SCORE: E It’s fair to say that Simelane has struggled to come out from under the heavy cloud of corruption allegations against her linked to the VBS Mutual Bank scandal. Earlier this year, the Democratic Alliance also opened a criminal case accusing Simelane of defrauding Eskom of more than R700 000 through inflated billing while […]
Cyril Ramaphosa has dithered and delayed acting against ANC ministers implicated in wrongdoing
Democratic Alliance’s Helen Zille cornered the ANC’s Fikile Mbalula with the ultimatum to axe the minister or lose DA support on budget votes
The narrow terms of the original proclamation authorising the Special Investigating Unit to only look into dodgy lottery grants has hobbled the SIU, despite it having applied for an amendment to its terms 15 months ago
Democratic leader John Steenhuisen however said the party would withdraw from a national dialogue due later this year, calling it a waste of time and money and a distraction from the failures of the ANC
Three groups emerged: those who negotiated quietly to set up the GNU; loyalists in the DA, ANC, EFF and MK party and the rogues in and out of trouble with the law
Mmamoloko Kubayi plans to improve access to the courts and deal with their dilapidated condition
The forensic auditor has told parliament there is a conspiracy to ensure he does not testify in court
SCORE: E The justice minister must, like Caesar’s wife, be beyond suspicion. Thembi Simelane never met that standard and her six-month tenure was remarkable only as time spent denying credible corruption allegations, rather than showing the decency to step aside. The justice minister holds final political responsibility for the embattled National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), which […]
Negotiating a broad coalition to hold the political centre was perhaps the president’s finest political hour
Ramaphosa must, through public demand or GNU nudging, be pressured into severing the tether that still connects him to agenda-based decision-making
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula defends the decision not to ask the minister to step aside, despite allegations of misconduct linked to VBS Mutual Bank
The Democratic Alliance’s spokesperson on justice and constitutional development has called for Simelane to be removed from the cabinet
The International Criminal Court says there are reasonable grounds to prosecute a variety of war crimes against the Israeli leaders
There have been frequent reports of police in KZN being involved in gun battles with armed suspects
Veterans league president Snuki Zikalala said if members ‘stepped on the toes’ of the integrity commission, there must be immediate consequences
Judge Susannah Cowen said South Africa was waiting for land justice and the constitutional court should lead the way
Reputational damage mounts while Ramaphosa worries about the power balance in his coalition cabinet
The furore around impeached judge John Hlophe’s appointment to the JSC will politicise the first interviews since her appointment
Ramaphosa needs time to consider the matter because it involves the minister, which may affect the cabinet, his office stressed
Thembi Simelane on Wednesday met the ANC’s integrity commission regarding the loan she accepted from a middleman in the VBS scandal
Pravin Gordhan’s earliest role as an organiser of civil resistance still carries relevance
The president’s office said that he was mindful of the need for integrity in his cabinet
The ANC’s integrity commission will review her involvement in a R575 600 loan from a fixer for the now-defunct VBS Mutual Bank
Thembi Simelane has come under scrutiny for taking a loan from a company embroiled in the scandal that triggered the bank’s collapse