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A.    ISSUES IN THE ENVIRONMENT 1.    South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) Western Cape

The government has filled several vacant posts including directors-general and their deputies of key departments and boards.

The fourth instalment of Judge Raymond Zondo’s report on State Capture adds the names of about 30 individuals to the list of people that the Zondo Commission recommends for potential prosecution by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). This brings the total number from the reports so far...

Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo expressed disappointment several times at the Eskom board members’ lack of diligence in doing their job and so allowing billions to be bled from the already ailing Eskom. Each board member had their turn to be lambasted by Justice Zondo — much like the parliamentarians who came before him in previous days — for not asking informed and probing questions of the executive and performing the oversight role they were assigned to do. In particular, Zondo struggled to believe they did not notice they were handing billions of rands to the “proposed owners”...

LIVE FEED: State capture inquiry - February 11, 2021 Share Johannesburg - The Commission of Inquiry into allegations of state capture will on Thursday continue to hear Eskom-related evidence from former board member Mark Pamensky. Deputy Chief Justice Raymond on Wednesday expressed his disappointment with the Eskom board’ approval of the R1.68 billion prepayment to fund the acquisition of Optimum Coal by a Gupta owned company in 2015. Two former board members, Professor Pathmanathan Naidoo and Venete Klein, gave evidence at the commission of inquiry about the R1.68bn prepayment. Naidoo told...