The African National Congress (ANC) has conceded that it was wrong about the former public protector Thuli Madonsela who stood her ground on the principle of law in most of her cases. Some ANC members vilified Madonsela and called her a spy after her finding against the former President Jacob Zuma on the Nkandla matter. The ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says they were wrong to criticise Madonsela regarding some of […]
Stellenbosch University’s Law Trust Chair, Professor Thuli Madonsela, says South Africa and the United States can help set the gold standard in promoting a socially just country, through leaders in each of their societies. She was speaking (virtual) during the university’s second annual Social Justice Lecture. Madonsela says South Africa’s Constitution, which anti-Apartheid leaders like Nelson Mandela fought for, is already playing a key role in addressing injustices of the […]
Corporate social investment (CSI) has the power to bring about social justice and to end poverty‚ inequality and unemployment. This is according to former public protector Thuli Madonsela‚ who was delivering a keynote address at the eleventh annual Trialogue Business in Society Conference in Johannesburg on Tuesday. “Business is in a position of power and privilege and business has a voice‚ in the same way that when you become an […]
President Jacob Zuma's 11th-hour about-turn - abandoning plans to have Thuli Madonsela's State of Capture report referred to her successor as public protector for further investigation - has left the situation in legal limbo. Zuma had asked the High Court to review and set aside the remedial action specified by Madonsela, and to refer her report back to her successor, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, for further investigation. Madonsela's remedial action would involve […]
Almost R10-million was presented to seven charities today by #OperationSA for the #SAveSyria humanitarian efforts. The money was raised following an urgent call for donations over the past ten days. R14 110 668.00 was pledged as at 8am today. Speaking at a cheque handing over ceremony in Houghton Johannesburg today, #OperationSA's Yusuf Abramjee said the response from South Africans has been over-whelming. "People have opened their hearts and have dug deep […]
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 […]
Thuli Madonsela's outgoing report on her investigation into complaints of state capture and undue political influence by the Gupta family recommends that President Jacob Zuma appoint a judicial commission of inquiry. This commission must be headed by a judge solely selected by the Chief Justice‚ Mogoeng Mogoeng‚ the Public Protector report states. The report was made public on Wednesday afternoon after Zuma unexpectedly withdrew his application to interdict the report. […]
The fact that Cabinet minister Des van Rooyen may have more to hide could have an influence on his attempt to block the release of outgoing Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s report into "state capture". According to a BBC report, secret cellphone records place Van Rooyen at the Gupta home the evening before President Jacob Zuma sacked finance minister Nhlanhla Nene. According to a BBC source, the cellphone records are evidence […]
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 […]
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.
