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‘They eat money’: corruption feeds Mandela’s political heirs

17 Apr 2018, 9:32

By Norimitsu Onishi and Selam Gebrekidan First published in the New York Times With loudspeakers blaring, city officials drove across the black township’s dirt roads in a pickup truck, summoning residents to the town hall in Vrede, Free State province. The main guest was a local figure who had soared up the ranks of the Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Zuma’s day in court postponed to June

06 Apr 2018, 10:45

As divided as South Africans were over his stepping down from office in February this year, so are they once more over former president Jacob Zuma’s corruption trial, which was postponed to 8 June in the Durban High Court on Friday. Judge Themba Sishi adjourned the proceedings shortly after they started, following a request for Read more >

OPINIONS

Zuma corruption trial: will his lawyers appeal?

03 Apr 2018, 10:20

By Pierre de Vos First published on Constitutionally Speaking We all know that when former President Jacob Zuma said many years ago that he wanted his day in court so that he can answer allegations that he is guilty of racketeering, corruption, money laundering and fraud, he was not being honest. Instead his lawyers have Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Bank of Baroda played key role in SA’s Gupta scandal

01 Mar 2018, 10:58

By Khadija Sharife (OCCRP) and Josy Joseph (The Hindu) First published on OCCRP India’s state-owned Bank of Baroda – one of the country’s largest – played a crucial role in the financial machinations of South Africa’s politically influential Gupta family, allowing them to move hundreds of millions of dollars originating in alleged dirty deals into Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

SOE shake-up on the cards – SA waits for action

28 Feb 2018, 12:32

Between the pronouncement made on planned anti-corruption efforts during his maiden state of the nation address (Sona) on 16 February this year, and his Cabinet announcement of this past Monday, President Cyril Ramaphosa seems to be serious about his administration’s planned restoration of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). It remains to be seen, however, if the interventions Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Ramaphosa withdraws appeal against NDPP judgment

27 Feb 2018, 10:47

The Presidency will no longer be appealing a North Gauteng High Court order that found former president Jacob Zuma to be too conflicted to “appoint, suspend or remove the National Director of Public Prosecutions or someone in an acting capacity as such”, and that the deputy president should perform that function as long as Zuma Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Full text: President Ramaphosa’s maiden SoNA

19 Feb 2018, 8:53

Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Baleka Mbete, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Ms Thandi Modise, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP, Former President Thabo Mbeki, Former Deputy President FW de Klerk, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and all esteemed members of the judiciary, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

CW calls for vigilance after Zuma resignation

15 Feb 2018, 9:37

Corruption Watch greets President Jacob Zuma’s resignation with a mixture of joy and relief, and anger and resentment. Joy and relief because a critical obstacle in the way of renewing South Africa’s democracy has been removed; anger and resentment at the public resources that have been looted and the key institutions that have been crippled Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

People’s Tribunal releases preliminary findings

08 Feb 2018, 15:43

Following five days of hearings the five-member panel of the first Peoples’ Tribunal on Economic Crime released their preliminary findings last night. The findings, read out by Justice Zak Yacoob at Constitution Hill, provide a strong call for accountability. They echo the closing message to the People’s Tribunal by South African Council of Churches secretary-general, Read more >