The Department of Home Affairs’ deputy director general of immigration services has denied any knowledge of corruption relating to the issuing of the Gupta dynasty’s visas to stay in South Africa, as alleged in the GuptaLeaks emails. “I did not know anything, except of course what I have read in[…]
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[…]
Just four days after being fired as minister of public enterprise‚ Lynne Brown has resigned as ANC MP. Brown’s decision to quit as a member of the national assembly was announced by the office of ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu on Thursday. Brown is among several ministers who were axed[…]
In a statement released on Tuesday evening, Zuma said Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng selected Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Mnyamezeli Mlungisi Zondo to head the commission. Zuma says while he has “reservations” about the legality of North Gauteng High Court directive that Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng appoint the judge, he has[…]
The year 2017 has been an important one in the struggle against corruption, including the widespread problem of corporate state capture, the SACP said on Wednesday. “As society we made progress. Victory is now visibly certain. To all South Africans across all walks of life, the SACP says let us[…]
The election of Cyril Ramaphosa as the new president of the African National Congress (ANC) is “too little too late” for the party, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said in a statement on Monday. “The ANC is dead and cannot self-correct, no matter who is at the helm,” DA leader Mmusi[…]
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that buying votes is a “new disease” gripping the ANC. “It is concerning to a point where it is going to dilute democracy within our organisation‚” Ramaphosa said on Thursday night on the Karima Brown Show on Radio 702. “We’ve been hearing stories that[…]
South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday condemned threats against members of parliament inquiring into allegations of state capture at power utility Eskom. “We will not accept that people should be threatened and abused simply because they are doing their job, a job they were elected for,” Ramaphosa told[…]
National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete has handed a damning affidavit to President Jacob Zuma about allegations that a minister had tried to interfere in a state capture inquiry. Parliamentary public enterprises committee evidence leader Ntuthuzelo Vanara submitted the affidavit‚ claiming that state security minister Bongani Bongo had offered him a[…]
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has been quizzed by legislators about state capture and the deteriorating corporate governance in parastatals that fall under her department. Brown spent seven hours denying that she has ever met with the Guptas and their associates, her role in suspending four executives and business ventures[…]
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