JOHANNESBURG – Jacob Zuma – who was unseated as South African president last year over corruption allegations – will attend the Zondo judicial inquiry into government corruption that took place during his tenure… even though he believes it is prejudiced against him, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Zuma’s African National Congress (ANC) party forced him […]

If you live abroad, or otherwise missed voting in yesterday’s national elections in South Africa, then filmmaker SUSAN SCOTT’s tweets of her experience in the queue at Randburg are a must-read. You’ll feel like you were there!!! Susan – director of the multi award-winning Stroop: Journey into the Rhino Horn War – began her very […]

Struggling Vrede farmer Meshack Ncongwane was a life-long supporter of South Africa’s governing African National Congress, but says the party won’t get his vote in parliamentary and provincial elections next week. Local ANC officials offered him what he thought would be a lucrative stake in a dairy farm in 2013. He was one of 80 […]

Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane has written to the Zondo Commission requesting President Ramaphosa be subpoenaed to testify before 8 May when South Africans vote. Maimane said in a statement on Wednesday: “The revelations emanating from testimony before the Zondo Commission into State Capture yesterday confirm that President Ramaphosa and his family are deeply […]

Rescuers have retrieved another 13 bodies from a disused South African coal mine following a gas blast there around two weeks ago, police said on Friday, raising the confirmed death toll to 18. More than 20 people were trapped underground in early February when a gas pipe exploded after they entered the mine to steal […]

A well known animal shelter in the Free State, which has received thousands of rands worth of donations from the public, is the focus of an investigation by popular South African current affairs show, Carte Blanche, this Sunday (17 Feb). The show will be available to stream from Tues 19 Feb for South Africans abroad. (14-day Free Trial). This […]

State capture’s most visible effect is the breakdown of Metrorail. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s second State of the Nation Address (SONA) offered South Africa much hope. He spoke of plans to grow the economy, create new jobs and improve health-care. Particularly exciting was the mention of reading programmes for young learners, which we hope will make […]

South African police arrested five people – including Angelo Agrizzi, witness at a judicial inquiry into alleged state capture – on charges of corruption and fraud in the awarding of government contracts, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. Agrizzi, a former executive of a private company Bosasa, testified for more than a week on how […]

JOHANNESBURG – South African prosecutors on Thursday provisionally withdrew corruption charges against Duduzane Zuma, the son of former president Jacob Zuma. Duduzane Zuma faced charges of corruption and conspiracy to commit corruption related to his dealings with the Guptas, particularly that he played a role in a bribe that was alleged to have been offered […]

Shafted by the Guptas, the people of Blinkpan, Mpumalanga have come together across race and class to help each other… It was a dismal Christmas for thousands of coal miners in Mpumalanga when the formerly Gupta-owned coal mines of Optimum and Koornfontein, now under business rescue, stopped paying workers and contractors in October last year. […]

JOHANNESBURG – The chairman of KPMG South Africa on Monday appealed for the firm to be seen as a changed business, following months of efforts to regain public trust after becoming embroiled in major corruption scandals. In an open letter published in South African newspapers, KPMG South Africa’s executive chairman Wiseman Nkuhlu said the local […]

JOHANNESBURG – KPMG South Africa has reported a former partner to the police over his alleged role in the VBS corruption scandal in which almost R2 billion ($144 million) was stolen from the bank. According to two KPMG employees, familiar with the matter, the accounting firm sent an internal email to staff on Friday that […]

JOHANNESBURG – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has fired the suspended head of the South African Revenue Service (SARS) Tom Moyane, the Business Day newspaper reported on Thursday, citing president spokeswoman Khusela Diko. Judge Robert Nugent, who is heading an inquiry into Moyane, had recommended the suspended tax chief should be removed from office for […]

JOHANNESBURG – South African lender Nedbank said on Monday it would appoint Ernst & Young as joint external auditors in May 2019, becoming the latest firm to drop the scandal-hit KPMG’s local unit. The auditor’s South African unit has been under close scrutiny since 2017 over work done for a company owned by the Gupta […]

JOHANNESBURG – South African Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Sunday that efforts to clean up corruption in state-owned companies (SOCs) faced “dangerous” resistance which threatened the country’s sovereignty… and hinted that the Gupta family is behind this resistance. Gordhan, a former finance minister, has been tasked by President Cyril Ramaphosa with cleaning up […]

The DA says that President Cyril Ramaphosa must “come clean” and turn himself in before the State Commission of Inquiry. Yesterday Ramaphosa told the nation that for South Africa to move forward “we need to establish the full extent of state capture, identify those responsible for facilitating it, and take decisive steps to prevent it […]

The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs is set to resume the investigation into the (questionable) process followed in the naturalisation of the Gupta family. Last week, the committee said it had concluded the initial phase of the inquiry, which included the collection of all relevant information. However, the committee said it had identified gaps which […]

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s top anti-corruption body – the office of the Public Protector – said on Tuesday it would investigate whether Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene breached ethics guidelines over a state pension fund investment, piling pressure on Nene as he faces questions about his future. The Public Protector’s office said it would […]

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s rand was weaker early on Monday following reports in the Business Day that Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene has asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to sack him, after he admitted to visiting the home of the Gupta brothers, friends of scandal-plagued former leader Jacob Zuma. Nene has become a divisive figure in SA […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene apologised on Friday for visiting the home of the Gupta brothers – friends of scandal-plagued former leader Jacob Zuma – as pressure mounts on one of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s key allies. Nene has become an increasingly divisive figure after testimony he gave at an inquiry into […]

The EFF’s Julius Malema should appear and give evidence under oath before the Zondo Commission, says DA (Democratic Alliance) Shadow Minister of Finance, David Maynier. Maynier was reacting to the Economic Freedom Fighter leader’s allegations that Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene played a role in state capture in South Africa. Maynier said Malema has “conducted […]

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene is due to give evidence on Wednesday at an inquiry into state capture, testimony that could reveal new details about the role of former president Jacob Zuma and his friends, the Guptas. Nene is a pivotal figure in a probe into the three Indian-born Gupta brothers, who […]

South Africans have reacted to news that the country is now in a ‘technical recession’ with their usual SA humour! Doing the rounds: The recession has hit everybody really hard. CEO’s are now playing miniature golf. The Guptas laid off 25 Parliamentarians. I met a Mormon with only one wife. If the bank returns your […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa authorised a new investigation into a water ministry contract with German software firm SAP on Thursday, citing allegations that public money was spent unlawfully. The investigation by South Africa’s Special Investigating Unit (SIU) comes after the country’s anti-graft agency said in March it was conducting its own […]

JOHANNESBURG  – The judge leading an inquiry into claims of state-capture against former South African president Jacob Zuma on Monday urged more witnesses to come forward, as public hearings began in a case that could last two years. Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo will review allegations that the Gupta brothers – who headed one of […]