From Vincent Smith to Gwede Mantashe, those named and shamed have met with differing fates
The former president wants his supporters to stay in the ANC and fight for control of the party
South Africans listened to the weird testimony of people who denied they looted the country’s coffers — except Zuma, who refused to respond
Luke Feltham has compiled a timeline that represents the major events, testimonies and controversies of the commission
Every judgment in favour of the government is not an indication of a captured court. The fact that we may argue about findings publicly shows how far South Africa is from, for example, Turkey’s recent human rights abuses
The case Zuma refused to answer before Zondo
Kubentheran Moodley was arrested at OR Tambo moments before leaving for Dubai in an alleged attempt to flee his corruption-linked legal troubles
The latest extension is the commission’s fifth to date
The National Prosecuting Authority will conduct its own probe into Angelo Agrizzi’s claims of ill health, after he failed to attend court again
With legal challenges to his medical parole looming, the former president’s lawyers opted to first argue for the removal of the prosecutor
Judge Piet Koen is expected to rule in late October on the former president’s latest stab at acquittal on corruption charges stemming from the arms deal
We must hold faith that law will prevail
The former president reiterates that he is a political prisoner as he resumes the attacks that contributed to his prison sentence for contempt
The state capture commission report will not be ready by the end of September, and Zondo says he believes it will be in the public interest to grant an extension
The suspended KZN prisons boss was barred from entering his office by armed security staff last week, at the behest of his national counterpart
The correctional services commissioner (and former spy boss tied to state capture) overruled the medical board’s dismissal of the former president’s application for parole
The former president’s undisclosed illness looks set to force another delay in a trial almost two decades in the making
Whistleblowers risk their happiness — and sometimes their lives — to stop the rot in government, but the laws and leaders fail to protect them.
The former president’s foundation claims the NPA has not demanded he be assessed by a second doctor, but says he would be within his rights to refuse
It became hard to suspend disbelief as Ramaphosa repeatedly told the Zondo commission that he did not know of the abuses ripping through the state machinery while he was deputy president
The president was presented with evidence about state capture that it was hard to believe escaped the attention of those in power, including himself
The president’s claim that he served as deputy president under Zuma as a way of stemming corruption came up short against prior evidence of witnesses who said he failed to help them do so
The machinations around the finance ministry at the time clearly posed the risk that the treasury would be captured, to disastrous effect, Ramaphosa said.
Court hears that the case against the accused in Free State asbestos case, including Magashule, relies on inadmissible Zondo commission testimony
Sizakele Mzimela, under cross-examination by the former minister’s lawyers, also tells of ‘ambush’ at a meeting when the Gupta-linked Jet Airways placed undue pressure on the national airline to cancel its Mumbai route
The former president requires surgery, which has been put off for the past 18 months, according to his doctor
The former president needs extensive emergency treatment that is overdue because of this legal woes, according to a certificate filed to the Pietermaritzburg high court
The former president was moved to an ‘outside’ facility on Thursday morning
Zondo wanted to know why tenders were awarded to a company that was publicly known to have been involved in corruption
The ANC’s suspended secretary general believes the state’s witness is, in fact, the defence’s witness
Request is still ‘under consideration’ but sources say it will likely be approved and a security plan is in place
Judge Piet Koen granted the former president’s application for a postponement but will only decide in August whether to grant an order that a virtual hearing would be inconsistent with Zuma’s rights