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LIVESTREAM: Zuma in the hot seat at the Zondo Commission

Article Staff Reporter - 15 Jul 2019

Former president Jacob Zuma’s appearance will give him the opportunity to give evidence before the commission

Zondo commission: Zuma supporters expected to come out in their numbers

Article Sarah Smit - 15 Jul 2019

The former president’s highly-anticipated appearance follows months of talks between his legal team and the commission

Zondo inquiry and corruption charges pose a twin threat against Zuma

Article bogdan TagDiv - 13 Sep 2018

Jacob Zuma denies state capture amidst ongoing investigations by the Zondo commission and corruption charges

#StateCaptureInquiry: Zondo to hear applications to cross-examine

Article Sarah Smit - 6 Sep 2018

On Monday it was confirmed that Gupta patriarch, Ajay and his brother, Rajesh, had applied for leave to cross-examine witnesses

#StateCaptureInquiry: ‘Muthambi wanted to steal at all costs’ — Williams

Article Sarah Smit - 3 Sep 2018

Williams told the commission that she believed Muthambi had attempted to create the conditions at GCIS in which procurement processes could be flouted

‘Muthambi wanted me out’ — Phumla Williams

Article Sarah Smit - 3 Sep 2018

Williams recounted how tensions between herself and Faith Muthambi came to a head when her position as acting GCIS director general was withdrawn

Counsel for Ajay Gupta confirms application to cross examine Mentor, Maseko

Article Sarah Smit - 3 Sep 2018

On Monday morning, counsel for the Ajay Gupta, Advocate Mike Hellens SC, confirmed before the commission that his client has applied to cross-examine

#StateCapture: Zondo to determine when cross-examination applications will be heard

Article Sarah Smit - 3 Sep 2018

On Monday Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo is expected to determine when applications of implicated persons to cross examine will be heard

State capture inquiry to resume, Phumla Williams to continue testimony

Article Agency - 3 Sep 2018

Government Communication and Information System chief executive Phumla Williams is expected to continue her testimony

#StateCaptureInquiry: Manyi was waiting to take Maseko’s place — Phumla Williams

Article Sarah Smit - 31 Aug 2018

Williams said the staff at the GCIS headquarters reacted with shock to Maseko’s removal

#StateCaptureInquiry: Hawks demonstrate a ‘pattern of behaviour’

Article Sarah Smit - 29 Aug 2018

This “pattern of behaviour” was raised during the testimony of former head of GCIS Themba Maseko

Maseko tells Zondo: Former DGs have info on Gupta dealings

Article Sarah Smit - 29 Aug 2018

In 2016, Maseko and 26 others signed a memorandum calling for an inquiry into allegations of state capture

#StateCaptureInquiry: Ex-GCIS head Themba Maseko’s testimony moved up

Article Sarah Smit - 28 Aug 2018

The Zondo commission had initially scheduled Maseko to appear on Friday, but on Monday evening Maseko suggested that these plans would likely change

ANC urges members to come forward with state capture evidence

Article Mahlatse Mahlase & Tshidi Madia - 20 Aug 2018

Since state capture allegations came to the fore, some ANC members have spoken publicly on the relationship between the Guptas and key ANC figures

The President’s Keepers and state capture: black intellectualism needs to focus

Article bogdan TagDiv - 15 Nov 2017

South Africa has an undernourished literary tradition, where even among the sophisticated one may find confusion over written work and writers.

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