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  • FILE: Former Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    South Africa is due to get a new chief justice: What it takes to do the job well

    Not only does the person have to head the Constitutional Court, the person also leads the whole of the judicial branch of government. It is a very onerous role.

    260 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa is sworn-in at the state capture inquiry on 11 August 2021. Picture: GCIS

    CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: SA building a society that is free of state capture, corruption

    President Cyril Ramaphosa reflects on the work of the state capture inquiry following his testimony and is confident that the era of state capture is over.

    275 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa appears at the state capture inquiry on 12 August 2021. Picture: GCIS

    Damage done by state capture will be felt for many years to come - Ramaphosa

    In his weekly newsletter, the president reflects on the state capture inquiry which is nearing an end after three years.

    275 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa appears at the state capture inquiry on 12 August 2021. Picture: GCIS

    Ramaphosa confident SA won't see state capture again as lessons had been learned

    The president was asked to account for his role during the state capture era as South Africa's number two and was also quizzed over his actions.

    278 days ago
  • Defend Our Democracy: Ramaphosa admissions prove state capture was not fiction

    The Defend Our Democracy campaign said on Thursday that some of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s admissions during his 11 August 2021 testimony showed that state capture was real. #ZondoCommission #Ramaphosa #StateCapture

    279 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa appears at the state capture inquiry on 12 August 2021. Picture: GCIS

    Ramaphosa: Reports SSA had unvetted private army working for Zuma being probed

    President Cyril Ramaphosa said that this was one of the reasons why state security has been moved to the Presidency.

    279 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa appears at the state capture inquiry on 12 August 2021. Picture: GCIS

    State Security Agency needs realignment, Ramaphosa tells Zondo Inquiry

    President Cyril Ramaphosa described the agency as a sensitive and important asset to the nation, which he said should be realigned, as in the past, it had been found to be in service of sections of society and a faction in the governing party.

    279 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa appears at the state capture inquiry on 12 August 2021. Picture: GCIS

    Ramaphosa: We need to probe lapses at SSA and how it manifested

    Advocate Paul Pretorius is questioning the president on the state of the ministry, which Ramaphosa has just collapsed as he’s moved the security agency under his office.

    279 days ago
  • FILE: Former Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba. Picture: GCIS

    Ramaphosa not aware of Gigaba being in the Guptas' pockets

    President Cyril Ramaphosa told the commission that it was not necessarily unusual that Malusi Gigaba was promoted from being a deputy Home Affairs minister to being appointed minister of Public Enterprises.

    279 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa is sworn-in at the state capture inquiry on 11 August 2021. Picture: GCIS

    WATCH LIVE: President Ramaphosa's state capture testimony - day 2

    President Cyril Ramphosa continues answering questions related to state capture in his capacity as deputy president and president of South Africa.

    279 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa appears at the state capture inquiry on 11 August 2021. Picture: GCIS

    Ramaphosa: I worked with others in the executive to resist state abuses

    President Cyril Ramaphosa told the Zondo Commission that he chose to stay to try and fix things from within.

    279 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives at the state capture inquiry on 11 August 2021. Picture: GCIS

    In hindsight, it was right move to stay on under Zuma - Ramaphosa

    President Cyril Ramaphosa said that there were five options available to those opposed to the state capture network during Jacob Zuma’s term.

    279 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa appears at the state capture inquiry on 11 August 2021. Picture: GCIS

    Ramaphosa: We should have been much more active in enforcing accountability

    President Cyril Ramaphosa made major concessions at the state capture commission of inquiry as it blasted Cabinet and the African National Congress (ANC)'s costly inaction on corruption while he was deputy president.

    279 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa appears at the state capture inquiry on 11 August 2021. Picture: GCIS

    If you captured Treasury, then you've captured the entire state - Ramaphosa

    President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the appointment of Des van Rooyen as finance minister by Jacob Zuma was the straw that broke the camel's back when it came to state capture.

    280 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa appears at the state capture inquiry on 11 August 2021. Picture: GCIS

    Ramaphosa explains why he did not resign as deputy president during Zuma tenure

    President Cyril Ramaphosa has faced criticism that he was Jacob Zuma’s number two when the Gupta family was accused of looting the state enabled by Zuma.

    280 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa appears at the state capture inquiry on 11 August 2021. Picture: GCIS

    ANC failed to keep records of key decisions on govt deployments, says Ramaphosa

    President Cyril Ramaphosa’s return to the commission has seen him fielding queries about cadre deployment during his time as ANC deputy president and chairperson of the party’s deployment committee.

    280 days ago
  • ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa returns to the witness chair after a brief adjournment at the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture on 28 April 2021. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News

    WATCH LIVE: President Ramaphosa returns to state capture inquiry

    President Cyril Ramaphosa returns to the state capture inquiry for the first day of his scheduled two-day testimony. He is expected to give evidence in his capacity as deputy president and president of the country.

    280 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa at the state capture inquiry on 29 April 2021 in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Ramaphosa facing questions over his role in govt at Zondo Inquiry

    While he previously testified on the ANC’s deployment policy, the Bosasa donations and the governing party’s relationship with corrupt members, he now has the task of explaining his own role in government at the time.

    280 days ago
  • FILE: Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo at the state capture inquiry on Tuesday, 8 October 2019. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/Eyewitness News.

    Zondo investigators, lawyers not paid for 5 months: report

    'Business Day' reported that the secretary of the commission blamed the non-payment on delayed disbursements from Treasury.

    440 days ago
  • State Security Agency logo. Picture: ssa.gov.za

    DA demands SSA be shut down in wake of state capture inquiry revelations

    The Democratic Alliance said it had written to the State Security Minister asking that the agency be disbanded.

    474 days ago
  • A YouTube screengrab of former Eskom secretary Suzanne Daniels at the state capture commission on 7 December 2020.

    Daniels testimony: Koko told me to write letters on prepaying Tegeta R1.6bn

    The former head of legal and compliance at Eskom is back at the state capture commission testifying about board decisions to approve the Tegeta prepayment as well as Brian Molefe’s appointment.

    527 days ago
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