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#ANClist trended on Twitter when it came to light that the ANC included several tainted politicians from the Zuma era on its list for Parliament.
A spying scandal involving former president Jacob Zuma and Russia has erupted, with accusations that Zuma’s friends were spying on businesspeople and others who were critical of state capture and graft.
Today, there is a war being waged within the ANC as the corrupted turn on their own, as Marianne Thamm writes, for the Daily Maverick.
The suggestion that either Nicole Fritz or Freedom Under Law warranted surveillance is not only preposterous but profoundly disturbing.
The latest SSA whistleblower to come to the fore has exposed how close former Intelligence Minister David Mahlobo was to none other than Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Dynamite expose’ by an SSA insider who provides the names of 38 high profile South Africans who were illegally monitored by Russian-provided surveillance equipment – including Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, his former deputy Dikgang Moseneke and outspoken anti-corruption personalities Sipho Pityana, Tito Mboweni, Thuli Madonsela and Magda Wierzycka.
A spy unit established when Jacob Zuma was South Africa’s president employed tactics to neutralise anti-government groups and undermine Cyril Ramaphosa’s campaign to lead the ruling African National Congress.
Magnus Heystek, a former journalist who is now a financial advisor, and Alec Hogg, an award-winning editor and media entrepreneur, have been watching the South African economy for decades.
This week columnist Simon Lincoln Reader analyses why the unions are blaming the Independent Power Producers for Eskom’s woes.
It’s far easier to estimate how much State Capture cost South Africa in rands and cents (R1.5trn over the past four years) – but putting a price on destroyed trust, lost reputation and missed opportunities is inestimable.