Thousands of Indians have taken to the streets to mourn the death of Jayalalithaa Jayaram, chief minister of India’s southern Tamil Nadu state, who died at the age of 68 after a prolonged illness. Jayalalithaa, one of the country’s most popular political leaders, died late on Monday evening at the[…]
President Jacob Zuma is willing to step down in order to recover the ANC’s “integrity”, a newspaper on Friday reported senior party sources as saying. The top ANC members told the Mail & Guardian that they had been secretly working on an “exit strategy” for Zuma, who has been under[…]
A huge leak of confidential documents has revealed how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth. Eleven million documents were leaked from one of the world’s most secretive companies, Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. They show how Mossack Fonseca has helped clients launder money, dodge sanctions and evade[…]
The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Thursday laid a charge of corruption against the Gupta family and a family member of President Jacob Zuma. “We have laid a charge against the two (Gupta) brothers and Duduzane Zuma,” DA leader Mmusi Maimane said in Cape Town. The charge, under the Prevention and[…]
As the tide of public sentiment grows against President Jacob Zuma, people from all quarters are mobilizing in a nationwide demonstration being dubbed the Zuma Must Fall march. The country’s number one is facing increased pressure from both civil society and the broader public after overseeing the appointment of two[…]
A Cape Town police officer has been arrested for allegedly microwaving the blood samples of drunken driving suspects at a police station, Western Cape police said on Thursday. The cop, 45, was arrested when he reported for duty at the Pinelands police station on Thursday morning, deputy provincial commissioner of[…]
Minister for Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande will launch an investigation into allegations of corruption in the government’s National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). The department has ordered a forensic investigation into the extent of fraud, corruption, maladministration and collusion in the allocation of financial aid by institutions, NSFAS[…]
A number of South African schools have come under fire after a report by Corruption Watch revealed that more than one thousand cases of corruption in schools were reported between 2012-15. The cases range from financial mismanagement, theft of funds, tender corruption and employment corruption. According to the organisation’s Lucky[…]
Despite the inclement weather in the Mother City, thousands of supporters marched to show their disdain against the high levels of corruption in the country. Elsewhere in the country, Pretoria saw masses show their solidarity for the cause as they stood outside the Union Building in hopes of highlighting the[…]
The case against four City of Cape Town licensing officials, accused of fraud and corruption, has been postponed for further investigation. The council employees appeared briefly in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday morning. They were appearing for more than 100 cases between them relating to the issuing of[…]
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