We know we keep telling you “the wheels of justice turn slowly” and you keep asking, quite rightly, when are people going to jail? Well, it’s happening! This week saw the most high profile arrest to date in the state capture saga, along with charges brought against the Gupta brothers, their wives, and others, related …
1. Our take: Shuffle that cabinet, Mr president What’s your new Health Minister’s name? We don’t blame you if you can’t answer that one yet. We told you last week Zweli Mkhize was on his way out as health minister thanks to the dodgy Digital Vibes contract, and lo, it has come to pass. In …
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It has been a GOOD week for accountability! South Africans are quick to judge the lack of action by the country’s top cops on the corruption cases that have deeply scarred our country. It’s been a long time, but things ARE changing, albeit slowly and we’re here to deliver the good news side of corruption: …
Welcome to this week’s Siyayivala with Thebogo Mabuela and Lesego Chepape. What would you do with R50bn? In this week’s episode, we discuss how the Guptas allegedly stole R50bn from our country. We also chat about inflation and how it has changed our buying habits, and of course, the Friends Reunion! All in vernac. Go …
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49,157,323,233.68. Quite a tongue twister, right? That’s 50 billion – in this case, rands the Gupta family allegedly stole from South African taxpayers to carry out its elaborate and abhorrent state capture project. This, according to one estimation. The eye-watering figure was revealed at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture this week, where Paul …
Weren’t you just furious when you read about how the Gupta family so easily bought so many of South Africa’s politicians, which led to much of our economic and political demise? Don’t you just want to see them punished? Well, then you’ll be pleased to know that the United Kingdom has placed sanctions on three …
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Norma Mngoma, the soon-to-be-ex-wife of former minister of home affairs, finance and public enterprises, Malusi Gigaba, dished the chai, hot and spicy, on the eve of Freedom Day about Gigaba’s involvement with the Guptas. If we could describe it in one word, it would simply be “Yoh”. A bit of background: Mngoma turned on Gigaba …
Hi there_ 🙋🏽♀️ in this week’s edition of The Wrap, we’re looking at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s long anticipated State Capture commission testimony, and why it paled in comparison with the former Mrs Gigaba’s receipts. Plus we tell you why we celebrated Freedom Day despite the challenges our country still faces, and how Americans fell for …
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It isn’t every day that you hear a good story about Eskom, which recently plunged SA into load shedding in the middle of a pandemic. But here it is – and it’s a really good one, too. The guys in suits at the top of Eskom, who get paid millions to keep the lights on, …
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In case you were worried about the poor Guptas – who literally fled the country in the dead of night with law enforcement snapping at their heels – don’t be. The corruption-accused family got rid of their South African assets when the banks closed their accounts, sparking job losses at their mining and media companies. …