The former Transnet chief financial officer says ‘it wasn’t me’ when confronted with proof the Gupta family hosted him in a five-star Dubai hotel
EOH allegedly inflated prices of Microsoft licences, which could have been bought by the defence department for a third of the cost
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Eric Mabuza notified the high court and NPA of his decision just weeks before the former president goes on trial for corruption
The speaker told the Zondo commission she doesn’t know why the legislature woke up to state capture so late, but believes this won’t happen again
The deputy chief justice said it was not clear if the burglary and a recent shooting were more than criminality, but vowed no one would deter the inquiry
Former president Jacob Zuma on Wednesday submitted a 21-page letter to Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng out of “respect”, to let the head of the Constitutional Court know that he would not be deposing an affidavit about an appropriate sanction should he be found to be in contempt of court, as Mogoeng had directed. Mogoeng had […]
Mngoma cites personal concerns about the way her ‘proposed appearance’ had been ‘handled or mishandled’
The judge, who has been singled out by former president Jacob Zuma for attack, faced scrutiny over her friendship with Pravin Gordhan
‘Going to the commission under Zondo, personally I believe that is absolutely not a good thing for comrade Zuma to do’ – Jesse Duarte in leaked recording of infamous March top six meeting
The former state security minister told the Zondo commission he never ordered that any judges be paid off but a conspiracy to create this impression is ongoing
Because President Cyril Ramaphosa won the step-aside order in the ANC’s national executive committee, a cabinet reshuffle looms, with Sisulu and Dlodlo’s names on comrades’ lips
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Delaying tactics while pretending to be impatient and casting aspersions on the courts are old tricks
High court dismisses the public protector’s bid to appeal a ruling striking down her findings against Pravin Gordhan on Ivan Pillay’s Sars retirement
Matric Luphondo and his two co-accused face corruption charges for trying to bribe a state prosecutor
The power utility’s former chief executive prefaced his testimony by asking if the president would have to answer to claims that he meddled in Eskom
Those who tell the truth should be cared for by the law, but they aren’t
Controversial Eastern Cape project poses high risks to threatened birds of prey
The former president’s latest invective came after the Constitutional Court heard argument from the Zondo commission that he must be jailed for aggravated contempt
Zondo commission’s legal counsel tells top court a suspended sentence would allow the former president to run rings around the inquiry — again
The deputy chief justice has signalled his ‘extreme concern’ at the disrespectful manner in which the lawyer treated the commission
Symington returned to bizarre ‘hostage drama’ and implicated the former Sars commissioner in fabricating charges against Pravin Gordhan with the Hawks
The consulting firm said it would suffer prejudice if its version were not made public to counter testimony. But Zondo says Bain created its own dilemma
The president will give evidence both in his capacity as the head of state and as the leader of the governing party
While the Constitutional Court prepares to hear the matter of contempt against Jacob Zuma, groups defending SA’s democracy and pro-Zuma groups take the stage
Former Sars commissioner Tom Moyane’s cross-examination digs up the ‘rogue unit’ narrative to attack minister’s character
Bain’s role at Sars was a gateway for a special council that would control Eskom and the wider economy, Zondo commission witness says
The commission has given up hope the former president will appear before it, and says the court must now protect the constitutional order
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The commission argues that Zuma’s media statements confirm his campaign to defy the rule of law
It is the ANC as a whole that maintains a bureaucratic view of the arts, failing to afford it its proper place in society
Former Transnet executives have spent much of the week confronted with testimony from their former drivers that they left Saxonwold with piles of cash
The former Transnet boss says luck, not political meddling, was behind his baffling reinstatement
The former Transnet chief executive repeatedly told the Zondo commission he ‘relied’ on advice from Anoj Singh regarding a R78-million payment to Regiments owner Salim Essa