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DA ‘will unravel Jacob Zuma’s criminal network’

DA leader Mmusi Maimane will on Tuesday lay criminal charges against President Jacob Zuma for refusing to answer questions about the “State of Capture” report. In parliamentary replies released on Monday, Zuma gave a standard answer to 10 different questions from opposition MPs regarding his relationship with the Gupta family, Maimane said. In addition, Zuma had refused to give former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela any answers during her investigation into […]

15 November 2016

Local

State capture investigation: ‘Kill Zuma’s deal’

ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe allegedly “pleaded” with Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema to help him scupper President Jacob Zuma’s Gupta-linked nuclear plans when they met to discuss post-municipal election coalitions. In a recorded interview, conducted under oath with then public protector Thuli Madonsela concerning her probe into state capture, Malema spoke of a meeting he had had with Mantashe and at least two other EFF colleagues during the […]

13 November 2016

Local

The case for JZ to pay his own legal costs

President Jacob Zuma is fighting tooth and nail not to pay legal fees from his pocket after he attempted to block the release of the State of Capture report, which flags potential wrongdoing on his part and some members of his Cabinet. Zuma – who has been described as a “selfish litigant” who chose to “lie” in his bid to block the release of the former public protector’s report – […]

13 November 2016

Local

Presidency slams Madonsela’s ‘unwarranted public attacks’ on Zuma

Retired Public Protector Thuli Madonsela should step back from commenting on the state capture report as she has no further role to play in the process, the Presidency said on Friday. Madonsela's continuing public statements relating to President Jacob Zuma and her recent report are of concern, it added. “Her unwarranted public attacks on the President, as happened in Stellenbosch on Thursday, are unbecoming and are not helpful,” said Presidency […]

11 November 2016

Local

Rivonia trialist urges critical stalwarts not to be swayed by ANC leadership

Concerned stalwarts of the ANC should be wary of accepting an invitation to meet with members of the party's national working committee (NWC), says Rivonia trialist Denis Goldberg. "If we do accept, then we should not resile from our political position," the stalwart writes in a letter to 124 ANC veterans. The group, which has banded together over developments in the ruling party, has been calling for a consultative conference […]

11 November 2016

Local

Van Rooyen visited Guptas 7 days in a row prior to appointment as finance minister

Des van Rooyen visited the Gupta family compound not just once, but seven times, in the days before his appointment as finance minister by President Jacob Zuma in December last year. The visits, on consecutive days between December 2 and 8, have been revealed by a team of public protector investigators tasked with probing alleged state capture by the family. The BBC previously reported that cellphone evidence put Van Rooyen […]

30 October 2016

News

ANC soon disintegrating: analyst

Newly appointed African National Congress (ANC) Chief Whip Jackson Mthembu over the weakened raised eyebrows when he called on the ANC executive leadership to step down. Mthembu reportedly told the City Press newspaper that the governing party’s current leadership is worse than its Apartheid predecessors. He further slammed the use of state organs to settle what he described as ‘political scores’ with Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, who is currently facing […]

24 October 2016

Local

‘State capture’ interdict bid will be heard in November

President Jacob Zuma and Local Government Minister Des Van Rooyen’s applications to interdict the Public Protector’s "state capture" report will be heard on November 1. This meant that Thuli Madonsela would not release the interim report on Friday. She would, however, still brief the media about her other reports. Van Rooyen's interdict hearing would merge with a separate bid by Zuma and be heard in the High Court in Pretoria […]

14 October 2016

Local

Madonsela heads to court on her last day as PP

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela will release her last batch of reports on her last day in the job in Pretoria on Friday afternoon. She had also been expected to release a preliminary report on her investigation into state capture‚ but it is unsure if she will as President Jacob Zuma has filed an application to interdict the release of that report. The application is set to be heard in the […]

14 October 2016

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