On 26 April, author and journalist Jacques Pauw published a series of articles in News24 that dismissed private intelligence reports on the Eskom crime cartels as ‘outlandish conspiracy theories’. On 1 June, a practising advocate, former police superintendent and author of key textbooks for the.
The Constitutional Court has given parliament 24 months to amend tax legislation, ordered Sars to make new decision on access to Jacob Zuma's tax records.
In a narrow 5-4 split, the Constitutional Court has paved the way for the previously confidential tax records of former president Jacob Zuma (and others) to be accessed by third parties – in limited circumstances and if their release was in the public interest.