Perhaps the most tangible area of progress since SONA 2025 has been energy stabilisation. The marked reduction in the frequency and severity of load-shedding, including extended periods without outages, reflects the cumulative impact of the Energy Action Plan and improved maintenance discipline at Eskom
The Special Investigation Unit also has its sight on former finance deputy minister Sfiso Buthelezi, whose company allegedly received R110 million fraudulently
Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Thembisile Simelane-Nkadimeng said her department was also handling 40 extradition applications from other countries
The sports, arts and culture minister allegedly received cash and other benefits to influence lucrative tenders for a software firm
The National Prosecuting Authority has encouraged its prosecutors and investigators to go after state capture cases
Nxamalala really does love a lawyer’s letter — as long as it’s not addressed to him
Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Thursday that no new amendments regarding overseeing the intelligence services would be enacted
The president said on Thursday that business leaders were confident the electricity crisis would be overcome within a few years
Our uncle in the load-shedding business sits on his couch and faces zero accountability
The president told parliament the plan was being finalised but the commission’s own slight delay may hinder delivery by October 15
Former president intends to review aspects of the full report, in which he has been directly implicated in wide-scale looting of the state
The report recommends that the government establishes a public procurement anti-corruption agency to ‘formulate measures for the making of reports by whistleblowers and for their protection and incentivisation’
Lobby groups and political parties said there should be consequences for those implicated
The NPA has begun proceedings based on some of the testimony given at the state capture inquiry
Kubentheran Moodley was arrested at OR Tambo moments before leaving for Dubai in an alleged attempt to flee his corruption-linked legal troubles
Kubentheran Moodley was caught trying to ‘flee’ to Dubai allegedly after his family was threatened by a debt collector and the state seized R232-million worth of his assets
The state capture commission report will not be ready by the end of September, and Zondo says he believes it will be in the public interest to grant an extension
As long as there’s no political will to change policing in this country, there is not much that can be done, say civil rights activists
Thuli Madonsela speaks to Lyse Comins about how Zuma’s refusal to recognise any court and any structure that disagrees with him was sad. His violations were serious and he must go to jail
The former head of state claims he has been persecuted for more than 20 years
Mngoma cites personal concerns about the way her ‘proposed appearance’ had been ‘handled or mishandled’
The state capture commission has cast its net too wide, given the short time left to finish its work
The Zondo commission will file a fresh criminal complaint against Zuma and has hinted that it will follow up with an application for a contempt order mid-month if he fails to testify
The former president has, through his lawyers, told the Zondo commission to not ‘bully’ him into appearing before the inquiry
