The State Capture report has chapters unseen as more confess to relationships with the Guptas, the Saxonwold Sheebeen was lit this weekend, the EFF are separating and the DA are calling no-confidence… this is all you have to know today.
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5 things you need to know about South Africa today:
No, really. This time it’s happening. The report by former public protector Thuli Madonsela into the alleged “capture” of the state by the Gupta family was finally released on Wednesday; it did not contain good news for President Jacob Zuma.
The public protector asked Zuma to appoint a commission of inquiry within 30 days to investigate the extent of state capture more fully. The commission’s head will be selected by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.
EFF rebels leave Juju for new party
Disgruntled EFF members in KwaZulu-Natal have dumped Julius Malema and his troops to form their own splinter party, calling it the Effective Economic Emancipation.
The new party has opened branches in Gauteng. It will be launched this month.
DA in talks over motion of no confidence in Zuma
The DA is in talks with MPs as it tries to call another for another motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma, the opposition party said on Sunday.
While party leader Mmusi Maimane would not say who they were talking to, he said discussions were ongoing.
Nuclear deals could be ‘captured’
Environmentalists have warned that proposed nuclear building programmes could be “captured” if Eskom continues to be the procurement agency for the project, which is expected to cost more than R1-trillion.
Environmental action group Greenpeace said former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s report on state capture released last week confirmed that vested interests and corruption in the energy sector were central to the energy choices made in South Africa.
Sexwale, Pahad drink from Gupta watering hole too
Whoever said “When days are dark, friends are few” clearly did not have to contend with the nature of friendship given by former cabinet ministers Essop Pahad and Tokyo Sexwale, among others.
At a time when, as Sexwale says, “Gupta-linked” is a swearword, the two confess their buddy-buddy relationship with members of the influential family, especially Ajay Gupta.
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