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‘My comrades called me naive’: Themba Maseko refused to participate in the Gupta family’s attempts to capture the state’s advertising budget. Photo: Deaan Vivier/Gallo Images/Netwerk24
AJAY GUPTA

A plea from Zondo commission whistleblowers: ‘We want prosecutions’

Themba Maseko, the former chief government spokesman said it would be a very long wait for legislative reform, as urged by the Zondo report, to see the light of day if state…

  • Emsie Ferreira
6 min read
Former SAA board chair Dudu Myeni. (Photo by Gallo Images/Phill Magakoe)
ACE MAGASHULE

Zondo report: Ruling party ‘slept on the job’ while state capture flourished

The ruling party was not only asleep on the job while former president Jacob Zuma colluded with state capture agents, but also lined its coffers with the proceeds of crime, the…

  • Emsie Ferreira
  • Sarah Smit
  • Lizeka Tandwa
8 min read
The State Capture report has found that former president Jacob Zuma was at the centre of the Gupta owned media’s rampant corruption at state institutions. (Photo by Gallo Images / City Press / Leon Sadiki)
BRAIN MOLEFE

Zondo: Millions of rands siphoned to Gupta-owned newspaper

The State Capture report has found that former president Jacob Zuma was at the centre of the Gupta owned media’s rampant corruption at state institutions

  • Lizeka Tandwa
5 min read
Rajesh Sundaram, the former editor of the now defunct ANN7. (Gallo)
ANN7

New Age journalists were monitored by Atul Gupta — former ANN7 editor

Rajesh Sundaram alleges that Atul Gupta had access to intelligence relating to the movements of journalists working for the Gupta media empire

  • Sarah Smit
3 min read
Mzwanele Manyi at the Zondo commission where he was cross-examined this week. (Felix Dlangamandla/ Netwerk24/Gallo Images)
MZWANELE MANYI

Manyi fails to flip the script

The former GCIS head bungled his chance at unmasking white monopoly capture

  • Sarah Smit
4 min read
On Tuesday, Manyi said no other witnesses appearing before the commission have had their evidence tested in this way. (Thapelo Morebudi/Sowetan)
MZWANELE MANYI

Manyi claims he is being treated like a hostile witness

The former GCIS head has asked for a member of the Zondo commission’s legal team to recuse himself

  • Sarah Smit
4 min read
Manyi referred to the newspaper’s coverage of treasury’s failed integrated financial management system, which reportedly cost government R1.7-billion as evidence of his assertions. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
MZWANELE MANYI

Downfall of The New Age a sign of white collar state capture says Manyi

According to former GCIS head Mzwanele Manyi, the New Age newspaper was a casualty of white-collar corporate capture of the state

  • Sarah Smit
3 min read
Former GCIS head, Mzwanele Manyi. (David Harrison/M&G)
GCIS

#StateCaptureInquiry: Manyi’s back

Former head of GCIS Mzwanele Manyi will testify before the Zondo commission on Monday

  • Sarah Smit
5 min read
ANC deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte. (Felix Dlangamandla/Netwerk24)
MULTICHOICE

ANC won’t demand more resignations after Nene quits

The ANC’s deputy secretary general says the governing party is perceived as being on trial at the state capture inquiry

  • Govan Whittles
2 min read
“From our perspective, it was just, for us it was very important that because he was part of the IMC [inter-ministerial committee] that he was present when we met with the IMC,” said Johan Burger. (SABC)
FNB

#StateCaptureInquiry: ‘Banks did not collude in cutting Gupta ties’ — FNB official

Johan Burger’s testimony dealt with attempts by the ANC and government to intervene in the closure of the accounts

  • Sarah Smit
3 min read
A deal reached at the UN’s COP24 climate summit earlier this month was criticised for not matching the ambition of the world’s most vulnerable countries. (Eric Vidal/Reuters)
AJAY GUPTA

Maseko tells Zondo: Former DGs have info on Gupta dealings

In 2016, Maseko and 26 others signed a memorandum calling for an inquiry into allegations of state capture

  • Sarah Smit
3 min read
The MultiChoice Group’s active customers for all its regions, including South Africa, dropped from 17.3 million to 15.7 million over the year.
AFRO WORLDVIEW

MultiChoice announces Newzroom Afrika as replacement for Afro Worldview

In late January MultiChoice announced the news channel’s contract will not be renewed when it lapses in August 2018

  • Sibongile Khumalo
1 min read
Mzwanele Manyi
ANN7

Manyi files for liquidation of Afro Voice

The negative perception of its previous owners, the Guptas, persisted which also negatively impacted the company’s financials, Manyi explained

  • Lameez Omarjee
4 min read
Manyi referred to the newspaper’s coverage of treasury’s failed integrated financial management system, which reportedly cost government R1.7-billion as evidence of his assertions. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ANN7

Manyi settles Gupta loan after amount due lowered

​Mzwanele Manyi claims he has paid the Gupta family in full for ANN7 and The New Age newspaper, the Sund​ay Times reported on Sunday

  • Agency And
  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed in the National Assembly on Thursday a total of R15.3-million was spent by government on Zuma’s “personal legal costs” since 2006.
ANC

Zuma is defiant in the face of a looming removal

In recent weeks the Presidency has been at pains to demonstrate the continued longevity of Zuma’s presidency

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read