The attorney for the infamous Gupta family has denied knowledge of any criminal activity involving a senior Limpopo MEC and a businessman. Gert van der Merwe was implicated in an Eyewitness News report on Tuesday that said he was an accused, turned State witness, seeking indemnity in a R16m fraud[…]
The Economic Freedom Fighters say that the recent Gupta email scandal was proof that those who run government today have betrayed the country, and that this betrayal was worse than treason. The party and its leader, Julius Malema, were addressing the leak of thousands of emails detailing the Gupta family’s[…]
While the leaked tranche of Gupta emails reveal the government and the Guptas to have maintained very close channels of communication over recent years, they did not share everything. It may have displeased the Guptas’ pals in high places, for instance, to learn that the family was hoping to persuade[…]
Not only does the Democratic Alliance want to lay criminal charges against President Jacob Zuma after the weekend’s e-mail leaks which shed light on the Guptas’ influence on the state, it also wants Parliament to establish an ad hoc committee to deal with state capture. DA leader Mmusi Maimane said[…]
The African National Congress is expected to brief the media on Monday on whether President Jacob Zuma survived another round of claims that his son’s business partners, the Guptas, are involved in ministerial appointments. The party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) met between Friday and Sunday at the St George’s Hotel[…]
Nicki Gules and Sipho Masondo – City Press An email trail between the controversial Gupta family and their employees has blown the lid off how they have managed to do business with government, ingratiate themselves with senior officials, and go so far as to help move President Jacob Zuma and[…]
President Jacob Zuma has hit back his detractors saying they want him to step down because he speaks the truth about the country’s past. Zuma was addressing congregants during an Easter service at a church in Umgababa south of Durban at a church, with six million followers countrywide, and is[…]
United Kingdom public relations agency Bell Pottinger cut ties with Gupta-owned Oakbay last week, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Oakbay “agreed the termination of the contract just over a week ago,” the UK-based business newspaper reported. Bell Pottinger told FT that it was ending the relationship after becoming “the[…]
A heated confrontation between members of the Black First Land First (BLF) party and #ZumaMustFall protesters has been defused by police firing a stun grenade. About 15 members of BLF arrived at a protest calling for president Jacob Zuma to step down and his friends, the Gupta family, to leave[…]
This is a power show by President Jacob Zuma who clearly believes he has enough power in the NEC and low enough risk of a Parliament split to be removed. As expected PGxit occurred as Pravin Gordhan and his deputy Mcebisi Jonas were removed in an open attack on Treasury.[…]
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