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De Ruyter: ‘Corruption didn’t end when Guptas departed from Lanseria’
Eskom CEO André de Ruyter says corruption is still rampant at the power utility with‚ syndicates operating within power stations.
“Eskom paid R80‚000 for one...
Interpol red notice issued against Gupta brothers, wives to face charges in SA
The Investigating Directorate (ID) says efforts to bring the Gupta brothers and their wives back to SA to face charges have intensified, with Interpol...
Lamola reveals UAE is not co-operating with SA request to return the Guptas
Justice minister Ronald Lamola has told parliament that the United Arab Emirates was not co-operating regarding the extradition of the Gupta brothers to SA.
Lamola...
Gupta lawyer slams ‘incomprehensible’ Eskom and SIU summons for R3.8bn
The Gupta family has slammed a bid by Eskom and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to sue them for R3.8bn, which the power utility...
Court orders Gupta-linked businessman Kuben Moodley not to handle R232m in assets
Kubentheran Moodley and his company Albatime have been restrained from handling assets worth up to R232m.
This is the amount the National Prosecuting Authority's Investigating...
Sars legal head fired with immediate effect over R420m Gupta VAT refund
Revenue service Sars said on Friday it had terminated the services of its head of legal, Refiloe Mokoena, with immediate effect.
It said the decision...
State thrashed in R250m court battle with the Guptas
“A serious blow to the fight against organised crime.”
That’s how the National Prosecuting Authority has reacted to the Guptas’ successful court bid to unfreeze...
Gupta proxies fight back with a barrage of lawsuits
Business rescue practitioners appointed to oversee eight Gupta firms are drowning in a flood of court applications brought by the directors of the businesses....
Guptas vs NPA: Vicious battle to claim crucial court victory
The National Prosecuting Authority’s “do or die” battle to retain control over R250-million in Gupta assets should be decided in the coming weeks –...
‘It feels like real change is happening’ – Saxonwold resident on Gupta raid by...
By Nomahlubi Jordaan
A neighbour of the Gupta family who was privy to the stream of politically connected VIPs – including cabinet ministers‚ government officials and...
Bonds find support as Guptas may face criminal charges
By Karl Gernetzky
South African bonds finally responded to a firmer rand on Tuesday afternoon‚ with the local currency earlier hitting a more than two-and-a-half year...
UK watchdogs to probe banks’ Gupta links
UK financial watchdogs are to probe HSBC and Standard Chartered for possible links to the Guptas‚ while the FBI has launched an investigation in...
Nzimande slams government for failing to act against Guptas
BY PENWELL DLAMINI
General secretary of the SA Communist Party Blade Nzimande has used the Cosatu march against state capture to lash out against the...
Court grants interdict to freeze R1.7-billion Gupta mine rehab funds
BY KYLE COWAN.
The Pretoria High Court on Tuesday granted an urgent interim interdict to freeze the R1.75-billion rehabilitation trust funds of the Gupta-owned Optimum...
Cosatu strike should go to the Gupta compound: Mashaba
By Nomahlubi Jordaan
Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba says Cosatu’s planned national strike on Wednesday should also go to the Gupta residence in Saxonwold.
“Unfortunately‚ COSATU’s planned strike...
What the Guptas spent on wedding desserts
What are you prepared to pay for cranberries‚ kiwi and a single scoop of ice cream?
Thanks to the international auditing firm‚ KPMG‚ and the...
BREAKING: Guptas lose court bid to stop bank account closures
THE Gupta family today (Thursday, September 21) lost a court bid to stop the Bank of Baroda from closing down their last remaining bank...
DA to lay charges against McKinsey over Gupta dealings
BY GRAEME HOSKEN
Charges of fraud‚ racketeering and collusion are to be laid against international consultancy firm McKinsey in connection with their facilitation of deals...
Eskom lied to SA about R1.6bn payments to Gupta-linked Trillian
BY STEPHAN HOFSTATTER
State-run utility admits to fake claims of legitimacy
Eskom has admitted that it lied when it defended making payments totalling R1.6-billion to Gupta-linked...
Guptas selling Tegeta mining interests
Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments announced on Wednesday that it was selling its mining business Tegeta Exploration and Resources to Swiss-based Charles King SA for R2.97...
Seven things you should know about the Gupta media deal
By Katharine Child
The controversial Gupta family has announced that it is selling its media assets to Mzwanele Manyi‚ a former government spokesman and head of...
Gupta emails lead to charges being opened against Pamensky
By Kyle Cowan
Charges of corruption and abuse of his position at Eskom have been laid against Mark Pamensky‚ a former board member of the electricity...
Moyane denies meeting Guptas
By Kyle Cowan
South African Revenue Service (SARS) Commissioner Tom Moyane has denied in a statement that he met any member of the Gupta family during...
Bank of Baroda to shut Guptas’ accounts
Complicating the closure of the Gupta accounts by Baroda is the extent of the loans it has made to the family
The Bank of Baroda...
On the spot: Eskom’s top three drop Gupta bombshells
Stunning reversals, a shocking confession and elaborate justifications were among the responses from the chairman, the acting CE and the finance head, write Carol...
Acsa board member jumps ship over Gupta scandal
BY STEPHAN HOFSTATTER
The scandal surrounding the Gupta family has claimed its latest victim with the resignation of Airports Company of SA (Acsa) board member...
Registration of KPMG auditors’ at risk over Gupta audit
KPMG auditors responsible for the audit of Gupta-owned Linkway Trading risk losing their designation as registered auditors if an investigation by the profession’s regulator...
High noon for Zuma, Guptas
Journalists and other critics of state capture and corruption will not be cowed into silence
At the end of May a ragtag group of about...
EC bloc fumes against Guptas
If the tone set by the ANC Eastern Cape provincial policy conference yesterday is anything to go by, the province is emerging as a...
Gupta email trail shows appointment calendar‚ listing government leaders booked for visits
The Guptas email appointment calendar shows that the family lined up a string of visits by top South African provincial and national government members.
A...
After apartheid‚ Zuma and the Guptas are the worst crime against the people of...
The entire cabinet should be held responsible for one of the worst crimes against the people of SA perpetrated by President Jacob Zuma and...
Ministers implicated in fresh #GuptaEmails scandals
Deputy finance minister Sfiso Buthelezi and mineral resources minister Mosebenzi Zwane were on Monday implicated in fresh allegations of being “captured” by the Gupta...
Molefe implicated in Gupta coal mine ‘hijack’
South Africa’s former mineral resources minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi has accused Eskom chief executive Brian Molefe and chairman Ben Ngubane of helping the Gupta family...
94-year-old widow of human rights activist protests at Gupta compound
Among the hundreds of picketers outside the Gupta family compound in Saxonwold on "Black Friday" was 94-year-old Dr Selma Browde‚ widow of Jules Browde‚...
Making commission findings readable
In his densely intimidating book, Zondo at Your Fingertips, Paul Holden captures the monumental breadth and scale of the Zondo Commission.
As a historian and...
‘Taste your own medicine’: Reactions to Ace Magashule being expelled by ANC
“It is time he tastes his own medicine.” This is what some people said when reacting to the expulsion of Ace Magashule from the...
Former MP turned state capture witness Vytjie Mentor succumbs to long illness
Former senior ANC MP Vytjie Mentor died on Tuesday morning after a long illness, Action SA leader Herman Mashaba said.
“Vytjie had been ill for...
Appreciating women in the media space this month
Women’s month is a time to remember and acknowledge the women who died fighting to break barriers and ensure that we have the opportunities...
Godongwana makes R426m available for state capture criminal cases
A senior National Treasury official has described the conduct of the Guptas and other companies who looted public funds as “treason” and says the...
IN QUOTES | From vaccines to Zuma & Ramaphosa: DA’s John Steenhuisen on ‘true...
DA leader John Steenhuisen says there is no good or bad faction in the ANC, but rather South Africans have been misled to believe...
Corruption accused Bongani Bongo to step aside as MP and NEC member
ANC MP Bongani Bongo will take a leave of absence from his position in parliament and the ANC national executive committee (NEC) ahead of...
State capture hearings to resume at end of June or early July
NOMAHLUBI JORDAAN
Deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo anticipates that the inquiry into state capture will resume in the next three to four weeks.
“There are still...
London man becomes second person to be cured of HIV
A second patient has been cured of HIV after undergoing stem cell transplant treatment, doctors said on Tuesday, after finding no trace of infection...
Sinkhole problem claims ‘several buildings’ at Waterkloof Air Force Base
SA’s busiest air force base, a national key point used by President Cyril Ramaphosa and government ministers, has a sinkhole problem.
Parliament’s portfolio committee on...
Public protector must personally pay towards legal costs for her ruling on Estina farm...
Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane must be held personally liable for a percentage of the legal costs related to her office's Estina report, says the...
Free and fair elections are under threat from data mining
Netflix’s The Great Hack, 2019: “Nobody wants to admit that propaganda works because to do so is to admit our own susceptibility to it.”
March...
Sunday Times journalist wins prestigious award for bravery, highlights mental issues
Sunday Times journalist Qaanitah Hunter took home the prestigious Nat Nakasa Award for brave and courageous journalism on Saturday night.
She was commended by the...
Everything you need to read on Eskom and its troubles
Eskom continues to dominate headlines after much of the country experiences stage 4 load-shedding, plunging the country into darkness.
How did South Africa get here?...
Malusi Gigaba resigns from parliament, joins unemployment line
Former home affairs minister Malusi Gigaba has resigned as a member of parliament.
Parliament spokesperson Moloto Mothapo confirmed on Thursday that Gigaba forwarded his resignation...
New life breathed into this year’s Art Festival
SHOW-STOPPING performances, bustling trade, unforgettable characters and a general sense of bonhomie are but some of the hallmarks of the re-invigorated National Arts Festival...
