State capture law firm rebrands, others jump ship

Setumo Stone|Published

During the state capture commission of inquiry, it was heard that Hogan Lovells SA (HLSA), which changed its name to Lawtons Africa in 2019, allegedly did work for ...

Optimum creditor blasts ‘untested’ Gupta links

Setumo Stone|Published

The contractual dispute over the RBCT’s decision to terminate OCT coal export allocation in Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal at the end of January is being heard before ...

SA's Greylisting a stain on Ramaphosa's legacy

Setumo Stone|Published

Ramaphosa would also have to first look into his Phala Phala closet, according to critics, as the money laundering allegations against him continue to make global ...

Mbalula foils anti Mashatile lobby

Setumo Stone|Published

At least two independent ANC sources said Mbalula on Thursday gave the caucus marching orders to prepare for Mashatile's rise, amid speculation that a group in the ...

State capture accused fingers SA leaders in ‘real state capture’

Setumo Stone and Manyane Manyane|Published

Iqbal Sharma says Zondo Commission refused to consider his submission, details how Transnet was fleeced for Bidvest’s benefit and ...

Ace Magashule’s ex-PA detained in US

Setumo Stone|Published

Those in Cholota's camp have accused the NPA of reneging on an agreement made before Free State Judge President Cagney Musi in court a few days earlier on 20 January. ...

More darkness for Soweto as De Ruyter runs out of wheels

Setumo Stone|Published

Eskom quietly delivered the transformer two weeks ago after the Sunday Independent asked questions, but the nine-month-long blackout continues for frustrated residents ...

NUM guns for NPA in export coal war

Setumo Stone|Published

This week OCM, which holds export entitlement in RBCT under Optimum Coal Terminal (OCT), applied to the court for a temporary interdict against the looming ban set ...

New dawn fizzles some more

Setumo Stone|Published

The Mineral Council SA (MCSA) has run out of patience and is set to place a new demand on Ramaphosa’s desk for “an urgent Ministerial intervention in the crisis” ...

EFF locks horns with Ramaphosa

Setumo Stone|Published

The EFF, which had not been joined as one of the primary respondents in Ramaphosa's application, seeks leave to oppose the court bid, citing “a manifest, clear and ...

Struggle war vets demand R10. 5bn payout

Setumo Stone|Published

Aside from this, the former soldiers, who fought during apartheid for the freedom of black people in South Africa, are also demanding the government pay a pension ...

Zuma dares Judges to apply double standards

Setumo Stone|Published

He said that even the late former President Nelson Mandela was hauled before a court for cross-examination when it was then unprecedented for a head of state. ‘The ...

Charges against Denel executive may backfire

Setumo Stone|Published

And for his efforts to block taxpayers' money from subsidising cronies of powerful figures with an interest in the sale of public assets under a blanket restructuring ...

David v Goliath court battle on the cards between coal mines

Setumo Stone|Published

RBCT would have to explain why its comfortable to allow corruption-infested Glencore to use the international export terminal but is blocking OCM on the grounds ...

Government posts divide ANC NEC

Mashudu Sadike and Setumo Stone|Published

Traditionally, discussions over Cabinet appointments would involve the secretariat of the ANC's alliance partners in Cosatu, the SACP and Sanco. Consequently, the ...

ANC conference must give answers to electoral decline

Setumo Stone|Published

The conference has to choose between two schools of thought, one pointing at the malfeasance of corruption in government as the source of the ANC’s downfall and ...

Zondo exposed: What the Commission did not want SA to know

Setumo Stone and Karabo Ngoepe|Published

The damning contents of a 1000-page affidavit may explain why Iqbal Sharma, widely regarded as a Gupta lieutenant, never appeared before the state capture commission ...

Northern Cape government pays R25m for no work done

Setumo Stone|Published

The Public Works Department appointed V3 to provide professional services for the maintenance of the Dr Harry Surtie and De Aar hospitals February 1, 2021. On February ...

There's a Zuma on Ramaphosa's stoep

Setumo Stone|Published

Zuma is due to oppose Ramaphosa's bid to avoid taking the dock, setting up a possibly protracted legal dispute that may not be resolved when Ramaphosa is due to ...

IEC distances itself from vote-rigging claims against Ramaphosa

Setumo Stone|Published

On Monday, Ramaphosa won his second term bid to lead the governing ANC by a margin of just over 500 votes against former health minister Zweli Mkhize. Later on, ...

Zondo Commission was a puppet show – Fraser

Setumo Stone|Published

While the commission called several witnesses who implicated him in serious crimes, Fraser said in his court application to review and set aside the findings, the ...

Presidential court battle looms

Loyiso Sidimba and Setumo Stone|Published

Ramaphosa, through his lawyers, said Jacob Zuma does not have any title to prosecute as it is established that if a private prosecutor has an ulterior motive with ...

ANC Race: Khona ozokhala

Mzilikazi Wa Afrika , Setumo Stone and Loyiso Sidimba|Published

The ANC elective conference will bring tears of joy to some and broken hearts to others.

Carl Niehaus defends his 'freedom of speech'

Setumo Stone|Published

In the appeal papers filed on Wednesday, Niehaus’s legal representative and ANC veteran Mathews Phosa said that his client was “entitled to raise his opinion and ...

Cyril Ramaphosa’s coal buddies throttle new player

Setumo Stone|Published

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) pulled the first trigger on OCM in March and secured a preservation order under the pretext that the mine was acquired through ...

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