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Editorial: Journalism keeps up the good fight

In the wake of Black Wednesday, South African media continued to fight for the right to do their job

Ephraim Dhlamini was applauded for appearing before the commission, despite threats on his life (Enca)

Estina-linked politicians brought into Zondo commission’s crosshairs

Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo criticised those in government who have withheld evidence related to state capture

Expensive: Eric Wood started Trillian, the company that has cost Eskom millions. (Paul Botes)

Eskom battles to claw back Trillians

The power utility claims there was no contractual basis for the payments to the consulting company

Deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo said he took responsibility for the proposed delay because he had under-estimated the length of time needed to complete the remainder of the report, not because all concerned did not work hard enough to meet the deadline.

Zondo commission receives #GuptaLeaks hard drives as evidence, with conditions

After much back and forth between DCJ Zondo and the commission’s legal team, Zondo has received the data as evidence — but there are conditions

Brian Currin says he emphasised that the emails on the CD could only be published after the whistle-blowers had left the country. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

#StateCaptureInquiry: Whistle-blowers, clones of hard drives and secret meetings

In what has proven to be a testimony made of thriller movie revelations, the state capture commission heard the backstory to the #GuptaLeaks emails

Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. (Gulshan Khan/AFP)

State Capture commission in possession of original #GuptaLeaks hard drive

The hard drive consists of tens of thousands of Gupta-linked emails that detail the extent of the family’s role in state capture

Three strikes against KPMG – now what?

Three strikes against KPMG – now what?

Once again, two senior partners were forced to resign last week.

(Madelene Cronje/M&G)

Gigaba talks the talk on public sector corruption

At the top of the 2018 Budget was renewed vigour in tackling corruption that had become commonplace in the public sector

Kamal Vasram is the sole shareholder in the Vrede dairy farm project.

The state’s case against the Guptas and co.

Ajay Gupta did not appear in the Bloemfontein regional court and is regarded as a fugitive by the police

Former Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane. (Reuters)

DA: Mkhwebane’s Vrede report a ‘mind boggling whitewash’

Maimane on Friday said the DA, as the original complainants, has asked its legal team to consider the report more closely

Home Affairs raids ANN7 offices

‘ANN7 served as a front to defraud the state’— EFF

​The EFF on Wednesday welcomed Naspers’ MultiChoice’s decision to rid itself of Gupta-linked ANN7

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Editorial: Eskom’s liars obfuscate the truth

‘Meanwhile, we are left with two sides of a story’

Ajay Gupta (centre) (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

It’s a tricky business to track down Gupta assets

Just which legal entities bought the craft that propelled Heritage to new heights is not clear; the leaked emails run out.

Editorial: It’s dangerous to other foreigners (Photo Archive)

Editorial: News media prove their worth

‘We are riddled with contradictions and must strive to capture the complexity of South Africa and its people better’

Your guide to investing where your heart urges you to

Police minister wishes a Merry Christmas, allegedly from Dubai

Mbalula’s tweet with its United Arab Emirates geotag had Twitter users criticising the minister and asking him where the money for trip came from

(Delwyn Verasamy)

After 10 years at the helm of the ANC— We need to talk about Jacob Zuma

His legacy after his amoral 10 years at the helm of the ANC is of distrust among comrades and the destruction of integrity and democratic processes

Imperial Holdings said it had noted the High Court judgment

Dlamini: Forgive state capture like you forgave apartheid

South Africans were not consistent in their outrage, she claimed.

A George businessman has filed a complaint with the Competition Commission against JSE-listed broadcasting giant MultiChoice after the pay television service ramped up its DStv subscription fees

‘Probe MultiChoice and Naspers’

An ex-minister claims Koos Bekker is passing the buck as he ‘pushed aggressively’ to get encryption dropped

Show of unity: ANC president Jacob Zuma and deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa conceal any internal tensions as they flank Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma at the party’s policy conference. Delwyn Verasamy, M&G

ANC battles a test for journalism

As quickly as populist alliances form so do they unravel, according to Ernesto Laclau’s political philosophy theory

Nomgcobo Jiba (above) and Lawrence Mrwebi were fired by the president following an inquiry outcome. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Transnet probes claims that it was involved in six Gupta-linked deals

The parastatal is taking media reports based on the recent #GuptaLeaks very seriously and have begun conducting internal probes into the six deals.