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African presidents under siege: Will life be better after Zuma, Mugabe?...
Corruption is nothing new in African politics. So, why are corruption allegations finally threatening to unseat African presidents – and will life be better after controversial rulers have been...
View ArticleHow world sees SA: Amanpour chats to Maimane – A watershed moment.
Don’t kid yourselves, the world is watching. BBC’s HARDtalk and CNN may not have South Africa as its lead story but they’re picking about. And Amanpour speaking to Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi...
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Finmin case to fire Moyane is stronger after SARS boss shields his dodgy #2
There is a furore around corruption allegations involving the number two man at SA Revenue Services Jonas Makwakwa. Rightly so. Because for democracy to function, the integrity of those serving at...
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Alliance fracture: SACP Cape slams ANC greed, considers contesting election
By Paul Herman, News24 Cape Town – The South African Communist Party in the Western Cape says widespread corruption and looting of state resources has made it consider contesting the next general...
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Nkandla-style wealth creation explained: Zuma only one of many ‘opportunists’
President Jacob Zuma has been criticised widely for allowing taxpayer-funded multi-million rand refurbishments at his Nkandla homestead and is at the centre of allegations of state capture – in essence...
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Kabila backs “DRC’s Gupta” after US company admits bribery, pays $412m fine
I’ve just finished reading former SA Revenue Services executive Johann van Loggerenberg’s book on his troubles, caused primarily by enemies who manipulated gullible journalists. This has become a...
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Anglogold’s Pityana: Save SA – fire Zuma, corruption’s “sponsor-in-chief”
It is 52 years ago since Americans got “The Speech”. After yesterday, South Africa has a similarly rare epochal address that richly deserves recording for posterity. At the Joburg Mining Indaba,...
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Ed Herbst: The poisoned chalice – why ANC kicked SABC decision into touch
By Ed Herbst* Staff members at the headquarters were also part of the ANC’s back-room manoeuvring to find SABC board members, which took the power away from MPs who had to agree to the handpicked...
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South Africans mobilise to save SA from state capture: Can they eject Zuma?
How do you get rid of an African president that is running a country into the ground and won’t leave, even though the people are demanding it? Evidence from around the continent suggests it has to be...
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Tokyo Sexwale tackles ‘monster of corruption’: Orders probe into #Nenegate...
Former Robben Island political prisoner Tokyo Sexwale, now a businessman, has ordered an independent investigation into claims that senior figures at Trillian Capital Partners knew about #Nenegate...
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Moyane served: Corruption Watch to lay criminal charges. Has till 1 Nov to...
Tom Moyane has steered the ship at the South African Revenue Service since 2014. His tenure has been littered with controversy, none more so than the 55 heads that have rolled since. He cleared out...
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Corruption-buster Moyane fights back: ‘You’ve got it wrong; here’s what...
Tom Moyane South African Revenue Service (Sars) Commissioner Tom Moyane has fought back at critics who suggest he has been soft on financial irregularities involving Sars chief Jonas Makwakwa and...
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Meet Pravin Gordhan: Still an activist at 67; still with plenty backbone.
Some seemingly random events stay forever. A few years before Pravin Gordhan moved into the national cabinet, we lunched in Pretoria after a meeting at his then office at the SA Revenue Services. It...
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#SaveSA: Calls for Zuma’s head grow but dirty hands run deeper. Must follow.
Calls for President Jacob Zuma’s political head grew exponentially on Wednesday as he withdrew his interdict against the release of (now former) Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s state capture report....
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WATCH! Sipho Pityana fills leadership void, urges citizens to reclaim SA from...
Does Sipho Pityana have aspirations to become the next president of South Africa? A former director general in the department of labour and department of foreign affairs who moved on to carve a place...
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In Venezuela’s footsteps…Will SA squander mineral wealth?
It’s no secret that South Africa’s mineral deposits are at the top of the chain with the world’s largest reserves in platinum group metals. But as misguided regulation and investment parts way, is the...
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Why Zuma can’t survive his term. Brilliant analysis by leading political...
ANC president Jacob Zuma Many South Africans believe that President Jacob Zuma will remain in situ for some time yet. This is even though the #StateCaptureReport released this week confirms damning...
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Raymond Suttner: Zuma is running out of options, ANC is imploding. What might...
Talk in South Africa is increasingly turning to whether President Jacob Zuma will exit gracefully or end up back in court in connection with corruption, as well as who will steer the ANC and South...
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Should South Africa offer Zuma an amnesty deal? Why it’s a very bad idea –...
There is a school of thought that offering President Jacob Zuma an amnesty deal is the easiest way to remove him from office in order to allow South Africa to clean up state looting and get on with the...
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Step-by-step: How Zuma has used state institutions to stay in power
State capture is the buzz term in South Africa these days, thanks to explosive allegations that have erupted around President Jacob Zuma and the Indian Gupta family, who seem to have the keys to the...
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