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False claims: Contrary to popular narrative, President Cyril Ramaphosa is far from the indecisive leader he’s alleged to be, says the writer. Photo: GCIS

Ramaphosa no weak president

Bold and assertive Cyril debunks the myth of a weak and indecisive leader

“[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

Eskom chief executive Dan Marokane says coal is important for the country to drive industrialisation. (Getty Images)

It’s business vs business in fight over Eskom probe funding

Business Unity South Africa’s chief executive has accused the organisation’s president of throwing the lobby under the bus in a meeting with the president

Unethical: Stephen York tried to whitewash Bain’s role in colluding with Tom Moyane in capturing and breaking the South African Revenue Service. (Bain & Company)

Apology be damned, Bain colluded with Tom Moyane to capture the South African Revenue Service

Stephen York, the consulting firm’s managing partner in South Africa, said it helped ‘South African organisations grow, innovate, and excel’, yet the Zondo commission found it…

In denial: Busisiwe Mkhwebane (left) is being represented by Dali Mpofu (right) in the hearings to her impeachment. Photo: David Harrison

Mkhwebane’s hearings revolve around spies and lies

The suspended public protector did not disclose that she had a copy of a classified intelligence report on a high risk unit in Sars but a recording suggests otherwise

Johann van Loggerenberg. (Gallo Images)

Sars whistleblower Van Loggerenberg suffers ‘suspicious’ home invasion

The break-in comes a week after that at the home of fellow whistleblower and Zondo commission witness Themba Maseko

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Michele Spatari / AFP)

Zuma takes another legal tilt at Zondo

The former president is asking the Pretoria high court to declare Zondo’s tenure as chairman of the commission of inquiry unlawful and to order Ramaphosa to appoint a new chair

Freedom to express fundamental rights versus administrative action by the South African Revenue Service exposes a fundamental link to communal interests and justice in a constitutional democracy. (Oupa Nkosi)

‘Bain was happy the focus was only on Sars’: Athol Williams

The whistleblower fears that Zondo’s recommendation that the firm’s contracts with public entities be scrutinised will be stonewalled – and implicates Telkom.

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…

Former Sars commissioner Tom Moyane. (Gallo/Phil Magakoe)

Zondo: Like Moyane, Zuma was central in Sars capture

The unnecessary restructuring of the once proud revenue service was an attempt to halt its pursuit of people involved in state capture

Advocate Dali Mpofu.

Mpofu’s ‘shut up’ outburst was way out of line: Zondo

The deputy chief justice has signalled his ‘extreme concern’ at the disrespectful manner in which the lawyer treated the commission

Former Sars commissioner Tom Moyane. (Gallo/Phil Magakoe)

Moyane too ill to testify at Zondo commission after days of damning allegations

Symington returned to bizarre ‘hostage drama’ and implicated the former Sars commissioner in fabricating charges against Pravin Gordhan with the Hawks

Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. (Gulshan Khan/AFP)

Zondo dismisses Bain’s request to publish its affidavit to commission

The consulting firm said it would suffer prejudice if its version were not made public to counter testimony. But Zondo says Bain created its own dilemma

(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Former Bain consultant claims company plotted capture on a grand scale with Zuma

Bain’s role at Sars was a gateway for a special council that would control Eskom and the wider economy, Zondo commission witness says

Eusebius McKaiser: Mpofu, Gordhan caught in the crosshairs

The lawyer failed to make his Indian racist argument and the politician refused to admit he had no direct evidence

The public enterprises minister has said there have been deliberate attempts to undermine the transaction, which is aimed at rehabilitating the airline. (Gulshan Khan/AFP)

War of words at Zondo commission: ‘Grow up Mr Gordhan, don’t be cheeky’

The cross-examination of the public enterprises minister by Tom Moyane’s lawyers at the state capture inquiry went on well into overtime on Monday evening

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan.

Gordhan tells Zondo how Moyane wanted to advance the objectives of state capture

The public enterprises minister is being cross-examined by Tom Moyane’s lawyers at the state capture inquiry, as both men seek to defend their reputations

(Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Sars plan for illicit tobacco still being refined

Meanwhile, billions of illegal cigarettes are flooding the informal markets as lockdown regulations are lifted at last

Cleaning up: Retired Judge Robert Nugent headed the inquiry into governance and administration at Sars. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Kieswetter moves to oust Moyane loyalists

While work to clean up Sars continues apace, there remains much to be done

Former Sars commissioner Tom Moyane. (Gallo/Phil Magakoe)

Sars acts against Moyane loyalists

Key players in axed commissioners leadership structure at Sars suspended