Browsing: Des van Rooyen

Many see the decision by the ANC to send the disgraced former CEO of the power utility Eskom to parliament as the precursor to another attack on the national treasury and to remove finance minister Pravin Gordhan. The decision to give Brian Molefe

Lawyers representing President Jacob Zuma urged the high court to halt the release of a report of the nation’s graft ombudsman into allegations that the Gupta family, who are friends with the president, exercised undue influence

Former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor has filed papers at the high court in Pretoria seeking to intervene in President Jacob Zuma’s bid to halt the release of the public protector’s “state capture” report. The matter was initially set

President Jacob Zuma appears increasingly vulnerable in a power struggle with his finance chief after a series of new allegations emerged about the business dealings of members of a wealthy family who are his friends and in business

The release of a report by South Africa’s graft ombudsman into the alleged influence of President Jacob Zuma’s friends, the Gupta family, in government affairs has become bogged down in the courts, with legal actions lodged to

The relatively trivial nature of the charges against finance minister Pravin Gordhan, and the way in which the prosecution has been pursued, leads to the conclusion that this is a trumped up charge. It also suggests that Gordhan

A report on the Gupta family will be ready before outgoing public protector Thuli Madonsela finishes her term, she said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Rhema Bible Church’s Truth Be Told conference, Madonsela told journalists

President Jacob Zuma views the fact that the Public Investment Corp lost R99bn within 48 hours after the sacking of former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene in December last year as a “normal” economic phenomenon. The Democratic Alliance’s shadow