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David Mabuza stands in way of brighter future for SA – New York Times
Corruption has run through every layer of South Africa’s education system, says The New York Times. As a result, less than a quarter of children in fourth grade understand what they read, according to...
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Ignoring the Mabuza elephant in the room – ANC plays dead
Insignia of the African National Congress (ANC) CAPE TOWN — It’s not like author and investigative journalist, Marianne Thamm lets sleeping dogs lie or lying dogs sleep – she’ll either kick them awake...
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Paul O’Sullivan on court ruling ejecting NPA chief Shaun Abrahams:...
LONDON — South Africa’s famous forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan has joined thousands of “the good, honest cops” in celebrating today’s Constitutional Court judgement which ejected the tainted head...
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Want to make money in currencies? Watch country corruption rankings – Sean Peche
EDINBURGH — Intuition and anecdotal evidence tell us that corruption is bad for countries, encouraging tax evasion and the development of a grey economy. There is also a direct link between currency...
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Toilet scandal highlights that Ramaphosa is shrouded by stench of corruption...
The world spotlight is focused on school toilets in South Africa, with The New York Times reporting on a government announcement that it plans to tackle a crippling sanitation backlog in schools. This...
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Gordhan’s steam-cleaning continues apace – Transnet execs suspended
CAPE TOWN — As inevitable as the clickety-click of a train on its tracks the highly suspect top execs at Transnet are starting to be picked off, one by one by the perfect candidate for the clean-out...
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Maimane on the ANC’s lack of political accountability
CAPE TOWN — If simplicity and veracity are measures of credibility, then DA leader Mmusi Maimane must surely emerge smelling of roses. That’s not hard when the ruling party’s record and convoluted...
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Hard work needed to counter SA’s criminal graft and poor management – IMF
CAPE TOWN — When the IMF predicts South Africa’s budget deficit for this and next year at 0.6 percent higher than our own National Treasury estimate (i.e. IMF reckons 2.9% and 3.3%), then the task...
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Revealed! How KPMG ‘captured’ UK financial regulator – FT
The Financial Times has lifted the lid on how KPMG has "captured" regulators in the UK. KPMG looks suspiciously like it has captured the accounting watchdog in South Africa, too. This article is...
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Zondo State Capture probe – when infestation control depends on time lines.
CAPE TOWN — On the one side of the cynicism continuum underlining the Zondo State Capture enquiry there’s deep suspicion of successive South African rulers having used commissions as political tools to...
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The costly destruction of SA’s world-class revenue service – Nugent Commission
CAPE TOWN — This reportage gives brilliant insight into what drove the debilitating changes at SARS and dovetails perfectly with the overall State Capture narrative. A few key Zuma acolytes were...
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David Mabuza tells United States: ‘I abhor corruption’
EDINBURGH — David Mabuza is an unpopular man in Zuma circles after allegedly promising to back Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and bring voters with him, but siding with Cyril Ramaphosa in the ANC’s December...
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MafioSA – Zondo Commission plumbs the corrupt Zuptoid depths
CAPE TOWN — If you’ve been too busy putting hard-won bread on your table to keep up with what’s happening at the State Capture Commission, relax – here it is in healthy bite-sized chunks. There’s...
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KPMG in a death spiral; loses 20 clients – FT
KPMG has lost 20 listed audit clients in South Africa since the start of 2017, according to new data that for the first time demonstrates the extent of the fallout for the firm from a damaging...
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Rogue NPA and cops nervously watch the political tide – O’Sullivan on warpath
CAPE TOWN — If our law enforcement and prosecuting authorities showed one third of the application and drive exhibited by forensic crusader for justice, Paul O’Sullivan, we’d have a very different...
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Want to make money in currencies? Watch country corruption rankings – Sean Peche
EDINBURGH — Intuition and anecdotal evidence tell us that corruption is bad for countries, encouraging tax evasion and the development of a grey economy. There is also a direct link between currency...
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Toilet scandal highlights that Ramaphosa is shrouded by stench of corruption...
The world spotlight is focused on school toilets in South Africa, with The New York Times reporting on a government announcement that it plans to tackle a crippling sanitation backlog in schools. This...
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Gordhan’s steam-cleaning continues apace – Transnet execs suspended
CAPE TOWN — As inevitable as the clickety-click of a train on its tracks the highly suspect top execs at Transnet are starting to be picked off, one by one by the perfect candidate for the clean-out...
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Revealed! How KPMG ‘captured’ UK financial regulator – FT
The Financial Times has lifted the lid on how KPMG has "captured" regulators in the UK. KPMG looks suspiciously like it has captured the accounting watchdog in South Africa, too. This article is...
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Zondo State Capture probe – when infestation control depends on time lines.
CAPE TOWN — On the one side of the cynicism continuum underlining the Zondo State Capture enquiry there’s deep suspicion of successive South African rulers having used commissions as political tools to...
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