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Court slams Gordhan for comments 'no self-respecting member of the executive' should make
Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane succeeded in striking out allegations contained in an affidavit by public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan.
DAYS OF ZONDO: Testimony: Zuma’s bogus inquiry pushed Gupta-resistant executives out of Eskom
Zondo commission testimony suggests an external consultant close to former SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni was brought in to provide a veneer of legitimacy to a plan to oust Eskom executives standing in the way of a Gupta takeover.
DAYS OF ZONDO: Testimony: Zuma’s bogus inquiry pushed Gupta-resistant executives out of Eskom
Zondo commission testimony suggests an external consultant close to former SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni was brought in to provide a veneer of legitimacy to a plan to oust Eskom executives standing in the way of a Gupta takeover.
Zuma and Ramaphosa: the truth beneath the Cheshire Cat grins
Not even a week since former president Jacob Zumas grudging resignation speech, President Cyril Ramaphosa threw him a warm farewell party on Tuesday night in the official residence in Cape Town that Zuma has been vacating. This time it was all smiles, at least on the carefully selected pictures issued, but its probably the last time you will see the team like this. By CARIEN DU PLESSIS.
OPINIONISTA: The entire ANC must clearly and forcefully endorse independence of the judiciary
Given that it was the Zuma coterie of rent-seekers who were instrumental in the degradation of key institutions of state that were bent to aid their nefarious purposes, it is not surprising that the former president and his acolytes are now determined to destroy the one constitutional institution that stood against their State Capture project other than the Public Protector under Thuli Madonsela – the judiciary.
ANALYSIS: Your heroes are ghosts: ANC’s turmoil centres on Zuma and Magashule’s future with the governing party
While there are those who believe Magashule is growing his support and could one day become more politically powerful than he already is, there is still vanishingly little public support from any ANC bodies for both him and Zuma.
ANALYSIS: Jacob Zuma’s justification for disobeying the ConCourt order is legally absurd – here’s why
As expected, Jacob Zuma defied a summons to appear before Zondo commission this week, thus almost certainly acting in contempt of a Constitutional Court order. This places Zuma in the same category as the deadbeat dads who fail to pay maintenance and grifters who refuse to repay their creditors. And as is the case with so many petty miscreants, Zuma’s ‘justification’ for his lawless behaviour is both self-serving and legally absurd.
OPINIONISTA: The Nkandla Tea Party cabal wants a scorched earth policy — answer it by sweeping clean the Augean stables
I am convinced that the high tea in the hinterland of KwaZulu-Natal between Jacob Zuma and Julius Malema was anything but intellectual, or for that matter, an attempt to solve challenges that would result in a better world. No, their discussion, I’m afraid, was probably rather more sinister than that.
Constitutional Court’s order that Zuma must testify sends the right message | South Africa Today
The FF Plus welcomes the order issued by the Constitutional Court that former President Jacob Zuma must appear before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry to give evidence. This sends the right message to all other individuals who may possibly have to testify, namely that they cannot evade it. In addition, it must be ensured that […]