After decades of struggle by the Timol family and human rights activists, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has announced that it would reopen the inquest into the death of Ahmed Timol. The original inquest found in 1972 that nobody was to blame for Timol’s death. The Magistrate concluded that Timol had not been maltreated during his detention and had committed suicide. Following a private investigation launched on behalf of the […]
Democratic Alliance (DA) Chief Whip John Steenhuisen has expressed regret after a motion to debate the alleged politicisation of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has been declined. The DA submitted its proposed motion to Speaker Baleka Mbete. It comes after allegations that the NPA has become a political tool following its decision to prosecute Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan for fraud. Steenhuisen says the DA has received correspondence from Mbete declining […]
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Tuesday told National Director of Public Prosecutions Shaun Abrahams that he would not be taking up his invite to make representations by 17:00. Instead he invited Abrahams to withdraw the charges against him, in relation to an early retirement payout granted to former SARS deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay in 2010, and the extension of his contract. His response to Abrahams was set out in a letter […]
The showdown between South African President Jacob Zuma and Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan over control of the nation’s finances appears to be reaching its endgame, after prosecutors summoned the minister to appear in court next month on fraud charges. While Zuma, 74, reaffirmed his support for Gordhan on Tuesday, opposition parties and analysts have speculated that the president intends using the case as a pretext to appoint a more pliant […]
ANC heavyweights including former president , veteran Ahmed Kathrada, tourism minister Derek Hanekom and former speaker, Max Sisulu will be present to lend their support to Pravin Gordhan when he appears in court on fraud charges in November. The National Prosecuting Authority has announced that is pursuing fraud charges against the finance minister in relation to his approval of an early retirement package for senior SARS official, Ivan Pillay. Kathrada […]
As the focus within South Africa has largely been directed toward the on-going #FeesMustFall protests, chaos within National Treasury appears to have taken a backseat. Over the past few months, embattled finance minister, Pravin Gordhan has been fanning flames of his alleged contravention of the National Strategic Intelligence Act and the Public Finance Management Act. The allegations are related to his approval of former South African Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner […]
There is still hope for President Jacob Zuma when it comes to the DA’s court case to have the decision to drop corruption charges against him overturned. On Friday, the DA announced that the Constitutional Court had dismissed an application by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for leave to appeal directly to that court. That was after a full bench of the Pretoria High Court in April overturned the NPA’s […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
