The former president’s prison security will be handled by correctional services and there will not be given bodyguards or special security
The Hawks and the NPA want to boost forensic investigative capacity to get back more money lost to corruption
The police minister and commissioner argue that they should not enforce the arrest warrant for the former president while he tries to have his sentence set aside
The freedom struggle and labour veteran says the law is soft on criminals and perpetrators must be punished
In an address to his supporters, the former president referred to a conspiracy against him, involving Thuli Madonsela, the judiciary and his political rivals
The ex-president will be imprisoned for contempt of court, like a local Al Capone. Whether the NPA pursues state capture charges remains to be seen
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After all, it would be hard to appear on the arms deal corruption case if he were serving time for contempt of court and the Zondo inquiry
Jacob Zuma’s relentless attack on the judiciary had a setback when the constitutional court sentenced him to 15 months for contempt. But will this achieve its purpose?
This Constitutional Court ruling comes at an inconvenient time for the Ramaphosa faction. Magashule’s strength is waning, but Zuma still wields significant support
Judges were emotional and ignored the constitution, says foundation spokesperson Mzwanele Manyi
The commission chairperson says the final report will have to be finalised without the former president’s version of events
Former president’s supporters say they reject his custodial sentence
Many ANC leaders and officials have been implicated in allegations of corruption and other wrongdoing; Zuma’s is merely the most prominent case
But the deputy minister of state security told the Zondo commission he did not consider the debt reason to quit
The court said it was not in the public interest to put the credibility of the state capture inquiry at risk by forcing it to conclude its work in a rush
Deputy minister of state security said he received the loan because of his financial difficulties
Despite the public interest in the ruling, the commission’s deadline has become irrelevant as it abandoned hope of forcing the former president to testify
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Democracy is everyone’s responsibility to defend. Now is a critical time to double up efforts to guard this nation’s constitutional integrity
The former public enterprises minister says he was deliberately removed from state companies’ dealings and could not have learned of the looting
Former senior executive Prish Govender tried to justify why payments to McKinsey and the Gupta-linked consulting firm continued in the absence of a contract
The former minister was confronted with testimony that the airline was bullied, including by his special adviser, on his watch
The former cabinet minister told the Zondo commission he cannot see how the court concluded there was no evidence of a plot to kill him
The former cabinet minister told the Zondo commission he cannot see how the court concluded there was no evidence of a plot to kill him
The former Transnet chief financial officer said he has no idea how R41-million flowed to a Gupta front company, ostensibly for unblocking a deal
The deputy chief justice said the three-month extension would allow the commission to hear the testimony of about six witnesses
It was preposterous to imagine Glencore banked on Ramaphosa to help Eskom bow to its coal-price hike demands, Clinton Ephron told the Zondo commission
The magistrate ruled that bail was not an option because he was a flight risk even though he had travelled to the UAE after being implicated in the Zondo commission
Salim Essa and three others appeared in court on Thursday, as the Investigating Directorate turns to Interpol for help in capturing more suspects
Tiro Holele said the former Prasa head was part of a pattern where executives mastermind irregular deals but blame subordinates
‘You get people at national level who openly defy the decisions of the NEC, even taking the ANC to court … What is that?’ – Thabo Mbeki
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 minister told the Zondo commission that his wife fabricated her testimony on his ties with the Guptas, like she had embellished her own past