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Former Mpumalanga prosecutions boss Matric Luphondo. (Phill Magakoe/Gallo Images)

Former NPA director in Mpumalanga fired for bringing institution into disrepute

Matric Luphondo is on trial along for attempting to bribe a fellow prosecutor

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Eskom load-shedding a second phase of state capture, says Gordhan

The public enterprises minister appears before parliament’s standing committee on public accounts regarding corruption at the power utility

In parliament: former Eskom chairperson Malegapuru Makgoba.
Makgoba said Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan was told about graft at Eskom and he had urged former chief executive André de Ruyter to gather information on it.
 (Masi Losi/Sunday Times/Gallo Images)

Battle for the truth about Eskom

Ex-Eskom boss and former chairperson deny the intelligence on the ANC’s complicity in graft at the utility was withheld

Former Eskom chairperson Malegapuru Makgoba on Wednesday said it was Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan’s idea that the state-owned entity should conduct intelligence gathering to combat corruption.

Gordhan called for intelligence ops at Eskom: Makgoba

The former Eskom chairperson said a maligned investigation initiated by former CEO Andre de Ruyter was first mooted by the minister

In hot water: Judge Nana Makhubele at the Judiciary Conduct Tribunal hearing in Joburg this week over complaints relating to her conduct while at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa. (Papi Morake/ Gallo Images)

A torrid week for the judiciary

Calls for two judges accused of crime to step aside while a third appears before Judicial Conduct Tribunal on a complaint of impeachable misconduct

Eastern Cape judge president, Selby Mbenenge. (Judges Matter)

Judges in the spotlight for alleged serious wrongdoing

Call for Eastern Cape judge president to step aside over sexual harassment and hearings begin in misconduct charges against Gauteng judge Makhubele

Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste. (David Harrison/M&G)

JSE hands Jooste 20-year ban while Steinhoff criminal investigation continues

Markus Jooste is still challenging JSE fines totalling R15 million for his role in the balance sheet scandal

NPA and Hawks set up joint task force to prosecute state capture accused

Zondo commission’s first report released earlier this month recommends prosecution for about 20 individuals implicated in graft at state-owned entities

Uncovering the rot: Merely being able to watch Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo do his commission’s work live on TV has already affected how South Africans demand accountability, experts say. (Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo Images/Netwerk24)

SA received Zondo’s real gift well before Christmas

A too narrow focus on the number of convictions from the final report of the state capture commission will mean a failure to see the impact it has already had

Hawks head General Godfrey Lebeya.
(Sunday Times)

Hawks head testifies before SAHRC: Intelligence would have been ‘ideal’

No members of the police, defence force or state security have been implicated ‘at this stage’ in ongoing investigations into the July unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng

Gloves off: Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s report into the money allocated to the funeral of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela implicates Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane (above) but Hawks insiders say the NPA is delaying taking action. Masi Losi/ The Times/Gallo

NPA ‘refuses’ to prosecute Oscar Mabuyane

The Hawks have accused the NPA of ‘dragging its feet’ despite voluminous evidence against the Eastern Cape premier

Mabuyane in court bid to halt Hawks investigation

Eastern Cape Premier Mabuyane has suggested that ANC secretary general Ace Magashule is behind the fraud and corruption inquiry

New police unit head to be appointed next month

The head of the police division replacing the Scorpions will only be appointed next month, the Safety and Security Department said on Friday.