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Schrödinger’s babies: The 10 babies appear to be a con; a bunch of lies foisted on us by the intersection of an overactive imagination and a lack of basic journalism. Photo: Artur Widak/NurPhoto/Getty Images

Decuplets miss family meeting

While the nation is seized with the 10 babies soapie, the third wave is upon us and the country has moved to level-three lockdown

Suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. (Jaco Marais/Foto24/Gallo Images)

ConCourt settles the law on the public protector and interim interdicts

The Constitutional Court said it welcomed robust debate but criticised the populist rhetoric in the battle between Busisiwe Mkhwebane and Minister Pravin Gordhan

Basani Baloyi wanted the court to order her reinstatement and to declare that the public protector had breached her constitutional duty to act without fear, favour or prejudice.

Public Protector ‘played chess with the country’

A labour dispute between Busisiwe Mkhwebane and her former chief operating officer has laid bare allegations of political interference

Determined: The equality court has ruled that a secret 2014 report can be admitted as evidence in a hate speech case brought by Minister Pravin Gordhan against EFF leader Julius Malema. (Wikus de Wet/AFP)

EFF wins secret report round one

The fight over the report about the ‘rogue unit’ is not over – it is in the public domain, but this does not mean it is no longer classified

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. (David Harrison/M&G)

ANC vet: Cabal report is a ‘distortion of reality’

Mac Maharaj says the report is a "distortion of reality"

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. (Waldo Swiegers/Getty Images)

Gordhan questions EFF approaching the ConCourt on Mkhwebane’s “rogue unit” report

Public Enterprises Minister says that the EFF’s persistence in the appeal is part of its “ongoing political campaign against me.”

Busisiwe Mkhwebane. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

Court “overreached” in Gordhan order — Mkhwebane

The public protector will appeal a damning judgement on Monday, accusing the judge of an ‘unbecoming’ use of language, as well as other failings

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. (Oupa Nkosi and David Harrison/M&G)

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane loses, again

Some of the reasoning of Judge Sulet Potterill is relevant for one of the cases between President Cyril Ramaphosa and the Public Protector

Former deputy Sars commissioner, Ivan Pillay. (David Harrison/M&G)

Ivan Pillay: Public Protector’s remedial action is ‘improper’

The former deputy Sars commissioner has filed court papers supporting Pravin Gordhan

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)

READ IN FULL: Court papers, affidavits in Gordhan, Public Protector battle

Minister Pravin Gordhan files court papers in an urgent bid to interdict remedial actions in a report released by Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane

The late Pravin Gordhan. (Oupa Nkosi)

DEVELOPING: Gordhan violated Executive Ethics Code, Public Protector says

The Public Protector is releasing several reports at a press briefing

Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan. (Reuters)

Gordhan seeks extension on reply to Public Protector ‘rogue unit’ subpoena

Advocate Mkhwebane subpoenaed Gordhan to submit a replying affidavit by 1pm on April 23 in the matter dating back to his time as Sars commissioner

Former South African Revenue Services officials Ivan Pillay (second left), Andries Janse van Rensburg (centre) and Johann van Loggerenberg (right) were accused of being part of the so-called rogue unit. Photo: Gallo Images/Netwerk24/Deaan Vivier

‘Rogue unit’ case keeps dragging on

Both parties are blaming each other for delays that are holding up the high court case

Tom Moyane (Paul Botes/M&G)

Moyane denied leave to cross-examine Gordhan

The minister accused the erstwhile tax boss of attempting to revive Sars ‘rogue unit’ allegations

Uncaptured: Newsroom weaknesses and the trap of false narratives (Photo Archive)

Uncaptured: Newsroom weaknesses and the trap of false narratives

​Part III: Investigative journalists helped pull South Africa back from a precipice by exposing the depth of state capture

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Floyd, Iqbal and Mrs Doubtfire

‘According to Floyd, who is of course the Economic Freedom Fighters’ leading ideologue, Gordhan is actually the minister of everything’

Lebelo’s affidavit follows a recent attempt by Moyane to challenge the commission, which resulted in the Constitutional Court dismissing his case. (SABC)

Sars exec denies using taxpayer money for his own benefit

Luther Lebelo told the Nugent commission the impression that he had spent R759 000 to clear his name was incorrect

Lebelo’s affidavit follows a recent attempt by Moyane to challenge the commission, which resulted in the Constitutional Court dismissing his case. (SABC)

Close to R1m in taxpayer money used to resurrect evidence on ‘rogue unit’

Sars employment relation group executive Luther Lebelo spent taxpayer money on legal services to prepare him to testify at the Nugent commission

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Editorial: Don’t bed down with the powerful

‘The lesson for every journalist is consistently to introspect on how we deal with sources and manage our own political leanings’

Former South African Revenue Service commissioner Tom Moyane appointed KPMG to investigate the allegations of a so-called ‘rogue unit’ in Sars. (Paul Botes/M&G)

My role in sorry saga of  Sars  ‘rogue unit’

A key name in this saga has been that of the former head of Sars’ criminal investigations, Rudolf Mastenbroek. He gives his side of the story