Media outlets across the country took a brief sojourn from bad news, engaging in some humorous attempts to dupe their readers and listeners on April Fools’ Day. The Witness newspaper in Pietermaritzburg spun a yarn that the city council
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The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse said Thursday’s court decision to dismiss with costs its urgent application to interdict Eskom from implementing the approved tariff increase by 9,4% on April 1 2016 would not deter it. “Setting aside the urgency of our
KPMG has terminated its business relationship with the Gupta business empire due to the political storm surrounding the family’s friendship with President Jacob Zuma. KPMG was the auditor for all Gupta-owned and -controlled businesses
Public protector Thuli Madonsela revealed on Thursday that she was being investigated by the Hawks. “I would celebrate if the NPA (the National Prosecuting Authority) and the Hawks at least by tonight would send a report that says they
The Guptas, the “spy tape” saga and now the constitutional court’s Nkandla ruling are all blows that President Jacob Zuma is trying to deflect, political expert Daniel Silke said on Thursday. “The nature of the constitutional court judgment, the
President Jacob Zuma visited the United Arab Emirates to drop off R6bn belonging to the Guptas, Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema claimed on Thursday. “Zuma was in [the] UAE recently, in Dubai. That was not an official visit, it
Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane has called for President Jacob Zuma to be impeached following the constitutional court’s finding that he had flouted the constitution. “This morning we have already filed a motion to say Zuma must be
The rand has briefly touched R14,80/US$ after the constitutional court ruled that President Jacob Zuma must pay back a portion of the money spent on security upgrades at Nkandla. At the time the ruling was concluded at around 11am on Thursday, the rand
The constitutional court has found that President Jacob Zuma acted inconsistently with the constitution when he failed to comply with the public protector’s remedial action on the
The Public Protector’s remedial action against President Jacob Zuma over the upgrades to his Nkandla home were binding, the constitutional court said on Thursday. “The remedial action taken against