Donwald Pressly: Once upon a time in Zuptaland…far, far away
Once upon a time, there was a country called the Bottom of Africa. There is the Big Bad Wolf, called Zupta, who became the chief of the nation, all a little by accident.
Once upon a time, there was a country called the Bottom of Africa. There is the Big Bad Wolf, called Zupta, who became the chief of the nation, all a little by accident.
Members of the Gupta family haven’t fled the country following a wave of controversy surrounding their alleged influence over the country’s leader, says Oakbay Investments CEO Nazeem Howa.
Oakbay Investments has told employees at Gupta-owned broadcaster ANN7 that it may not be able to pay their salaries following the closing of bank accounts.
South Africa’s government will announce in the next few weeks if it will replace Lungisa Fuzile as head of the National Treasury when his five-year contract ends in May.
Three companies, including KPMG and Barclays Africa, have severed ties with a firm owned by the Guptas due to concerns over their relationship with President Jacob Zuma.
In its massively circulated Friday edition, the New York Times’s editorial board issued a call to South Africans to eject their deeply compromised President Jacob Zuma.
The South African Council of Churches is encouraged by the ruling from the Constitutional Court, which has served to restore the faith of the people in the constitutional integrity of our nation.
Following yesterday’s ConCourt judgment on Nkandla, political analyst Daniel Silke sees a ‘safe, ‘user-friendly’ exit that keeps both parties happy, but the country shouldn’t relax too much.
Biznews community member Daniel Sutherland thinks a name change for Eskom is in order as the current board, CEO and CFO are completely captured by the Guptas.
Philip Rosenthal, director of ChristianView Network, talks us through the ANC’s patronage network, which came about in the days under former president Nelson Mandela.