A former ANN7 editor and employee of the Guptas has exposed former president Jacob Zuma’s direct hand in the creation of the controversial news channel. In an explosive new book, he also bares how Gupta lieutenants fraudulently handed South African jobs to Indian nationals. Indian journalist Rajesh Sundaram’s tell-all book[…]
The Public Protector has found that Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown misled the National Assembly when she denied there were engagements between power utility Eskom and the Gupta-linked company Trillian Capital Partners. This is according to a report issued by the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to the DA on Thursday.[…]
The Hawks say the hunt is still on for the Gupta brothers. Police have declared Ajay Gupta a fugitive from justice and are also looking for Atul Gupta and Duduzane Zuma over alleged corruption. Hawks spokesperson, Brigadier Hangwani Muluadzi says more arrests are looming. He adds, “Well, we haven’t had[…]
he National Key Points Act (NKP) has been under immense scrutiny ever since the Guptas landed a plane at Waterkloof Air Force Base and President Jacobs Zuma’s homestead saga. The NKP which was a secret list of over 200 sites was brought into law during the last decade of apartheid.[…]
The Assets Forfeiture Unit has moved swiftly to seize the controversial dairy Vrede farm in the Free State. Saftu president – Zwelinzima Vavi says he is happy that the AFU acted on their complaint. Vavi says they lodged the complaint following reports that money had been looted from the public[…]
HSBC has revealed it’s closed accounts of companies linked to the Guptas. The bank is investigating its possible relationship with the controversial family. Last month UK labour MP and anti-apartheid activist Peter Hain urged authorities to probe HSBC and Standard Chartered bank for billions thought to have been laundered through[…]
The UK government on Thursday said it was taking allegations of state-linked corruption in South Africa very seriously, as possible links to British banks could sully the reputation of the UK’s financial industry. The House of Lords, the UK Parliament’s upper chamber, was debating money laundering and state corruption in[…]
Wednesday’s national strike action organised by trade federation Cosatu will affect all sectors of the economy. So said Cosatu’s general secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali, as the union declared its readiness for a total shut down of the country in all 13 provinces. About 100 000 workers are expected to join tomorrow’s[…]
If James Henderson truly appreciated the implications of Bell Pottinger propaganda in South Africa, he would repay the R20 million the PR firm reportedly earned from the Gupta family, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Sunday. Henderson resigned as CEO of Bell Pottinger over the weekend ahead of an independent[…]
President Jacob Zuma is due to face another round of questions in Parliament on Thursday when he appears for his quarterly question session. Zuma did his best to evade tough questions during his last question session on June 22, the same day the Constitutional Court made its ruling on the[…]
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