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Daughter signalled Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma’s presidential campaign launch on WhatsApp groups

Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will run against her boss, President Cyril Ramaphosa, as Phala Phala weakens his hand. A few weeks ago, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma’s youngest daughter, Thuthukile Zuma, started posting social media posters of her mother’s bid for the ANC’s top job. The well-designed posters announced Dlamini Zuma’s campaign ahead…

11 Sep 2022 6PM 3 min

Zuma struggles on, now as Beggar-in-Chief as he looks for funds to pay for his private legal battle

Jacob Zuma, the Commander-in-Thief is becoming a Beggar-in-Chief, asking for supporters, fanboys and -girls to pay for his private legal battle. Dear readers, Msholozi, JZ, uBaba. The man most are glad to see the back of as Commander-in-Thief of the captured state, but who refuses to go down without a…

9 Sep 2022 1PM 5 min

Applications by Gupta associates delay Nulane fraud and money-laundering case

The Nulane corruption case linked to the Guptas has been postponed until later this month for the Bloemfontein High Court to hear applications brought by Dinesh Patel and Gupta acolyte Ronica Ragavan. The Bloemfontein High Court postponed the R24.9-million Nulane corruption case on Thursday to 27 September 2022, for the…

9 Sep 2022 9AM 3 min

What are the Auditor-General corruption allegations about?

Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke has been accused of corruption by a member of her own office — a very serious allegation, considering Maluleke’s role on the national stage. Accusations, counter-accusations, alleged blackmail threats and a suspension have followed. We peer through the smoke to see if there’s a fire. Set the…

5 Sep 2022 5PM 8 min

Devastating Charlotte Maxeke hospital fire was an act of arson — police forensic report

The fire led to the closure of Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital for many months and caused huge disruption to the provision of healthcare services in Gauteng. Eighteen months later the hospital is still not fully functional and its future is uncertain. Maverick Citizen has obtained a copy of a…

4 Sep 2022 2PM 6 min

Joburg’s political crisis adds more keystrokes to the picture of the failing South African democracy

While the past few years have revealed a strong potential that political stalemate or chaos may soon overpower some councils or provinces (and even the national government), events in Joburg in the first week of September lifted the levels of manipulation rarely seen before. There is now strong evidence that…

4 Sep 2022 2PM 7 min

Thousands of students sign petition to increase National Student Financial Aid Scheme allowance

They want the current allowance of R1,500 to be increased to R2,000. Over 50,000 people — many of whom are university students — have signed a petition, imploring Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) to increase their monthly allowance. They want the…

2 Sep 2022 8AM 2 min

Ramaphosa gets free pass on Phala Phala forex farm theft as Parliament ‘enters the twilight zone’

Having said he was ready to account — just not quite yet in Parliament — for the Phala Phala farm forex theft, President Cyril Ramaphosa thought he was done. However, the opposition insisted on a proper answer and the Speaker ultimately called time on an unfinished Q&A session. When National…

30 Aug 2022 6PM 7 min

Brian Molefe & Anoj Singh arrests: SA’s return to Justiceland will take an excruciatingly long time

The past few days have seen signs of renewed life in our criminal justice system and the institutions that support it, but for many millions of people in SA, there is still no evidence of the criminal justice system working for them. A series of high-profile Gupta-linked arrests, the continued…

29 Aug 2022 5PM 6 min

Transnet graft: Brian Molefe and fellow top exec Anoj Singh get R50 000 bail after arrest

Former Transnet CEO Brian Molefe and former group chief financial officer Anoj Singh – described as the ‘primary architects’ of State Capture at Transnet – and others have been arrested in connection with corruption worth R398.4-million at the parastatal. The accused appeared in two separate groups in the Specialised Commercial…

29 Aug 2022 9AM 7 min

Iqbal Survé’s publications appear to take side of alleged Lottery crooks

Since Survé got his hands on public money to buy the country’s largest newspaper group, he has used it to publish inaccurate, often downright false, stories to further his personal interests. Iqbal Survé’s newspaper group has taken a curious interest in the story of corruption at the National Lotteries Commission…

23 Aug 2022 3PM 5 min

Tshwane coalition storm brews as DA mayor accused in R26bn tender bid

In a leaked audio recording from a year ago, Tshwane’s executive mayor, Randall Williams, can be heard instructing senior officials to support his executive decision — ‘whether they agree or disagree’ — for an unsolicited bid, while another official warns that the council could face possible litigation. The future of…

18 Aug 2022 4PM 7 min

Death threat against Adriano Nuvunga in Mozambique is a threat to all defenders of human rights – activists

The latest death threat against leading human rights activist Professor Adriano Nuvunga in Mozambique comes amid a squeezing of the civic space in that country. “The threat against Prof Adriano Nuvunga is a threat against all human rights defenders in Mozambique . It is also a threat against all human…

17 Aug 2022 3PM 8 min

The Enemy Within — how the ANC lost the battle against corruption

In 2000, the ANC committed itself to ‘the new cadre’ project — a project to develop ANC members who are dedicated, selfless people who steer clear of corruption and embrace a new morality. Yet, 22 years later the ANC is consumed by corrupt cadres. What happened and why was the…

14 Aug 2022 4PM 5 min

A shameful decade of scandals haunts a rudderless SA Police Service 10 years after SA’s tragic day

Police bosses should have learnt from the Marikana massacre, but in the 10 years since, the cop service has been plagued by successive scandals involving claims of corrupt leaders and criminality. ‘Integrity is fundamental to what we do. We cannot fight crime when our organisation has within its ranks people…

13 Aug 2022 3PM 11 min

‘While South Africans suffer, the successors of Tutu, Hurley and Naudé seem to have lost their nerve’

Religious leaders played an important role in the anti-apartheid resistance movement. Who can forget the voices of leaders such as Catholic Archbishop Denis Hurley, Dr Beyers Naudé and the much-loved Archbishop Desmond Tutu? In post-apartheid South Africa, religious leaders, for the most part, have lost their voice. This week the…

12 Aug 2022 5AM 7 min

Fifth time lucky? Raila Odinga targets triumph in Kenya presidential elections

Kenyans go to the polls on Tuesday, where veteran opposition politician and serial loser Raila Odinga, 77, faces off against vice president William Ruto, 55. Kenya, with a gloomy and sordid history of fierce electoral disputes and violence, is scheduled to hold general elections on Tuesday 9 August 2022. In…

8 Aug 2022 11AM 6 min

Gauteng DA launches yet another ‘desperate’ bid to oust Makhura, but this time ‘we’ve got the numbers’

For the second time in consecutive years, the DA in Gauteng is to sponsor the provincial legislature with yet another motion of no confidence against the premier, David Makhura, following the many unfulfilled promises and scandals on his watch. Will the opposition succeed? ‘The motion of no confidence is based…

8 Aug 2022 8AM 5 min

Jury still out on DA claim that South Africa loses R800-million to corruption daily

The figure can’t be verified, and appears based on an older rumour — itself unsubstantiated — that R300-billion is lost every year. “Over R800-million per day is lost to corruption, nationally,” claims a June 2022 tweet posted by South Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA) opposition party. The claim was made as…

7 Aug 2022 9AM 6 min

Parliament needs to evolve after its failures during the years of crippling State Capture in SA

The findings of the Zondo Commission into State Capture are damning against parliament, with an urgent need for a shakeup to regain accountability and credibility. The Parliamentary Monitoring Group conducted a review of the commission confirming the failures of an institution that should keep power in check in the interests…

5 Aug 2022 8AM 5 min