This year marks 100 years since the 1922 miners' strike in Johannesburg. Peter Volmink writes that the ghosts of 1922 are still with us as a century later, and almost three decades into democracy, solidarity between the black poor and the white poor seem as elusive as ever.
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo found that the subversion of the procurement system and the decimation of previously sound parastatals happened on the watch of a ruling party that not only dropped the ball but pocketed the proceeds
If the four-year Zondo inquiry into state capture is to be worth a billion rand, the NPA has to bring those who looted the country to book. Yet it has performed inadequately for more than a decade
Former Transnet CEO Brian Molefe appears at the State Capture Inquiry this week. Picture: Rosetta Msimango
Former Transnet CEO Brian Molefe told the State Capture Commission he was not aware that a company he had awarded an IT contract to had ties with Gupta associate Salim Essa.
Molefe said he overturned Transnet s contract with Neotel because he was concerned about a security breach under its watch.
The decision by Molefe to award the IT contract to T-Systems was revoked following a legal opinion on the matter.
Former Transnet CEO Brian Molefe told the State Capture Commission on Wednesday that he was not aware that a company he had awarded a network contract to had ties with Gupta associate Salim Essa.