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Former public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba

Malusi Gigaba charged over Transnet’s multibillion-rand corruption scandal

Gigaba appeared in court alongside four former Transnet executives, with prosecutors alleging he accepted undisclosed cash from the Gupta family while tender processes were…

“[Pravin Gordhan] was a highly skilled backroom operator who shied away from the spotlight” (Getty Images)

OBITUARY – Pravin Gordhan’s last warning: Democracy will not survive on its own

Gordhan’s last political act was to call for a ‘reset’ and a return to progressive politics

A restaurant owner counts money by candlelight. Photo: Leon Sadiki/Getty Images

Department of Public Enterprises

State capture is often cited as the the reason for the department’s ongoing failures, but its problems run far deeper

Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, Cyril Ramaphosa: The people who killed Eskom over 25 years

In 1997, the warning bells were ringing that South Africa faced a dark future because Eskom would run out of capacity to supply a growing populace and an expanding economy

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Michele Spatari / AFP)

Zuma was the Guptas’ puppet, Zondo finds

The former president’s dismissal of Nhlahla Nene as finance minister for spurious reasons showed the veracity of the Gupta family’s claim that he would do anything for them

Auspicious: Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela are among other familiar, if younger, faces at a protest march in 1990 on the same day as FW de Klerk unbanned the ANC. Photo: Susan Winters Cook/Getty

Unbanned are now the damned

The ruling party was unbanned 32 years ago on 2 February, but few ANC leaders can be feeling festive today

Lynne Brown
2014 – 2018 (Photo by Thulani Mbele/Sowetan/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Lynne Brown went with the wishes of the Guptas — state capture report

The former minister was found to have played a strategic role in ensuring the ground was fertile for the Guptas to plunder Denel

Denel’s R1.2bn loss from R6bn profit highlights dire state of state-owned companies

The second state capture report shows how the arms company went from a R35-billion order book to begging the treasury for cash to stay afloat

Former SAA board chair Dudu Myeni.  (Photo by Gallo Images/Phill Magakoe)

Zondo report: Ruling party ‘slept on the job’ while state capture flourished

The ruling party was not only asleep on the job while former president Jacob Zuma colluded with state capture agents, but also lined its coffers with the proceeds of crime, the…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa testifies before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 11, 2021. (Photo by Sumaya HISHAM / POOL / AFP)

Ramaphosa confronted with too much evidence of his inaction

The president’s claim that he served as deputy president under Zuma as a way of stemming corruption came up short against prior evidence of witnesses who said he failed to help…

Ramaphosa distances himself from dubious Zuma-era appointments

President Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged that cadre deployment was abused to further state capture, but played for time when Zondo pressed him for details as to how it happened

Former Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown. (Esa Alexander/Gallo)

Brown resists Zondo’s notion that lack of oversight left SA in darkness

The deputy chief justice voices his exasperation that no solution to load-shedding is in sight, but former minister says oversight model is at fault

In the May elections, the ANC got 28.5% of the vote, down from 32.9% in 2014. (David Harrison/M&G)

Search for new ANC leaders in Western Cape a delicate matter

Two weeks ago, the ANC’s national executive committee disbanded the provincial executive committee for, among other reasons, in-fighting

Eskom (Madelene Cronje)

Zondo commission switches to state capture at Eskom

The embattled power utility will be the commission’s focus for the next three weeks

The premier’s younger brother Tau Mahumapelo was brought on to the board in July 2015 by then public enterprises minister Lynne Brown as part of a “rotation” board. (Felix Dlangamandla/Netwerk24/Gallo Images)

Denel confirms cancellation of Supra Jr’s bursary

Supra Mahumapelo’s son allegedly received a bursary to go to an aviation school from Denel CEO Zwelakhe Ntshepe, flouting the company’s bursary policy

Zukiswa Rantho confirmed that she was not on any lists for legislatures in the next term and said she had accepted the decision of ANC structures. (Lindile Mbontsi/Gallo Images)

Leaked Eskom inquiry report is invalid until Parly committee adopts it – chair

The committee had not adopted the report, which was then meant to be sent to those implicated for their responses

“I am a member of the ANC in good standing. I do not deserve to be treated in this fashion,” Malusi Gigaba (David Harrison/M&G)

Gigaba to consult lawyers on leaked Eskom report

The minister has insisted that he is the victim of a ‘smear campaign’

George Sebulela. (Robert Tshabalala/Financial Mail)

Eskom board member resigns over conflict of interest in ICT contract

George Sebulela resigned on Friday after Eskom’s board received a legal opinion on the matter. The board only became aware of it last week

Seleke has denied all the allegations made against him, saying he did not have access to the email account used to correspond with Gupta associates.

Settlement sees Gupta-linked director general removed from Public Enterprises

Richard Seleke has left public service after reaching an agreement with the presidency

Former Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown. (Esa Alexander/Gallo)

#StateCaptureInquiry: Zondo rebuffs Lynne Brown’s cross-examination efforts

Lynne Brown had applied to cross-examine Jonas based on the deputy finance minister’s mention of her in his statement before the commission in August