It’s today’s HUGE news. Remember the controversial decision to release former president Jacob Zuma from prison on medical parole in September? He had served just 58 days of his 15-month jail sentence for refusing to testify at the state capture inquiry. Today a judge declared the decision unlawful and the former president may spend his …
It’s Christmas! Well, not quite, but close enough. So The Wrap team is taking a break for a few weeks and we’ll be back in the new year. Before we go, we catch you up on the BIG news that former president Jacob Zuma may be heading back to jail, important Covid developments you need …
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It’s December, so we’re taking a look back at the year that was. This week we’re celebrating some wins for South Africa in an otherwise relatively tough year. 🏅 Let’s kick off with politics: South Africa turned a former prisoner into a president in 2009 and then a former president into a prisoner 12 years …
As we wind down and welcome Dezemba, we thought we’d grace you with a young throwback of the year that was.😉 Read on. Where do we begin? January seems like the obvious place, and it smells a lot like déjà vu. The second wave arrived after the December break and was accompanied by the beta …
A major court judgment this week has set the cats among the pigeons over the issue of taxpayer privacy. It all centres on our dear former president, Jacob Zuma. Because of course it does. As News24 put it yesterday: “Eight years’ worth of former president Jacob Zuma’s tax records could be in the hands of …
Hi there 🙋🏽♀️ in this week’s edition of The Wrap, we’re giving you permission to go easy on yourself as the year draws to an end. We also help you do just that with a gentle tour through the news you really do need to know and what it means – from Zuma’s tax records, …
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We’ve been telling you for some time how former president Jacob Zuma has tried to delay his decades-old arms deal trial. His most recent tactic was to argue that the lead prosecutor is biased. (This is separate from the drama around Zuma being released on medical parole after he was imprisoned for standing up the …
Hi there 🙋🏽♀️ in this week’s edition of The Wrap, we’re looking at this week’s rapid escalation from stage 2 to stage 4 loadshedding – we have to use a torch, thanks Eskom, and why this makes the push for greener energy more urgent than ever. Plus, we tell you why Nando’s has waved goodbye …
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In case you missed it, former president Jacob Zuma was released from prison last Thursday on medical parole. We’ve told you before how problematic it was when a top official last month overturned the medical parole board’s decision to NOT grant Zuma parole. So much for that 15-month jail sentence! 😏 His supporters were jubilant …
Mogoeng Mogoeng‘s term as Chief Justice officially ends at midnight on Sunday. When Mogoeng was appointed to the role in 2011, many were alarmed. President Jacob Zuma had overlooked the natural fit for the position, the brilliant and independent Dikgang Moseneke. Would Mogoeng, whose judgments positioned him as a religious traditionalist, be a Zuma lackey? …
Mogoeng Mogeong: the end of an era, and a few errors Read More »