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South Africa registered 14,728 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative total to 2,638,981. A further 384 Covid-19-related deaths were reported, taking total official deaths to 78,377. A total of 9,962,111 people have been vaccinated.

In his opening statement before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on Wednesday, 11 August, 2021, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa stated: 'Since state capture is an assault on the democratic process, it is necessary that the process of extricating the State from a positi...

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In an eventful day at the State Capture commission, two of the big sites of capture took the stage at one of the final sittings of the inquiry.

In an eventful day at the State Capture commission, two of the big sites of capture took the stage at one of the final sittings of the inquiry.

The amounts are, to quote commission evidence leader Matthew Chaskalson, “extraordinary”. At points Judge Raymond Zondo appeared defeated by the sheer volume of numbers, murmuring: “I’m just digesting”. What was on display was not just the quantum of plunder, but also the efficiency of the Guptas’ vast and sophisticated money laundering machinery. To give one example: on 29 April 2016, a Gupta-linked company called Cutting Edge Commerce submitted an unsolicited proposal to Eskom to ...

MTN is looking for Mobile Money agents – and has received R28 million for its recruitment drive Business Insider SA facebook (Photo by Gallo Images/Papi Morake) MTN has partnered with the International Finance Corporation which has dedicated R28 million to its Mobile Money service. The investment will be used to recruit, enrol, and train 10,000 Mobile Money agents. These agent businesses allow MTN clients cash-in and cash-out services without using an ATM or...

Shaun Smillie Dirk Coetzee, the former South African Police death-squad commander and intelligence officer, in Pretoria. The Vlakplaas operation had a brief mention in an amnesty statement during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). But it appears in greater detail in Dirk Coetzee’s unpublished memoir, Testimony of a South African Security Policeman: The Full Story. As former security police blame fading memories to dodge questions about...

Danville Smith, the ANC’s shadow MEC for local government, appeared on charges of corruption in the Bellville Commercial Crimes Court on Friday, 9 April. His appearance came in the wake of a Hawks investigation into irregularities at the Cederberg municipality. Confirming Smith’s appearance, Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani said: “The matter relates to food parcels that were supposed to be delivered on Mandela Day in 2016, which were paid for and never delivered… during the accused’s tim...

Shock new numbers show how SA’s train service went off the rails – even before Covid hit  Mar 06, 2021, 04:47 PM facebook (Photo by Gallo Images/Papi Morake) A national survey - conducted last year, before the start of the pandemic - showed that the passenger train service is the least used mode of public transport in South Africa. The number of people who regularly used trains dropped by 80% since 2013.  The average time of a trip on a train has increase...