Giorno: 4 Maggio 2023

Ramaphosa says Zuma’s private prosecution is political harassment

Read More President Cyril Ramaphosa and former president, Jacob Zuma. File photo: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images The president is seeking a final interdict preventing his predecessor from pursuing such a step “now or in future” This article is only available to subscribers. View subscription options If you are already a subscriber, login here.

SA’s vacillations on leaving the ICC point to larger problems

Read More Picture this: A portrait of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in a restaurant in Kyiv, Ukraine. The International Criminal Court has charged him over the abduction and deportation of children during the war in Ukraine. South Africa’s ruling party, the ANC, held a national executive committee meeting from 21 to 24 April. One of […]

Press Council launches FAIR campaign on World Press Freedom Day 2023

Read More On Wednesday 3 May, the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day, the Press Council of South Africa launched the FAIR Press campaign.  The day serves as a means of raising awareness of the significance of a free press and freedom of expression.  “The role of the media in South Africa remains of […]

National Prosecuting Authority will appeal Nulane ruling

Read More Ajay and Atul Gupta. (Muntu Vilakazi/Gallo/City Press) The NPA raised concerns about the judgment and called for the Investigating Directorate to be made a permanent entity without delay This article is only available to subscribers. View subscription options If you are already a subscriber, login here.

BLSA on Eskom investigation: ‘We don’t go out of our way to meddle”

Read More Business Leadership South Africa rebuffed allegations that the it wrongly interfered in Eskom’s affairs by bankrolling the investigation. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) chief executive Busi Mavuso has batted away conflict of interest allegations relating to the lobby group’s decision to fund an investigation into Eskom while she […]

Metal detectorists jailed for conspiring to sell rare Anglo-Saxon coins

Read More Two metal detectorists have been jailed for more than five years after being found guilty of hatching a plot to illegally sell Anglo-Saxon coins of “immense historical significance” abroad. Craig Best, 46, and Roger Pilling, 75, had been convicted of conspiring to sell criminal property worth ?766,000 – namely, ninth-century coins believed to […]

Hunt and Braverman among five in cabinet earning thousands as landlords

Read More The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, and the home secretary, Suella Braverman, are among five cabinet ministers who earn at least ?10,000 a year renting out housing, according to a new snapshot of parliament’s landlords. In all, 68 Conservative MPs – nearly one in five – are currently landlords, according to research by a campaign […]