The lawyer failed to make his Indian racist argument and the politician refused to admit he had no direct evidence
Disgraced Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Andile Lungisa calls for a change of leadership in the ANC immediately after being released on parole
Reverend Frank Chikane has just completed six years as the chairperson of the Kagiso Trust. He speaks about corruption, his children’s views and how churches can be mobilised
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The former president’s escapades at the commission of inquiry into state capture are a far cry from Nelson Mandela’s response when summonsed to testify in the high court
The public enterprises minister is being cross-examined by Tom Moyane’s lawyers at the state capture inquiry, as both men seek to defend their reputations
Another summons has been served on Jacob Zuma at his Nkandla residence, requiring the former president to appear before the Zondo Commission next year
The state capture commission’s star witness now faces a criminal complaint and another summons
You didn’t need to be a genius or a prophet to predict that Bushiri would run or that Zuma would stall
The summons to compel the former president to appear before the state capture commission stands, says legal head
The legal arguments put forward by the former president’s team are weak and inconsistent
The application for the state capture commission chair to recuse himself lays bare the history of the two men
Magashule’s personal assistant is working with prosecutors to reveal how the R255-million cash was moved
The former president has, through his lawyers, told the Zondo commission to not ‘bully’ him into appearing before the inquiry
South Africans are learning the hard way that corruption cannot simply be solved through technical fixes and increasing “accountability” through locking the villains up
Dudu Myeni is out of favour, an interim leader becomes The Permanent One, and Meyiwa’s killers ‘found’
Obfuscation, non sequiturs, outright lies, senseless babble, curry breaks — and we’re paying for it all
Advocate Kate Hofmeyr submitted that deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo should direct the secretary of the commission to lay a charge against Dudi Myeni for revealing the identity of secret witness ‘Mr X’
The former SAA board chairperson invoked the privilege not to incriminate herself at the Zondo commission
Former SAA Technical board chair Yakhe Kwinana’s foreign-exchange trading business came under scrutiny at the Zondo commission on Tuesday
Parts of the provincial ANC will target their former premier, Magashule, and the Free State PEC in a rolling mass action campaign
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What’s that animal sound? Is it a Hawk swooping? A chicken roosting? No, it’s Zuma remembering a beef
Former ANC MP Vincent Smith has appeared in the specialised commercial crimes court on charges of corruption and fraud
Former ANC MP hands himself over to the police in connection with Bosasa kickbacks, with more arrests expected
Businessman Edwin Sodi and senior civil servants are among those arrested over the R200-million theft of state funds
Contractors allegedly paid Transnet officials for lucrative procurement deals
There is a truth in politics: this crisis will pass, and people will be distracted by the next one. Just survive this moment, and you will escape accountability
Former finance minister Des van Rooyan said he did not have Mohamed Bobat’s CV when he appointed him as a special adviser
Speaking before the Zondo commission, the former minister refuted claims by Bosasa executive Angelo Agrizzi that she had dodgy ties to the firm
While fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, graft and mismanagement continues unabated, leaving civil society bewildered and angry
Irregular contract modifications have caused both costs and delays to escalate
The term ‘corruption’ is a convenient scapegoat that leaders deploy to mask their moral failings. Instead, they should re-evaluate their personal ethics
How Moe Shaik went from ANC spy to boss of the secret service in the democratic South Africa