Prominent politicians in Jacob Zuma’s administration have made spectacular returns to Parliament, as the ANC announced who it will be nominating as chairpersons and whips in important parliamentary portfolio committees.Former Energy Mini...
·almost 5 years ago
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has confirmed in a letter to Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane that President Cyril Ramaphosa is implicated in her investigation into the R500,000 donation he received from Bosasa chief Gavin Wa...
·almost 5 years ago
It’s been almost a year since the Commission of Inquiry into allegations of state capture in South Africa began to hear testimony. Also known as the Zondo Commission, it is headed by Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, who has listened ...
·over 4 years ago
South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma threatened on Friday to walk away from a judicial commission of inquiry into corruption, throwing the process into temporary confusion and uncertainty. An agreement was later cobbled together t...
·over 4 years ago
Former president Jacob Zuma on Tuesday struggled to recall several key events of his nine-year tenure as the head of state. Zuma continued giving evidence at the commission of inquiry probing state capture, and denied evidence implicatin...
·over 4 years ago
If there’s one thing South Africans can agree on, it’s that former President Jacob Zuma has always been adept at putting on a show. This has historically served him well – even since he was ousted in 2018. But lately his performance repe...
·over 4 years ago
Eskom has welcomed the arrests of two former employees of former contractor the ABB Group (ABB), as well as their spouses, for corruption linked to Eskom contracts involving R2.2 billion
·over 1 year ago
In the book of Esther, the Bible tells a story from the 5th century BCE, when the Jews were in exile in Persia. The Persian king, Ahasuerus, had installed a Jewish woman, Esther, as his queen at the time that one of the king’s ministers ...
·over 4 years ago
South Africa’s former Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, provoked a political storm recently when she suggested that public servants implicated in grand corruption should be given the chance to apply for amnesty. Many South Africans, we...
·over 3 years ago
Former SAA chair Dudu Myeni has found herself in hot water for mentioning the name of a person she assumes to be Mr X, who had testified before the Zondo Commission. Myeni appeared before Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo again on...
·over 3 years ago
Deputy Minister of State Security and member of the National Executive Committee of the ANC Zizi Kodwa has been linked to EOH Corruption debacle following presented claims of payments made to him by Former EOH executive Jehan Mackay. Su...
·over 3 years ago
The Executive Mayor, Councillor Jolidee Matongo, urges officials to recommit to fighting underperformance, corruption, and all other forms of malfeasance in the municipality. Cllr Matongo says he and the City’s executive have pledged t...
·over 2 years ago
Over the course of time, public servants in our country have come to be in the spotlight for the wrong reasons. We have become too used to stories of civil servants involved in maladministration, embezzlement, corruption and other for...
·over 2 years ago
Former president Jacob Zuma appeared before the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture led by Deputy Chief Justice, Raymond Zondo. Zuma's appearance before the Zondo commission has long been awaited, as in the days leading up...
·over 4 years ago
The capture of democratic political systems by private power networks is arguably the greatest threat to civil liberties and inclusive development in Africa. That’s the conclusion of two new reports that address the issue of threats to d...
·over 2 years ago
Corruption has long been a scourge in parts of Latin America. Traditionally, it has funneled down domestic routes, with local politicians, business interests, and drug lords benefiting from graft and dodgy dealings. Indeed, a 2022 repor...
·11 months ago
The mayhem of the last few days is a reminder of the danger that South Africa continues to live with, as well as an indication of the disfigurement of its law enforcement institutions. The danger stems from the deferral of a “better ...
·over 2 years ago
A 28-year-old male City of Johannesburg health worker stationed at the Parkhurst Clinic appeared in the Booysens Magistrate’s Court today, 23 August 2021, where he will be charged for fraud. He was arrested on Saturday night for al...
·over 2 years ago
Before 1994, economic opportunities were denied African people. The policy set out to redress this historical imbalance in all spheres of the economy and society
·over 1 year ago
On 17 November 2020, I attended a virtual church leadership meeting in which one of the leaders raised an issue of two centres of power. My political animal instinct jumped up with joy as the thought of the Botha-de Klerk; the Mbeki-Zuma...
·over 3 years ago
Sometimes, the best thing politicians can do to take a society forward is – nothing. This reality is key to understanding the prosecution on corruption charges of the secretary-general of South Africa’s governing African National Congres...
·over 3 years ago
The Democratic Alliance is not letting the comments of MEC Panyaza Lesufi slide. This follows reports of a clandestine meeting held by the MEC with his team and other stakeholders, where Lesufi discussed the awarding of his department te...
·almost 3 years ago
It appears, for the moment, that South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has won a key battle in the war for control of the governing African National Congress (ANC), of which he is also the head. This became apparent after a highly ...
·almost 3 years ago
JMPD acting chief, Angie Mokasi has confirmed that Johannesburg Metro Police Department officers will wear body cameras in a bid to combat corruption and bribery.
·9 months ago
225 Tshwane metro police department (TMDP) officers have been investigated for corruption including taking bribes from motorists.
·9 months ago
Former South African president Jacob Zuma is endorsing the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Party, the latest rival to the governing African National Congress (ANC) for the upcoming national elections.
·about 2 months ago