Omphemetse Sibanda writes about the ongoing wait for the release of the final Zondo report into State Capture, what is the plan if Cyril Ramaphosa does step down as president? And, are investors feeling underwhelmed by Telkom’s recent earnings performance? (Still) waiting for Zondo (report)… But what happens next? – Daily Maverick We’re still waiting …
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In the opinion pages today, Rob Rose takes a look at the desperate race to save Comair, News24 rounds up some commentary on the Gupta extradition process, and The Citizen asks whether South Africa is on the road to becoming a failed state after yesterday’s N3 blockade. Inside Comair’s final hours – Financial Mail Rob …
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In the opinion pages today, Hilary Joffe examines how Comair used the business rescue process and how smarter business decisions may have saved the airline, Tony Leon looks at the similarities between Watergate and ‘Farmgate’, and Justice Malala wants to know whether Cyril Ramaphosa is being blackmailed? High-flying business rescue plan sank Comair – Business …
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In the op-ed pages today, Zuma’s daughter thinks it’s A-OK for a second round of looting and riots in defence of her father’s legal battles, there is still a string of questions that need to be answered about the Phala Phlala farm robbery, and increasingly the private sector is filling in the gaps where government …
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On the op-ed pages today, the Phala Phala farm robbery still dominates the thoughts of many columnists, the scandal that continues to plague Ramaphosa indicates that no one within the ANC is fit to be trusted with the running of the country, and the political battleground in KZN is heating up with Zuma loyalists making …
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We all remember how EFF MPs lambasted former president Jacob Zuma in the National Assembly, demanding that Zuma “pay back the money” that was used to upgrade the president’s private homestead, Nkandla. Similar scenes played out yesterday as rowdy EFF MPs attacked President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing him of being a “criminal” and a “money launderer” …
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It will be Cyril Ramaphosa’s political opponents within the ANC and not the president and his camp that will come out of Phala Phala farm theft scandal the better, argues Stephen Grootes. The commentator writes that Arthur Fraser’s accusations of criminal misconduct against the president will send the party into a new brutal factional war, …
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The two bombshell stories of the week, the alleged theft of millions of US dollars from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm and the arrest of Atul and Rajesh Gupta in Dubai, continue to dominate the opinions pages on Wednesday. There is still much concern over whether the Gupta brothers will be extradited from the …
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The arrest of Gupta brothers Atul and Rajesh is the single largest state capture development since former public protector Thuli Madonsela first investigated the family’s vast patronage network and the commencement of the Zondo Commission. That is the assertion of Pieter du Toit, who writes that the national prosecuting authority (NPA) and the department of …
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The allegations of theft and cover-up on one of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s farms have serious consequences attached to them. If the investigation reveals that the president is, indeed, guilty, then it will pave the way for a raft of knock-on effects. Political commentator Justice Malala believes that should Ramaphosa be criminally charged he will have …
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