DA leader Mmusi Maimane has called on the public protector to broaden her scope in her “state capture” investigation. This follows reports that a contract worth in excess of R564-million was awarded by Eskom last month to an ailing coal mining company taken over by the Gupta family and President[…]
The Reserve Bank has demanded that an Indian bank release documents related to bank accounts owned by the Gupta family. The demand forms part of a wider investigation into allegations that the Guptas may have been illegally channelling money out of the country. The Sunday Times has established that the[…]
Denying the media access to the Nkandla disciplinary inquiry was wrong, Judge Piet Koen ruled in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Friday. He upheld the applications by Media24, Times Media Group and the M&G to attend the inquiry. “The media are duty bound to report with vigour, courage, integrity and[…]
Former Nedbank chairman Reuel Khoza has ridiculed South Africa’s political leadership and President Jacob Zuma, implying that they imposed political solutions on legal matters. Khoza, who angered ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe in 2012 for calling the country’s leadership a “strange breed”, was at it again on Thursday at the Nedgroup[…]
The High Court in Pretoria will hear the application for leave to appeal a court ruling that corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma be reinstated on June 10. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) confirmed that it and Zuma’s application for leave to appeal would be heard next month. Democratic Alliance leader[…]
South African President Jacob Zuma will host Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas this week as he arrives in the country on a working visit. In a statement issued by the Presidency on Tuesday, Presidency spokesman Dr Bongani Ngqulunga said that Zuma would host Abbas on Wednesday as they meet to hold[…]
President Jacob Zuma has applied for leave to appeal a court ruling that 783 corruption charges against him must be reinstated, the Presidency said late on Monday. Zuma gave five reasons for his decision and felt strongly that the High Court in Pretoria had erred in several respects, his office[…]
The Democratic Alliance said on Monday the National Prosecuting Authority’s decision to appeal a High Court order that corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma be reinstated was an attempt to shield the president. National Director of Public Prosecutions Shaun Abrahams had earlier told a news conference he would appeal against[…]
Yesterday the ruling party accused Malema of illegally sneaking his “personal bodyguards” into the National Assembly to protect him while he assaulted parliament’s protection services officials. The ANC and the DA were reacting to Tuesday’s fracas in the National Assembly, where members of the EFF’s caucus were physically removed. DA[…]
The National Assembly on Wednesday voted to approve the Presidency budget. The budget was presented by President Jacob Zuma in Parliament on May 4. It was approved when 212 MPs voted in its favour, with 64 against and two abstentions. In a declaration before the vote, the DA said the lack of[…]
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