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DA leader John Steenhuisen said South Africans were being asked to foot the bill for looting and mismanagement at Eskom by paying tariff increases which totalled up to 650% since 2007. (Photo by Gianluigi Guercia / AFP via Getty Images)
ANC CAUCUS

Pressure mounts on government as more court cases loom over load-shedding

The Democratic Alliance says the 18% electricity price hike is unconstitutional, while other parties are likely to file a wider challenge on the power crisis

  • Emsie Ferreira
5 min read
ACE MAGASHULE

Zuma trial postponed to 26 May as defence objects to state prosecutor Downer

Judge Piet Koen orders a brief delay to give Zuma’s lawyer time to enter a plea that Downer has no authority to prosecute the matter

  • Emsie Ferreira
4 min read
Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo says former president Jacob Zuma had “sought to thwart” attempts by Barbara Hogan, then the public enterprises minister, to appoint a Transnet group chief executive from 2009 to replace Maria Ramos.
ARMS DEAL CASE

Zuma’s intended trial date likely to see application for Downer’s recusal

The long-running arms deal case is heading for further delays after Zuma’s attorney and senior counsel withdrew at the 11th hour

  • Emsie Ferreira
4 min read
ARMS DEAL

Zuma has ‘lost trust’ in his lawyers in bitter 11th-hour split that will delay trial

The former president is looking for new pro bono legal counsel to defend him on arms deal charges, on the brink of the matter going to trial after 17 years

  • Emsie Ferreira
7 min read
Former president Jacob Zuma (left) and Carl Niehaus. (Freddy Mavunda/Business Day)
ARMS DEAL CASE

Zuma’s legal team withdraws in wake of appeal court’s ruling on fees

Eric Mabuza notified the high court and NPA of his decision just weeks before the former president goes on trial for corruption

  • Emsie Ferreira
2 min read
BOSASA

Zondo to ask the Constitutional Court to send Zuma to jail for flouting summons

The deputy chief justice says he has to act because Zuma’s defiance risks inciting lawlessness

  • Emsie Ferreira
7 min read
The supreme court of appeal is yet to rule on the appeal to the high court finding that his release on medical parole was unlawful and he should return to prison. (Michele Spatari/POOL/AFP)
COMMISSIONS ACT

Zuma snubs Zondo commission

His lawyer says the summons was not in line with the Constitutional Court order

  • Emsie Ferreira
4 min read
Former president Jacob Zuma.
COMMISSIONS ACT

Apex court to rule on Zuma’s Zondo commission appearance

Last year, the former president walked out on the deputy chief justice, despite being summoned to give evidence

  • Sarah Smit
2 min read
Domestic bliss: Nompumelelo Ntuli, one of former president Jacob Zuma’s wives. Photo: Yunus Mohamed/ Foto24/Gallo
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Spy boss tells how agency was used to detain Zuma’s wife after poisoning claims

Day two of State Security Agency testimony at the Zondo commission birthed more revelations that point to the former head of state and agents breaking the law

  • Emma Balfour
3 min read
Former president Jacob Zuma.
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

Zuma won’t appear before Zondo commission on Monday, say his lawyers

Last year the commission asked the Constitutional Court to force the former president to appear. Although ruling has not been made, the summons remains valid, but Zuma’s lawyers…

  • Emma Balfour
4 min read
Former president Jacob Zuma. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ERIC MABUZA

Zuma: Don’t bully me

The former president has, through his lawyers, told the Zondo commission to not ‘bully’ him into appearing before the inquiry

  • Thando Maeko
2 min read
Mail maze: The South African Post Office says that only a tiny percentage of its 2-million daily parcels go missing or are damaged. (Oupa Nkosi)
ARAMEX

Competitors take on the post office

Blamed by many South Africans for offering a shoddy service, the embattled institution faces financial strain and serious competition

  • Tshegofatso Mathe
6 min read
Old Mutual won their appeal against former CEO Peter Moyo. (Gallo/Sunday Times/Moeletsi Mabe)
BRIAN MASHILE

Old Mutual wins appeal against axed chief executive, Peter Moyo

The former chief executive must pay the company’s legal costs acquired in the six-month battle that harmed investor confidence

  • Thando Maeko
3 min read
Old Mutual argues that a clause in Peter Moyo’s employment contract does not stipulate a “contractual requirement to follow a fair process to provide just cause or a fair reason for termination.” (Gallo/Sunday Times/Moeletsi Mabe)
COMPANIES ACT

Old Mutual says Moyo can’t return because he is busy suing them

The financial services company seeks to overturn Moyo’s reinstatement as CEO, citing the breakdown of relationship between Moyo and the board

  • Thando Maeko
4 min read
Old Mutual won their appeal against former CEO Peter Moyo. (Gallo/Sunday Times/Moeletsi Mabe)
COUNTRY

Moyo: I don’t know why the board does not want me back

Talks between Moyo and Old Mutual regarding his reinstatement reached a deadlock on Wednesday

  • Thando Maeko
3 min read
Old Mutual argues that a clause in Peter Moyo’s employment contract does not stipulate a “contractual requirement to follow a fair process to provide just cause or a fair reason for termination.” (Gallo/Sunday Times/Moeletsi Mabe)
COUNTRY

Moyo back at the Old Mutual offices in Johannesburg

The CEO was reinstated on Tuesday by the Johannesburg high court after being dismissed in June

  • Thando Maeko
3 min read
Former Sars commissioner Tom Moyane speaks on his mobile phone inside the high court in Pretoria on December 11 2018 in Pretoria, South Africa. (Phill Magakoe/Gallo)
ERIC MABUZA

Moyane’s legal bills pile up as he forges ahead with ‘unnecessary’ court battles

The revenue agency is not paying his legal fees

  • Tehilla Niselow
3 min read
In retired Judge Robert Nugent’s interim report on the commission of inquiry into the Sars released last month, Nugent recommended that Ramaphosa fire Moyane. (Paul Botes/M&G)
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

Moyane heading back to ConCourt, challenges judge’s ‘abominable’ remarks

​Axed Sars commissioner Tom Moyane will again turn to the Constitutional Court

  • Tehillah Nieselow
2 min read
Tom Moyane’s legal counsel Eric Mabuza said “nothing has changed” and the high court application will be heard next week. (Masi Losi/Sunday Times/Gallo)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Moyane to fight on, despite ConCourt dismissal

​The former Sars commissioner will press ahead with an urgent court application to be reinstated and interdict a successor from being appointed

  • Tehillah Nieselow
2 min read
‘The Sars commission has deviated from its originally intended purpose,’ says Jacob Zuma in his papers. (Delwyn Verasamy/ M&G)
ERIC MABUZA

Nugent has no authority to recommend Moyane’s firing — Zuma

The former president says the commission should not have dealt with human resource issues as there were processes already in place for that

  • Tshidi Madia
2 min read