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Zuma, a Gupta, and a diplomat walk into a temple In Haridwar 

Former President Jacob Zuma was seen with Ajay Gupta at a temple in Haridwar, India, calling Gupta his "brother and friend." This controversial meeting has ignited a political…

Former public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba

Malusi Gigaba charged over Transnet’s multibillion-rand corruption scandal

Gigaba appeared in court alongside four former Transnet executives, with prosecutors alleging he accepted undisclosed cash from the Gupta family while tender processes were…

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/Mail & Guardian)

Jacob Zuma might testify in his daughter’s incitement case

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla’s lawyer Dali Mpofu said her father would tell the court how he felt about being incarcerated for contempt of court in 2021 without undergoing a trial

“[Pravin Gordhan] was a highly skilled backroom operator who shied away from the spotlight” (Getty Images)

OBITUARY – Pravin Gordhan’s last warning: Democracy will not survive on its own

Gordhan’s last political act was to call for a ‘reset’ and a return to progressive politics

Matshela Koko. Photo: @koko_matshela

Koko, or a battle for accountability already lost in advance

The National Prosecuting Authority has failed in another state capture case considered only the foothills of the mountain it must climb

Essop Pahad. File photo

ANC stalwart Essop Pahad dead at 84

Pahad was a former minister to the presidency and anti-apartheid activist

National director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi. (Photo by Gallo Images / Sunday Times / Alaister Russell)

NPA must move fast for SA to escape grey list’s grasp

The National Prosecuting Authority is ready to act on state capture crimes but whether it has the ability to do so has been questioned

Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, Cyril Ramaphosa: The people who killed Eskom over 25 years

In 1997, the warning bells were ringing that South Africa faced a dark future because Eskom would run out of capacity to supply a growing populace and an expanding economy

Former acting Eskom CEO Matshela Koko. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

Koko, wife and stepdaughters arrested over Kusile power station contract

The three face charges of fraud and corruption stemming from a crooked deal with Swiss engineering firm Asea Brown Boveri

Former acting Eskom CEO Matshela Koko. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

R3.8-billion Eskom lawsuit against Matshela Koko, Brian Molefe stalls

The former executives are being pursued for the purchase of Optimum coal mine by Gupta-owned Tegeta

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

Why state capture could see SA greylisted

The Gupta era exposed the flaws in the country’s anti-money laundering framework and now the government is dealing with the consequences

Former public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. (Leila Dougan/Daily Maverick/Gallo Images)

Suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane spare with truth, records

Several witnesses have testified that Mkhwebane covered her tracks in investigations and court

R57-billion: How the Guptas played Monopoly with state money

The largest sources of state capture money were Transnet and Eskom, two of South Africa’s most fragile state-owned entities

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 Free State premier Ace Magashule. (Mlungisi Louw/Volksblad/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Zondo: Ace Magashule and Mosebenzi Zwane helped Guptas milk Vrede dairy project

The final Zondo report recommends that law enforcement agencies investigate the pair for their part in the failed R280-million project