into his death

Zondo asks court for more time

Article Franny Rabkin - 10 Jan 2020

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

Women lawyers: ‘We are not respected’

Article Franny Rabkin - 25 Oct 2019

A letter signed by 40 senior women lawyers called the absence of female silks from the state capture prosecutions team 'astonishing'

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