'State Capture Inquiry going easy on Ramaphosa'
Prince Mashele has slammed the State Capture Inquiry for, apparently, treating President Ramaphosa differently from previous witnesses.
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Prince Mashele has slammed the State Capture Inquiry for, apparently, treating President Ramaphosa differently from previous witnesses.
One minute he can't remember anything, and the next, Ramaphosa claims he is the 'silent hero' who fought state capture from the inside.
The judicial commission of inquiry into state capture is hearing evidence from President Cyril Ramaphosa.
‘Eskom influence’ questions put Dudu Myeni on the defensive Zola Tsotsi previously testified at the Commission that Dudu Myeni ‘summoned him for a meeting‘ with former President Jacob Zuma in 2015. He says that Mrs. Myeni advised him to suspend FOUR senior Eskom executives at the time, essentially doing the bidding of Msholozi and the Guptas. She denied these claims on Tuesday, but remained sheepish. Somewhat unbelievably, Dudu Myeni showed the first bit of honesty we’ve heard from her in a while – by admitting that she ‘did not want to say anything that would incriminate her’...
Cyril Ramaphosa holds his hands up The frank admission is nothing particularly new to us as citizens, but it still marks a tonal shift between former heads of state. Ramaphosa has shown a degree of contriteness – which is arguably the bare minimum one would expect from the leader of a party that has been undeniably plagued by corruption. While delivering his open statement, President Ramaphosa declared that the ANC ‘did not do enough’ to prevent state capture from happening. He lamented that one of the biggest corruption scandals in living memory ‘happened on the party’s watch’, b...