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Eskom is getting what’s effectively a third inspector. A deal with a global service provider to validate the power utility’s system reports is being concluded, Eskom board chairperson Mpho Makwana on Tuesday told Parliament’s spending watchdog, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa)....

The two-week fraud and money laundering trial involving Gupta-linked Nulane investment is set to kick off in the Bloemfontein High Court today, meanwhile, brothers Atul and Rajesh Gupta remain behind bars in Dubai while authorities wait for more information about their potential extradition hearing.

Rajesh and Atul Gupta were arrested last year in Dubai for their alleged involvement in the Nulane corruption case, where the Free State government was defrauded of close to R25 million.

The NPA wants to prosecute Atul and Rajesh Gupta for the alleged siphoning off of state funds in a botched R25 million rural development project.

Bruce Whitfield speaks to Karyn Maughan, legal journalist at News24.

Bruce Whitfield speaks to Karyn Maughan, legal journalist at News24.

During its two-year tenure, the Free State ANC’s Interim Provincial Committee (IPC) grappled with criminal syndicates that operated in the corridors of the state and were fleecing it dry resulting in the collapse of services, the party’s political report reads.

A 2018 state security report, the Zondo commission reportand a 2015 report on social cohesion in KwaZulu-Natal warned of problems

Former public protector Thuli Madonsela has set tongues wagging after taking aim at those implicated in state capture.

It is now cheaper to build new utility-scale renewable energy plants than to keep existing fossil fuels plants operating.