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Zille slams ‘up to no good’ Zuma

The urgency and secrecy of the deal South Africa is looking to strike with Russia for the supply of up to eight nuclear power plants means “someone is up to no good”, DA leader Helen Zille said on Monday. That someone, she suggested in her weekly SA Today newsletter, is President Jacob Zuma. In a … Read more

Final straw? Zuma personally took control of nuclear deal – report

The haste with which South Africa’s Government has back pedaled on the proposed $50bn nuclear deal with Russia’s Rosatom has been matched only by the uproar created by the initial announcement. Whatever happens next, the nuclear lobby is now very much on the back foot with suggestions that before any decision is made there is a re-think … Read more

Russian nuclear contract a false alarm; raises frenzied warning for corruption watch in SA

By Peter Fabricius Media reports this week that South African Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson and Sergey Kirienko, Director-General of Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, had signed a US$50 billion deal for Rosatom to build up to eight nuclear power stations – and a research reactor – in South Africa caused something of a, well, atomic … Read more

NPA ‘has complied’ on tapes

The NPA has complied with the Supreme Court of Appeal’s order to hand over the so-called Zuma “spy tapes”, spokesman Nathi Mncube said on Thursday. “We have complied and we did come and lodge the documents,” he told reporters outside the High Court in Pretoria. Mncube said the National Prosecuting Authority handed over a copy … Read more

‘Spy Tapes’ handover imminent

The crowd waiting outside the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday for the handover of the “spy tapes” cheered when told it was imminent. “Give us the tapes,” they shouted as Gauteng Democratic Alliance leader John Moodey gave them the update outside the court. DA leader Helen Zille entered the court earlier after addressing the … Read more

As DA hits 4m votes, Zille reckons Ramphele committed political suicide

From the SA Press Association: Agang SA leader Mamphela Ramphele committed political suicide by turning down the opportunity to lead the Democratic Alliance, as evidenced by the results, the DA said on Friday. “Mamphela has destroyed her political brand and value,” DA leader Helen Zille told reporters at the Electoral Commission of SA’s (IEC) national … Read more

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