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Judgment in the application by seven of the eight accused in the first Gupta-linked state capture trial in the Bloemfontein High Court is expected on 12 April. Lawyers for the accused argued there was a lack of evidence, but the state hit back, saying there was common purpose to defraud.

We are all complicit — whether by fault or default — in the widescale collapse that is unfolding in South Africa today. It is our responsibility to engage in the political realm and actively shape the politics we want. In a functioning democracy, the citizenry can hold power to account.

The government’s failure to comply with court rulings on the establishment of a single law enforcement entity that meets the so-called stirs criteria from both the Constitutional Court and similar instructions from the NEC of the ANC itself lies behind the FATF greylisting – and until this is a...

The ruling ANC cannot be tasked with rebuilding what it has itself broken in recent years. It is now too involved in the dysfunctionality of the current state of South Africa, with the Eskom crisis a case in point.

Let’s commit to voting every greedy, self-serving politician and political party out of any semblance of power when next we have the chance. It's time for all of us to get angry. Eskom intelligence reports show the crooks do not care if the country collapses.

Both countries have been greylisted, but how soon can they get off the Financial Action Task Force’s radar? 

Former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter recently put the spotlight firmly on the state of the police following his claims of inaction and botched investigations.

No amount of noise must distract us from one important truth: having collapsed Eskom, the ANC can never rebuild it.

SA can learn from other countries that have managed to get off the FATF grey list by implementing a set of identifiable measures.

The report, launched on Tuesday, calls for the public service to be depoliticised and insulated from politics.