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Eskom board chair Mpho Makwana has told parliamentarians that following the airing of the interview in which the utility’s now former CEO made damning claims, they asked an internal task team into state capture and corruption to look into whether there were new claims that had been cited.

How Swapo and the ANC respond to any further decline in electoral support will define the future of democracy in both countries.

That no love was lost between Eskom board chairperson Mpho Makwana and his ex-CEO André de Ruyter was clear right from the start. But MPs questioned the hard line in the politically steeped controversy over a privately funded investigation into cartel corruption at the power utility.

IT procurement and renewals is a complex field, fraught with risk for companies that do not fully understand the legal implications of their contracts, says Leon Steyn, CEO Dante Deo.

The Investigating Directorate says the summary acquittal of all the accused in its first-ever state capture trial – the R24.9 million Nulane fraud and money-laundering case – amounts to a 'miscarriage of justice' that must be appealed.

The NPA Investigating Directorate filed an application to appeal against the judgement in the Nulane Investments case.

The National Prosecuting Authority’s Investigating Directorate has filed an application to appeal a high court judgement that discharged seven of the accused.

Pravin Gordhan should be joining the dots between State Capture and Treasury’s allegedly empty coffers.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) didn’t allow South African authorities to see alleged state capture kingpins Rajesh and Atul Gupta in prison and wouldn’t even provide mugshots of the brothers as their arrest, where they were held and their subsequent extradition hearing was shrouded in secrecy.

Portuguese national Maria Cantelo appeared in court recently, becoming the fourth accused in the case of defrauding Eskom of more than R14-million.