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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…

Director-general in the presidency Phindile Baleni receives the nearly 1,000-page third volume of the state capture inquiry report from inquiry secretary Prof Itumeleng Mosala. File image.Image: Siyabulela Duda/GCIS

‘We should not be Ramaphosa shocked’ — SA reacts to third volume of state capture report

The third instalment of the state capture report released by inquiry chairperson Raymond Zondo to the presidency has been met with mixed reaction and questions online. The report focuses on evidence related to the controversial catering…

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…

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…

Zuma loses recusal bid, walks out of commission

Former president Jacob Zuma walked out of the state capture commission earlier today without chairperson Raymond Zondo’s permission after the judge dismissed his recusal application. Before he left, Zuma, through his attorney, Adv Muzi…

Judge Zondo expected to rule on Zuma’s recusal application

State capture commission chairperson, Raymond Zondo, is expected to announce his decision in the next few minutes on whether he will recuse himself from the commission as sought by former president Jacob Zuma. Zondo was due to hand down…

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…