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Unveiling the truth: Zondo at your Fingertips

Enjoy a riveting conversation between Paul Holden, author of Zondo at your Fingertips and M&G Editor-in-Chief Ron Derby

National director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi. (Photo by Gallo Images / Sunday Times / Alaister Russell)

NPA must move fast for SA to escape grey list’s grasp

The National Prosecuting Authority is ready to act on state capture crimes but whether it has the ability to do so has been questioned

Defiant response: Supporters of former president Jacob Zuma gather outside the Zondo commission in 2019. Zuma has since flouted three summonses to appear before the inquiry. (Guillem Sartorio/AFP)

The trouble with clamouring for the Constitutional Court to rule on Zuma

Despite the public interest in the ruling, the commission’s deadline has become irrelevant as it abandoned hope of forcing the former president to testify

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

Gigaba says it was ‘an unfortunate coincidence’ SOEs were captured on his watch

The former public enterprises minister says he was deliberately removed from state companies’ dealings and could not have learned of the looting

State entities paid more than R49-billion on contracts tainted by state capture with companies linked to the Gupta family, forensic researcher Paul Holden on Monday testified before the Zondo commission. (Photo by Papi Morake/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

State paid R49bn to Gupta entities in dodgy deals, researcher testifies

The state capture inquiry heard forensic evidence on how the Guptas allegedly milked the Free State government in more than the Estina scandal

Happy days: In 2015, then-president Jacob Zuma seemed pleased to receive the exonerating arms deal report from Judges Hendrick Musi (left) and Willie Seriti (right). (Photo: Elmond Jiyane/ GCIS)

Seriti report slammed by Open Secrets and Shadow World Investigations

Last year, the high court set aside the findings of the commission of inquiry into the arms deal scandal. Now activists are calling on the judicial conduct committee to…

Two more arms deal critics refuse to testify

Two London-based critics won’t testify at the Seriti commission of inquiry, despite the commission saying that it will reissue their subpoenas.

Arms deal critics face criminal action if they shun Seriti

The Seriti Commission has dismissed "baseless and malicious assertions" that it is a cover-up, and began issuing subpoenas to three of its critics.

Arms deal critics: Seriti commission must continue

Arms deal activists say the commission must be allowed to complete its mandate as anything less would be a "betrayal of the South African public".

Retired judge Willie Seriti

Arms deal postponement exposes commission’s flaws

The commission has not declassified all the documents before it, and legal teams are still not given adequate time to prepare for cross-examinations.

Author Paul Holden. (Lisa Skinner)

Q&A: Arms deal critic Paul Holden

We speak to Paul Holden, who undertook his own cross examination of key witnesses because he felt the arms deal commission was not getting answers.

Arms deal commission hearing ‘one-sided’ evidence, say ‘critics’

Arms deal commission critics say government witnesses are not being cross-examined, leading to one-sided evidence before the inquiry.

Alms (and arms) for oblivion?

Shaun de Waal reviews two books by Paul Holden and Brian Pottinger that highlight Thabo Mbeki’s legacy.

Political books go pop

South Africans search for bookish answers in a time of political doubt, writes Nosimilo Ndlovu.