Zuma has until mid-December to establish a commission to probe the seemingly lucrative relationship between the state and the Gupta family.
Nothing is clear other than that the politically connected family is at the heart of the fight.
One of the Gupta brothers says the family’s meetings with Cabiniet ministers are ‘being used to peddle lies’.
Readers write in about eyesight, learning and state capture.
“These cases are not gathering dust; they are being probed,” Hawks spokesperson Hangwani Mulaudzi said on Thursday.
Busisiwe Mkhwebane has made no move to probe four parastatals, the president, the mining minister and a bank.
"Suffice to say, if they do not, the EFF will make sure that Parliament dissolves them as soon as possible," said Mbuyiseni Ndlozi.
President Jacob Zuma stepping down as head of state would be in the best interests of South Africa, opines TS Mosetlhi.
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Many of the issues flagged by the public protector have already been referred to the directorate.
There are important points to reflect on when considering the implications of former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s report on Zuma’s fate.
What at least seems clear is that the ANC won’t recall JZ before it has chosen a new party leader.
‘The DA has made this an annual and frivolous ritual that is fast losing its meaning,’ party secretary-general Gwede Mantashe told a media briefing.
“No.” This was the short answer that the former public protector gave on Monday night when reporters asked her if she would be willing to go back.
League president Collen Maine said because the document was ‘very thick’ they were only concerned with the remedial action recommended by Madonsela.
A defining factor of the Zuma era has been the symbiosis between elite police and the NPA.
The president faces a no-confidence vote in Parliament next week and has survived two similar votes this year.
A trio of companies “paid” R235-million towards the Guptas’ bill for Optimum Coal.
Their involvement in the report leads them to believe religious bodies can help resolve crises
The state capture report is like a Pandora’s Box for the president: soon all the dirty secrets will tumble out, and the vultures are already circling.
What do most South Africans think about? Not state capture or the president’s future, it seems.
Barely six months after he took his presidential oath, Zuma’s audacious pantomime began.
The number of times the Mail & Guardian is cited in Thuli Madonsela’s State of Capture report underscores the need for good investigative journalism.
In a race against time and a combat with lies, Madonsela protected the integrity of her findings.
The ruling party said that the report is welcome, but neglected to admit to any wrongdoing.
Given the resource and time constraints placed on the Public Protector, some issues were earmarked for investigation at a later date.
Eskom CEO Brian Molefe who was implicated in the state capture report, says the public protector did not give him an opportunity to respond.
The state capture report released on Wednesday did not contain any good news for the president.
The state capture report which President Jacob Zuma had tried to interdict has gone public.
In an argument that is ultimately about the misuse of state resources, all the parties agreed, Zuma had used state resources to protect himself.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation supports the demand to hold to account those responsible for compromising our democratic state and looting its resources
Huge sums are washing through the bank accounts of obscure companies, and all fingers point to Gupta associates and state tenders