The ruling party’s chairperson says the findings of the inquiry into state capture should be used to rebuild the ANC rather than prosecute its leaders
Incompetence, corruption and cronyism are part of many liberation organisations for complex reasons, but such organisational culture tends to persist into government.
The much-awaited state capture report will be handed over to President Cyril Ramaphosa on 4 January
Commission says that although it worked hard to meet the 30 December deadline, more work is still needed and it has ample funds to continue until February
The ANC’s corruption-accused suspended secretary general decries use of ‘state organs’ to ‘persecute party leaders’
A too narrow focus on the number of convictions from the final report of the state capture commission will mean a failure to see the impact it has already had
The Human Sciences Research Council will provide a shorter, reader-friendly document
Prosecutions boss acknowledges public frustration at the failure of its investigative directorate unit to secure convictions but says corruption accused are deploying Stalingrad tactics to have charges thrown out
As the increasingly less relevant ANC vacates the middle ground and the centre-left, a void opens, which will urgently need to be filled
Current legislation mainly protects employees and those who make allegations anonymously and offers too little protection for witnesses
Advocate Hermione Cronje, head of the prosecuting authority’s investigative arm, has resigned one month before the Zondo commission is due to deliver its final report on state capture
The suspended ANC secretary general’s assistant, who is not prepared to testify against him, may be extradited from the US
Zuma went to jail rather than testify. Some who did told blatant lies. Who decided Cabinet appointments and how much money was carried out of Saxonwold?
The former president wants his supporters to stay in the ANC and fight for control of the party
South Africans listened to the weird testimony of people who denied they looted the country’s coffers — except Zuma, who refused to respond
Luke Feltham has compiled a timeline that represents the major events, testimonies and controversies of the commission
The deputy chief justice is said to top Ramaphosa’s list but his position as head of the state capture commission is seen as too politically fraught
The correctional services commissioner (and former spy boss tied to state capture) overruled the medical board’s dismissal of the former president’s application for parole
The expansion of the Port of Durban will cost approximately R100-billion over 10 years
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 president’s claim that he served as deputy president under Zuma as a way of stemming corruption came up short against prior evidence of witnesses who said he failed to help them do so
The machinations around the finance ministry at the time clearly posed the risk that the treasury would be captured, to disastrous effect, Ramaphosa said.
Court hears that the case against the accused in Free State asbestos case, including Magashule, relies on inadmissible Zondo commission testimony
The former president needs extensive emergency treatment that is overdue because of this legal woes, according to a certificate filed to the Pietermaritzburg high court
The president has signed a proclamation for the Special Investigating Unit to investigate R474-million in tenders
Zondo wanted to know why tenders were awarded to a company that was publicly known to have been involved in corruption
The ANC’s suspended secretary general believes the state’s witness is, in fact, the defence’s witness
A country is in flames. Two of its top men square off to say everything and nothing
State Security Minister Ayanda Dlodlo and Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula are two leaders who disagreed with the ‘insurrection’ label, sources say
The pillaging and destruction, which started in KwaZulu-Natal in reaction to former president Jacob Zuma’s incarceration, has been hijacked by residents and non-ANC members
The 53-year-old Geoff Makhubo was first in quarantine and was admitted to hospital last week