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Independents would be a shake-up. For the first time in 30 years of South Africa’s constitutional democracy, a member of Parliament may not be beholden to a political party for a seat. That may take some getting used to.

Majola replaced former DG Arthur Fraser, who has featured as a central cog in the Zumafication of the intelligence services. The hotseat had been kept warm in the meantime by acting DGs Loyiso Jafta and Gab Msimanga. Majola’s resignation on Wednesday was by “mutual consent”, according to a medi...

Former senior officials in the Office of the Public Protector this week provided insight into how Busisiwe Mkhwebane hit the ground running after her appointment to the office in October 2016.

The day's proceedings focussed on a letter from Busisiwe Mkhwebane to Arthur Fraser at the Section 197 inquiry.

The Right2Know Campaign welcomes and commends President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to publicly release Part 1 of the State Capture Commission report. It is encouraging to learn that the President finally recognises the importance of transparency and openness in running a just government. As an organisation, we have brought together communities and causes from across society who want not only to stop the South African Protection of State Information Bill known as the Secrecy Bill but fight ...

First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. One of the oft-used truisms is that trust takes a long time to build but only a few seconds to break. Regaining lost trust can be a lifelong and elusive mission. One was reminded of these words as sensational revelations emerged from the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture this week. These relate to claims by former minister Sydney Mufamadi – further corroborated by the acting director-general for the State Security Age...