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Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Maropene Ramokgopa. Photo: Supplied.

High levels of corruption cripple SA municipalities but government optimistic about improvements, Ramokgopa says

Minister in the presidency for planning, monitoring and evaluation said there had been progress in implementing the country’s medium-term development plan, running from 2024 to…

Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, shows the signed bill for National Health Insurance signed into law in Pretoria, South Africa, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.  (Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Ramaphosa signs a raft of laws to mixed reviews

Critics have commented that several of the myriad acts fall short as a response to the Zondo commission’s proposals to stem state capture

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Mantashe: Zondo thinks he owns and manages the state capture report

The ANC leader, who was implicated in the commission on state capture chaired by the chief justice, said Zondo had the ‘serious weakness’ of thinking the report was about himself…

Ronald Lamola. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Bill to make Investigating Directorate permanent is flawed, parliament hears

The measure cannot guarantee independency of the entity because it fails to address the reliance of the National Prosecuting Authority itself on the justice ministry

Former SAA Technical board chair and SAA board member Yakhe Kwinana testifies before the Zondo Commission on November 02, 2020 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Papi Morake/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

State capture-accused Yakhe Kwinana loses chartered accountant membership

In his report, Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said Kwinana either had no clue about or dishonestly pretended she did not know some of the basic obligations of her profession

Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe. Photo: Gulshan Khan/AFP

Gwede loses political sex appeal

There are doubts the ‘tiger’ will triumph at the ANC’s December conference. So, is it the end for Mzansi’s hottest politician?

President Cyril Ramaphosa (right) and Gwede Mantashe. (Gianluigi Guercia/AFP)

No retreat, but no rush, for Ramaphosa faction on Zondo report

The resolution to heed state capture recommendations will survive ANC conference because the president can proclaim commitment to renewal while scandal corners him into compromise

State capture: Ajay Gupta, Atul and Rajesh. (Adrian de Kock/Netwerk24)

Can the state deliver the slippery Guptas?

The capacity of the state in the criminal prosecution of the Gupta brothers is in question, risking a delay in the crucial state capture trial on which their extradition hinges,…

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo by Nic BOTHMA / POOL / AFP)

Ramaphosa tells parliament to act on Zondo’s findings on the State Security Agency

The president has singled out the part of the state capture report that recommends an investigation that includes Arthur Fraser’s alleged abuses be resumed

Chief Justice Raymond Zondo hands over the last part of his report to President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Ntswe Mokoena

Zondo faults Ramaphosa’s frustrating long game

The president’s response to the chief justice’s findings suggest he will continue to bide his time before the ANC conference in December

Former national commissioner of correctional service Arthur Fraser. (Photo by Gallo Images / Netwerk24 / Jaco Marais)

Zondo: Hawks must resume probe into Fraser and his spy network

The final chapter of the state capture report found that investigation was interrupted at Zuma’s urging to protect Fraser

Former Transnet board member Iqbal Sharma appears at the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on June 07, 2021 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. It is reported that the suspects were arrested in connection with the failed R288 million  Estina dairy project. (Photo by Gallo Images/Volksblad/Mlungusi Louw)

NPA sees off challenge to restraint order on Gupta assets

The Free State high court ruled that the provisional restraint order will remain in place until late October, when argument will be heard for it to be made indefinite, dismissing…

JSC chairman, Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. (Oupa Nkosi/Judges Matter)

Parliament’s speaker evasive on Zondo findings

Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula let slip that she has received legal opinion on how parliament should proceed on the findings of the state capture inquiry and now finds herself…

Edwin Sodi before his testimony at the Zondo commission.

Zondo fingers Edwin Sodi, Nthimotse Mokhesi and Thabane Zulu in graft in asbestos scandal

The three, along with co-accused Ace Magashule, recently applied to the high court to have charges stemming from the scandal set aside but were unsuccessful

Gavin Craythorne, a long-term contractor to Alexkor testifies at the Judicial Commission of Inquiry Into State Capture on January 11, 2021 in Johannesburg, South Africa. According to media reports, the Commission heard mining-related evidence as well as evidence related to Eskom. (Photo by Papi Morake/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Zondo report: Diamond mine Alexcor chief executive, directors, executives must be investigated for Gupta-linked dealings

Scarlet Sky Investments had no cutting or polishing factory, no licence to buy rough diamonds, no licence to sell rough diamonds, no licence to cut and polish rough diamonds, no…

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Michele Spatari / AFP)

Zuma was the Guptas’ puppet, Zondo finds

The former president’s dismissal of Nhlahla Nene as finance minister for spurious reasons showed the veracity of the Gupta family’s claim that he would do anything for them

Raymond Zondo. (Veli Nhlapo)

Zondo seeks an extension to 15 June to finalise state capture report

Part four of the report will be handed to the president soon but, in court papers, Zondo said he needed six more weeks to deliver the last instalment

‘Procurement purgatory’: A legal framework in urgent need of reform

The treasury and parliament must urgently revise and table the draft public procurement bill, as a crucial step in tackling South Africa’s procurement crisis

Justice Minister Ronald Lamola. (Gallo Images/Alet Pretorius)

Zondo report softened resistance to private funding for NPA

The National Prosecuting Authority risks reputational damage if it fails to act and donor money is part of the answer — as long as there was transparency

Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. (Photo by Veli Nhlapo/Sowetan/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Zondo report, part 1 and 2: a short overview

An introduction to the first and second of the anticipated three Zondo reports