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State capture: FS asbestos case, ANC election list with state capture accused

06 May 2024, 11:34

National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head Shamila Batohi has admitted to being “wrong” about her estimation of quickly scoring big convictions in the corruption cases admitted from the evidence before the state capture commission, which was chaired by Chief Justice Raymond Zondo from 2018 to 2022. The NPA, says Batohi, had learned from prosecution glitches such Read more >

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State capture: Ramaphosa hails govt efforts, Prasa three fail in court

04 Apr 2024, 9:38

President Cyril Ramaphosa is of the view that his administration has done a lot to address state capture and restore some of the institutions that were destroyed in its wake. He told Parliament last month that there was significant progress in government’s implementation of the recommendations of the state capture commission, chaired from 2018 to Read more >

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Wrap up of the latest from our state capture desk

19 Mar 2024, 9:17

The ANC has been putting out fires related to its election candidate list – more particularly, relating to members of the party whose names appear on the list despite corruption and other controversies hanging over their heads. Secretary-general Fikile Mbalula hosted a media briefing on Monday 11 March, almost a month after a similar engagement Read more >

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Update on progress in resolving state capture cases

25 Jan 2024, 10:46

Welcome to our first update of the year on all things state capture and the state capture commission and the implementations of its recommendations. The presidency released a progress report in late November last year that documents its implementation of the recommendations by commission chairperson, Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. The year has started off with Read more >

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Prosecutions, zero-tolerance culture key to fighting corruption in SA

03 Jan 2024, 9:15

By Darren ParkerFirst published on Engineering News Corruption has long been an unhappy and increasingly harmful feature of the South African political, economic and business landscape. The extreme scale of this insidious problem came into sharp focus during the inquiry into state capture, however, which unearthed not only the far-reaching nature of the scourge but Read more >

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State capture: Ramaphosa marks first year of implementation plan with report

14 Dec 2023, 10:02

The Presidency has delivered some good news, and some not so good news, on the state capture front, to end off a long and difficult year of responding to corruption. What is clear in a progress report, released in the last week of November, on the implementation of the Zondo report recommendations is that more Read more >

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Can South Africa turn the tide against corruption?

04 Sep 2023, 12:28

By Busi MavusoFirst published on Moneyweb As part of our mission to combat corruption and improve ethical conduct in South African business, we have funded the Gordon Institute of Business Science (Gibs) to produce a guide for South African companies to fight corruption. Combating crime and corruption and promoting the rule of law is among Read more >

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Addressing corporate corruption in South Africa: The EOH experience

29 Aug 2023, 11:25

On Tuesday 29 August 2023, the National Business Initiative (NBI), Corruption Watch, and independent global affairs think tank ODI released a report named Addressing Corporate Corruption in South Africa: The EOH Experience. The launch of the report follows a webinar earlier today during which its findings were discussed by a panel of leading experts. In Read more >

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New Zondo Explorer sifts through thousands of commission documents

29 Aug 2023, 10:17

News24’s recently launched Zondo Explorer is a valuable tool that facilitates exploring the reams of documents produced during the state capture commission’s tenure. With a particular focus on the the people and organisations named in testimony, the Zondo Explorer does the tough job of wading through all the documents for a certain name. “We are Read more >