In an ominous statement sent out late on Thursday night, former president Jacob Zuma left a Sword of Damocles hanging over the country when he spoke of a revolution by “ordinary people like me”. His 2,000 word statement pre-empted a…
State capture inquiry chairperson deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo has fixed four days for the appearance of President Cyril Ramaphosa. Zondo announced Ramaphosa will appear on April 22 and 23 and again on April 28 and 29. The president…
Former president Jacob Zuma made an ‘extensive presentation’ to the ANC’s top leadership on Monday over why he won’t appear before the state capture commission The ANC’s top six officials have failed to convince former president Jacob…
EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu mislead his Twitter followers when he claimed that the Zondo commission had not invited the party to give evidence. Commission evidence leader advocate Alec Freund SC said on Monday that Shivambu’s…
Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) spokesperson Carl Niehaus has laughed off suggestions that members of the organisation should be jailed alongside former president Jacob Zuma. The association had vowed to “protect”…
Former president slams judges for helping President Cyril Ramaphosa hide ‘what on the face of it seem to be bribes obtained to win an internal ANC election’ Former president Jacob Zuma appears resigned to his fate, saying that he was…
Former president Jacob Zuma cannot be allowed to promote anarchy in the country by defying the courts. And to set an example, the Constitutional Court must impose a jail term for his defiance of it and the Zondo commission of inquiry into…
Controversial Hawks colonel Welcome Mhlongo in 2015 tried to squash the fraud, theft and tender-rigging case against Kaizer Chiefs football manager Bobby Motaung related to the R1.2bn Mbombela Stadium case. This was revealed at the state…
Former president Jacob Zuma has vowed not to co-operate with the state capture commission despite a ruling by the Constitutional Court compelling him to do so. This decision will put Zuma squarely in contempt of the highest court in the…
The state capture commission has welcomed a Constitutional Court ruling that former president Jacob Zuma must appear before the commission. On Thursday, the country’s apex court ordered Zuma to abide by a summons and appear to give…
Former president Jacob Zuma allegedly used the State Security Agency’s (SSA’s) special operations unit to deal with his perceived enemies in the political arena, civil society and student movements. Among those the SSA moved to frustrate…
The state capture inquiry’s secretary Prof Itumeleng Mosala has moved to remind former president Jacob Zuma to appear at the oral hearings next week. In a letter sent to Zuma on Monday, Mosala emphasised that should Zuma fail to appear…
Former president Jacob Zuma’s conduct towards the state capture inquiry was “a deliberate stratagem” to run out the lifespan of the inquiry and thereby avoid accounting for his alleged criminal behaviour, the Constitutional Court heard on…
Jacob Zuma’s defiance of the state capture commission was “a blatant violation of the foundational constitutional value of accountability, which underpins the rule of law”, the commission’s lawyers said on Friday. With Zuma saying earlier…
Management consulting firm McKinsey and Co said on Wednesday it would repay all the fees paid to it — estimated to be about R650m — for work done as part of Transnet and SAA contracts. The state capture commission of inquiry made the…
