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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…

Former public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba

Gigaba engaging with IDAC, not arrested over corruption at Transnet

Gigaba said his conscience was clear regarding his conduct in office as minister of public enterprises

Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu.

ANC to discipline Malusi Gigaba and Senzo Mchunu over public criticism

The party has warned the two senior members against making ‘opportunistic’ remarks that undermine its unity, after both criticised its leadership and direction

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

Department of Finance

The journey to full-blown austerity is marked by changes to an economy presided over by a government adrift

Malusi Gigaba

ANCYL withdraws Gigaba conference invite, only to invite him again

Former presidents and secretaries were uninvited to try cut costs but have now been asked to attend again

Zimbabwean Nationals wait outside Home Affairs in Pretoria for days for permits in 2021. (Madelene Cronjé)

Home affairs department extends Zimbabwe permits by six more months to December

The permit, which has allowed tens of thousands of Zimbabweans to live, work and study in South Africa, was initially to be terminated in December 2022

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP

Ramaphosa’s future hinges on whether he serves the party or the people

The president has made strides in renewing the state but how he deals with individuals in the ANC linked to state capture may be his undoing in the party

Judge Sulet Potterill told the JSC the battle to bring women into the highest echelons of the judiciary will be won.

‘We will get them off their thrones’: Potterill on male dominance of judiciary

Judge Sulet Potterill told the JSC the battle to bring women into the highest echelons of the judiciary will be won

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.

Politicians and their sexual escapades from affairs to sexual misconduct

The finance minister is not the first politician to get into hot water over claims of sexual misconduct

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Editorial: Zondo takes us back to the future

The president’s failings were mentioned. Read between the lines and you’ll find Farmgate too

R57-billion: How the Guptas played Monopoly with state money

The largest sources of state capture money were Transnet and Eskom, two of South Africa’s most fragile state-owned entities

Photo: Gallo Images/City Press/Muntu Vilakazi

The list of NPA state capture arrests starts to grow

Fugitives Rajesh and Atul Gupta were arrested four months after Interpol issued a Red Notice against them. But they are just the latest.

The Zondo report found that after his reinstatement, Siyabonga Gama was “centrally involved in key transactions that favoured the Gupta enterprise”.
(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Former Transnet chief exec Siyabonga Gama, Gupta associate Eric Wood arrested

Former Transnet chief executive Siyabonga Gama and four others have been arrested on charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering.

Dondo Mogajane is set to pursue new opportunities outside the public sector after his contract as treasury director general expires. (Image via Treasury)

Treasury’s most senior official to leave in June

Dondo Mogajane is set to pursue new opportunities outside the public sector after his contract as treasury director general expires

Making an appeal: Bruce Chakanyuka, photographed in Soshanguve, is a qualified lawyer, but works as a waiter because he holds Zimbabwean citizenship and has not been granted permanent residence. (James Puttick)

‘Unintended consequence of undoing apartheid’: Zim lawyers battle for admittance

A group of Zimbabweans challenging their exclusion from the bar say their home is here, and it is populist opportunism to use unemployment figures to keep their their lives in…

Brian Molefe was one of the key architects of the capture and looting of the state-owned entity.

How Brian Molefe became the Guptas’ go-to guy

The former Transnet group chief executive was one of the key architects of the capture and looting of the state-owned entity

Former public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba.(Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Gupta kickbacks: Zondo recommends investigations into Gigaba, Molefe, Gama and Singh

The Zondo commission’s second report deals with the capture of Transnet through the Gupta racketeering enterprise

A Transnet marshall opens the gate platform for the South African luxury Blue Train lounge ahead of a press train journey on September 8, 2015 in Pretoria. South Africa transport giant Transnet began on September 8, a partnership with Africa’s largest tourism, leisure and gaming group Sun International. Transnet chose Sun International as the winning bidder to develop and implement a marketing strategy for the Blue Train.
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The Blue Train’s great Gupta voyage – and the whistleblower who paid for it

In 2016, Prinsloo sounded the alarm about the hazardous condition of the Blue Train and free trips being offered to friends of Transnet executives, including the Gupta family and…

Former Minister of Public Enterprises Malusi Gigaba.

How to keep SAA, PetroSA, Eskom away from politicians

The state capture report reveals a governance crisis at state-owned entities. Experts weigh in on how this came to be and what to do about it.