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  • A YouTube screengrab of the provincial head of North West Commercial Crimes Unit Brigadier Pharasa Ncube testifying at the state capture commission of inquiry on 20 August 2020. Picture: SABC/YouTube

    Zondo Inquiry: NW cop denies being used to derail probe into Khomotso Phahlane

    The head of the North West Commercial Crimes Unit Brigadier Pharasa Ncube on Thursday concluded his testimony at the state capture commission of inquiry.

    637 days ago
  • Gupta visits, threats & bags of cash - Witnesses implicate former Transnet bosses, Gigaba

    Three anonymous witnesses appeared before the state capture commission of inquiry and provided evidence implicating former Transnet bosses and former Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba in allegations of state capture. The three witnesses were former bodyguards and drivers of Gigaba, Brian Molefe, Anoj Singh, and Siyabonga Gama and have detailed the visits they made at the Gupta family properties. #StateCapture #Gupta #Transnet

    644 days ago
  • A video screengrab of former Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama. Picture: YouTube

    Witness recalls counting R1m in bag Transnet CEO Gama got from Salim Essa

    Former Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama’s driver said that on many occasions he would receive money in suitcases and bags and put it in the boot.

    644 days ago
  • The Zondo commission of Inquiry into state capture. Picture: EWN.

    Witness tells Zondo Inquiry about threats, moving piles of money with Molefe

    A Transnet security officer who was sent on errands, including picking up bags of money from the Guptas, said that he had been threatened every time he was interviewed by or testified at the Zondo Commission.

    644 days ago
  • FILE: Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. Picture: AFP

    Zondo dismisses bid by former FS official to postpone state capture appearance

    The former director-general at the Free State Department of Human Settlements, Wiseman Zulu, was expected to testify on how the department approved a multi-million rand asbestos project for the provincial government without following procurement processes.

    652 days ago
  • A YouTube screengrab of environmental health expert Jacobus Roets testifying at the state capture commission on 4 August 2020. Picture: SABC/YouTube

    Zondo Inquiry told FS report on R255m asbestos eradication audit was 'useless'

    Environmental health expert Jacobus Roets told the state capture commission that he had never heard of Blackhead Consulting or Diamond Hill Consulting, the companies that were paid to do the work.

    653 days ago
  • A YouTube screengrab of Judge Tintswalo Makhubele testifying at the state capture commission of inquiry in Johannesburg on 3 August 2020.

    Makhubele denies trying to delay commission, threatens to 'embarrass' people

    Makhubele appeared at the State Capture commission where she was accused of using the Stalingrad approach to avoid testifying.

    654 days ago
  • A screengrab shows former Police Minister Nathi Nhleko pictured at the state capture inquiry on 27 July 2020. Picture: SABC News/YouTube

    Nhleko fails to explain why he didn't ask Ipid about 2 rendition reports

    Former Police Minister Nathi Nhleko said that he was concerned that there were two reports into Zimbabwe renditions, one saying that Hawks bosses Anwa Dramat and Shadrack Sibiya were implicated in the renditions and should be criminally charged, while another cleared them.

    661 days ago
  • FILE: Nomvula Mokonyane at Gavin Watson’s memorial service in Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg on 19 August 2019. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Former ANC MP Nomvula Mokonyane to respond to Agrizzi claims at Zondo Inquiry

    Nomvula Mokonyane has denied damning evidence against her by former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi, who said that she had received cash payments and that the company paid for upgrades at her home.

    669 days ago
  • The Zondo commission of Inquiry into state capture. Picture: EWN.

    Former State Security DG Maqetuka to appear at Zondo Commission today

    It was during Mzuvukile Maqetuka’s tenure that an investigation was launched into the controversial Gupta family but it was later abandoned.

    679 days ago
  • FILE: NDPP Shamila Batohi at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on 4 December 2018. Picture: EWN

    'Prosecution skills have been hollowed out'- Batohi laments NPA’s budget

    Shamila Batohi says the authority would like to use the skills built up in the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture– but she says the NPA lacks the budget to pay for them.

    680 days ago
  • FILE: NDPP Shamila Batohi at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on 4 December 2018. Picture: EWN

    NPA boss highlights financial challenges in probing corruption

    NPA boss Shamila Batohi has questioned whether the NPA and law enforcement agencies would have enough resources to properly investigate and prosecute cases arising from the state capture inquiry’s work.

    680 days ago
  • The Zondo commission of Inquiry into state capture. Picture: EWN.

    State capture inquiry has cost taxpayers R700 million so far

    This is double the R350 million price tag that Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said the inquiry had cost as of September last year.

    681 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab of Transnet board chair Popo Molefe appearing at the Zondo Commission on 7 May 2019. Picture: YouTube

    Molefe: Officials told members to resign to make Prasa board dysfunctional

    Former Prasa board chair Popo Molefe said that officials, including an acting director-general, told his board members to resign to render the board dysfunctional and told them that they would be offered other board positions.

    689 days ago
  • Prasa administrator Bongisizwe Mpondo addresses a stakeholder engagement forum in Khayelitsha, Cape Town on 23 January 2020. Picture: @PRASA_Group/Twitter

    Zondo shocked to learn Prasa's had no permanent CEO or board since 2015

    Former board chair Popo Molefe has told the commission that there have only been acting CEOs and interim boards since 2015.

    690 days ago
  • FILE: Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. Picture: AFP

    Zondo eyes end of June restart, expects Zuma to appear 'quite soon'

    Chairperson of the state capture commission of inquiry, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, briefed the media on the commission's work during the coronavirus lockdown.

    716 days ago
  • Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo at the state capture commission of inquiry in Parktown on 8 October 2019. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Zondo Commission working at full steam despite lockdown, MPs told

    The Justice and Correctional Services Department told parliamentarians that evidence leaders and officials continued to work behind closed doors on key parts of the evidence.

    727 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab of Transnet board chair Popo Molefe appearing at the Zondo Commission on 7 May 2019. Picture: YouTube

    Zuma tried to push for Montana reinstatement at Prasa, Zondo Inquiry told

    Former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) board chairperson Popo Molefe, who was appearing at the Zondo commission of inquiry on Friday, said he received an invitation to meet with the former president after Lucky Montana resigned in 2018.

    797 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab of Transnet board chair Popo Molefe appearing at the Zondo Commission on 7 May 2019. Picture: YouTube

    Molefe claims 'connected' ex-Prasa CEO Montana got away with corruption

    Molefe told the Zondo commission of inquiry on Friday morning that Montana and former Minister Jeff Radebe enjoyed a close relationship, which he believes Montana used to hide his dodgy dealings.

    798 days ago
  • FILE: Former President Jacob Zuma. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Businessman linked to Zuma knew of coming Cabinet reshuffle, Zondo Inquiry hears

    Autopax acting CEO Tiro Holele said a businessman linked to former President Jacob Zuma, Roy Moodley, once told them about a coming Cabinet reshuffle before it happened.

    799 days ago
  • Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula. Picture: @FikileMbalula/Twitter

    Mbalula unlawfuly dissolved Prasa board, Zondo Inquiry told

    Former board chair Khanyisile Kweyama was expected to tell the commission in the next few days in greater detail about how Mbalula wanted to appoint current Prasa administrator, Bongisizwe Mpondo, without following proper procedures.

    800 days ago
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