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The MultiChoice Group’s active customers for all its regions, including South Africa, dropped from 17.3 million to 15.7 million over the year.

ANN7 sacrificed to save MultiChoice ‘mistake-men’

MultiChoice was equally clear about the consequences of its ‘mistake’ — when ANN7’s contract ends in August, it will be dropped from DStv

Bathabile Dlamini would not tell the inquiry whether paying 17-million grants was a critical part of her job.

Combative, evasive Dlamini steers herself towards disaster

Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini this week sought a definition of “meeting” before she could confirm that she had one

Guess who’s back: Bathabile Dlamini is back in public office. She’s the new chairperson of the Social Housing Regulatory Authority interim board. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Dlamini’s direct inquisition ends, but more in store

During questioning, Bathabile Dlamini contradicted herself, refused to admit simple facts, and failed to answer many crucial questions

Former mineral resources minister Mosebenzi Zwane is one of the accused in the  Estina fraud and corruption trial.

Dairy farm puts Guptas directly in firing line

The stench of rotting cow carcasses will pale in comparison to the stink the Estina probe will cause

Instead

In danger or not, all mayors may have bodyguards

Previously councils had to ask the South African Police Service for a threat and risk analysis before they were allowed to pay for mayoral bodyguards.

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane.

Mkhwebane: Final Absa report isn’t final, so can’t be challenged

In June this year, Mkhwebane put her signature to a report that seemed to suggest that the government must recover R1.125-billion from Absa.

Former Eskom chief executive, Brian Molefe.

Judges make short shrift of Molefe’s did, didn’t, did …

Brian Molefe now contends he never left Eskom and so, legally, he should be allowed to return to the office and position that is rightfully his

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

Brian Molefe: I resigned and retired at the same time

Army officer and former MP Brian Molefe on Wednesday argued that he remains the CEO of Eskom because he resigned and retired at the same time.

The cheap and legal delivery of most grants can be achieved by simply using banks and ATMs.

Social grants crisis looms in 2018, experts warn ConCourt

There is a danger that Sassa, under pressure from political principals, will make hasty decisions, with consequences that could be expensive.

This normalisation of corruption and public service failure means that media coverage doesn’t result in actual accountability.

Ombud okays media naming high-profile, probable gender-harm perpetrators

Publications can now identify a person alleged to have done such harm, but defamation rules still apply

Mkhwebane: I must indicate

Reserve Bank guns for Mkhwebane and her CIEX delay attempt

​Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane faces a bruising day in court on Friday, if papers from the Reserve Bank are anything to go by.

Where have almost two dozen Life Esidimeni patients gone?

Three Gauteng departments in hot water as Life Esidimeni web gets ever more tangled

A high court ruling finds links between a missing R5m for drug rehab and the neglected welfare of the province’s most vulnerable people

On Tuesday

Zuma abandons state capture plan in last-minute court chaos

The president had originally suggested the matter be sent back to Thuli Madonsela’s successor for further investigation.

President Jacob Zuma has argued that then public protector Thuli Madonsela could not lawfully have ordered him to set up a commission of inquiry and that he can not be “dictated” to on how such a commission should be established.

Opposition parties detail tough state capture court order for Zuma

Opposition political parties on Wednesday morning asked the high court in Pretoria to give the president two weeks to set up a commission of inquiry.

Economic Freedom Fighters members flooded the streets ahead of Zuma’s court appearance relating to the non-security upgrades on his Nkandla home.

Nkandla: Did Zuma flout the Constitution or make a mistake?

Jacob Zuma suddenly seemed to abandon the last shreds of his defence during Constitutional Court proceedings this week.

President Jacob Zuma and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi met in Tripoli in May 2011. Inexplicably

Jacob Zuma ‘was in Gaddafi’s pocket’

An informant told Hillary Clinton that Zuma secretly received money from Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi and that he feared for his position as president.

Ndebele

Bribing a minister isn’t cheap

The charges against former transport minister Sbu Ndebele and two department officials paint a picture of a sliding scale of backhanders.

Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini addresses Ceppwawu members and those of other Cosatu unions at a protest march in Bryanston

Ceppwawu’s rot is rooted in money

A dirty fight over R4-billion held in the name of the chemical union has sucked in Cosatu leaders.

Nkandla: The great unravelling. A Mail & Guardian longform journalism project.

Nkandla: The Great Unravelling

The M&G has created an all-you-need-to-know version of the Nkandla story to help you keep track of the twists and turns since it broke in 2009 to now.

Thuli Madonsela has been accused of pursuing a personal vendetta against Jacob Zuma

Nukes: The next Nkandla for Thuli

The public protector has a year left in office and hopes to resume quiet meetings with Cabinet. But Madonsela’s going won’t be with a whimper.