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Mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe is implicated in the state capture report. File photo.Image: Freddy Mavunda

Four big names implicated in volume 3 of the state capture report

Former president Jacob Zuma‚ mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe‚ former minister Nomvula Mokonyane and late Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson are among the prominent names implicated in the third volume of the state capture…

Jacob Zuma’s lawyers on Wednesday wrote to the acting chief justice, Raymond Zondo, requesting that the court issue a directive that the former president not be arrested before midnight.Image: Sandile Ndlovu

Zuma in last-ditch plea to ConCourt to stave off imminent arrest

The former president’s lawyers say in a letter to the Constitutional Court that police had informed them that they would make an arrest on Wednesday. Former president Jacob Zuma made an eleventh-hour appeal on Wednesday night to stop his…

January 23 2020 Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo brief the media on the possible extension of the commission of inquiry into state capture Pic Veli Nhlapo

Raymond Zondo appointed acting chief justice

Deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo has taken on the role of acting chief justice. This was announced by the office of the chief justice on Friday. The switch is due to the appointment of Sisi Khampepe as acting chief justice coming to an…

ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte has come under fire for her perceived support for former president Jacob Zuma.Image: ANC via Twitter

‘Jessie Duarte must face disciplinary action by the ANC’ – scores respond to leaked pro-Zuma audio

A leaked recording of ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte advising former president Jacob Zuma against appearing at the state capture inquiry has triggered mixed reactions on social media. The leaked audio clip is from last month’s…

ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte said former president Jacob Zuma should, if possible, appear before a different judge if he testifies at the state capture inquiry.Image: Daylin Paul

LISTEN | Leaked audio reveals how Jessie Duarte advised Jacob Zuma not to appear before state capture inquiry

ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte told the party’s national officials she believes former president Jacob Zuma should not appear before deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo at the state capture inquiry he chairs. She told the…

Jacob Zuma. File image.Image: Veli Nhlapo

Council of Churches ‘deeply concerned’ by Zuma’s defiance

APHIWE DEKLERK The South African Council of Churches (SACC) has criticised former president Jacob Zuma’s decision not to co-operate with the commission of inquiry into state capture, in defiance of a ruling by the Constitutional Court.…

Former president Jacob Zuma must appear before the state capture commission of inquiry, the Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday. File picture.Image: Veli Nhlapo

Former SA president Jacob Zuma ordered to appear before judge Zondo

The Constitutional Court has ordered former president Jacob Zuma to abide by a summons to appear before the state capture commission and give evidence before it. The decision of the highest court means that should Zuma not appear on…

Deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo is reported to be in good health. File photo.Image: Veli Nhlapo

Raymond Zondo ‘in good health’ amid Covid-19 fears

The state capture inquiry has assured the public that its chairperson, deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo, was in good health and not showing any Covid-19 symptoms. This comes after Zondo shelved oral public hearings for this week when an…

Former president Jacob Zuma appearing at Zondo commission. File imageImage: ANTONIO MUCHAVE
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Criminal charge to be opened against Jacob Zuma after Zondo inquiry walkout

The state capture inquiry intends to lay a criminal charge against Jacob Zuma with the police. Deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo said on Monday the law is binding and it was not up to Zuma to excuse himself. The secretary of the…

Former president Jacob Zuma has been locking horns with deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo in a public battle over his appearance at the state capture inquiry.Image: Gallo Images/Sowetan/Thulani Mbele (Jacob Zuma) & Gallo Images/Netwerk24/Felix Dlangamandla (Raymond Zondo)

The secret is out! Zondo had a child with a sister of one of Zuma’s wives

Deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo had a child with a sister of one of former president Jacob Zuma’s wives more than 25 years ago. Zondo was on Thursday lifting the lid on the personal family connection that Zuma alluded to in making…

Former president Jacob Zuma is appealing against an order declaring that he must pay his own legal costs.    Image: THULI DLAMINI

Jacob Zuma appeals ruling that he must pay millions in legal fees from own pocket

Former president Jacob Zuma was on Friday scheduled to appeal a court ruling that declared he must pay legal costs running into millions of rand from his own pocket. SABC news reported that Zuma, in papers filed before the Supreme Court…

Former Ipid head Robert McBride in a previous appearance in the commission. /Masi Losi

Robert McBride not ready for Zondo inquiry

Former Independent Police Investigation Directorate (Ipid) head Robert McBride yesterday failed to appear before the commission of inquiry into state capture to be cross-examined by former police minister Nathi Nhleko’s legal…