The judicial commission of inquiry into allegations of state capture will continue on Monday‚ with its chair‚ deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo‚ set to hand down his decision on applications for leave to cross-examine witnesses. Last week‚ present and former public officials shared explosive details of how government institutions were[…]
It was one of the Guptas’ favourite cars up until they fled the country. Every day, the bullet-proofed black Infiniti QX80 could be found parked outside Oakbay’s offices in Sandown. But instead of being out in the sun for all to see, the multi-million rand luxury vehicle and its equally[…]
The Hawks would not be drawn on if Duduzane Zuma is a person of interest or if a warrant has been issued for his arrest. “The only person we spoke about was Ajay [Gupta]. Now people want to know what is happening within our investigations. We can’t talk about those[…]
Eskom has admitted that it lied when it defended making payments totalling R1.6-billion to Gupta-linked financial advisory firm Trillian and global business consultancy McKinsey. In June, Eskom strongly defended the payments in response to questions prompted by the release of a damning report into Trillian by advocate Geoff Budlender. At[…]
Cartoonist, Jonathan Shapiro, popularly known as Zapiro, has defended the use of rape as a theme in his latest cartoon about state capture. The cartoon depicts a rape scene where President Jacob Zuma is buckling up his trousers, as one of the Gupta brothers prepares to “rape” a woman depicted[…]
A public relations firm that represents the Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments knew about the recommendations for a judicial inquiry into South Africa’s banks at least seven weeks before it was controversially published by Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane, Fin24 can reveal. Zwane was severely rebuked by the ANC and the presidency[…]
The inter-ministerial committee (IMC) set up by Cabinet to probe why South Africa’s banks blacklisted Gupta-owned businesses recommended a judicial inquiry be set up, Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane said. Zwane, who headed up the committee, said in a statement released late on Thursday on the department’s website, that the[…]
Mines Minister Mosebenzi Zwane reportedly recommended to Cabinet a drastic change to the Banks Act that would allow the finance minister to control bank licences. This formed part of an inter-ministerial committee he led to investigate why South Africa’s top banks blacklisted the Gupta family, who are friends with President[…]
The Gupta family has on Sunday pleaded with the Democratic Alliance’s David Maynier to stop using the family name “as a football in his party-politicking battles”. The family, in a statement, was responding to utterances made by Maynier following the controversial family’s announcement that it had decided to sell all[…]
Four executives of four Gupta-owned companies ambushed Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on PowerFM on Sunday night with questions focusing on the blacklisting of their bank accounts. In his response, Gordhan revealed for the first time that he had met representatives of Oakbay over the banking issue and said: “Where Treasury[…]
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