Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma: two very different styles of governing.
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The second episode of What happened to Nelson Mandela’s South Africa?, a three-part podcast series on The Conversation Weekly. Featuring interviews with Mashupye Maserumule and Michael Sachs.
Essop Pahad was a confidant of former president Thabo Mbeki.
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When Essop Pahad was given a job, he did it efficiently. He surprised even his critics with his diligence.
President Ramaphosa, right, receives the final report of the State Capture Commission from Judge Zondo in 2020.
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The Zondo Commission was globally unique in scope and scale. The book selects and explains its key findings and recommendations.
President Cyril Ramaphosa, right, receives the final State Capture Report from Chief Juistice Raymond Zondo.
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The commission could have made more of the evidence and been more categorical about when it thought criminality had taken place.
Atul Gupta (pictured) and his brother Rajesh are the alleged masterminds behind state capture in South Africa.
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A judicial commission into state corruption found that the Gupta family influenced former President Jacob Zuma’s political decisions.
President Cyril Ramaphosa testified at the Zondo commission.
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Rebuilding South Africa after the devastation of state capture would not be possible without the work of the Zondo commission.
Ajay Gupta, left, and Atul Gupta, the masterminds behind state capture in South Africa.
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The scale of the Guptas’ rapaciousness meant that, within just a few years, the institutions they leeched were in a state of collapse.
Private armed security officers take a position near a burning barricade during a joint operation with South African Police Service officers in Jeppestown, Johannesburg.
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Corruption thrives in a destabilised state with weak institutions. South Africa cannot be allowed back to that space because there will be no turning back.
Former South African president Jacob Zuma.
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The posturing is bound to continue. But at the age of 78 Jacob Zuma’s long day in the sun is over.
South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa faces a tricky time giving evidence about corruption. He wears two presidential hats: as head of the African National Congress, and the government.
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Ramaphosa will be eager to communicate his position that no one should be above scrutiny and that all parts of society,should be examined by the Commission.
Former South African president Jacob Zuma at the State Capture Commission in July 2019.
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Metaphors are not used for their own sake in politics, but as part of a strategy to persuade a particular audience to accept a point of view, and act accordingly
Judge Raymond Zondo, chair of the commission investigating grand corruption in South Africa, has been too polite with former state president Zuma.
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The Constitutional Court described Zuma’s lack of cooperation with the commission as “reprehensible”.
Former South African president Jacob Zuma says he won’t comply with a Constitutional Court order to appear before a commission on corruption.
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Zuma shares ignominy with former US president Donald Trump who, like him, subverted democracy while in office.
The Sunday Times, South Africa’s largest weekend newspaper, was used to spread disinformation.
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Media self-criticism is not just important to improve journalism, it is a political, professional and moral imperative.
Former South African government minister Nomvula Mokonyane, a leading member of the ruling ANC, at the commission probing grand corruption.
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Corruption has been a constant feature of South African political life for much of the past 350 years; solutions will also take time.
The Shaik brothers Moe, Schabir and Chippy after Schabir was found guilty of fraud and corruption and sentenced to 15 years.
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Moe Shaik fancies himself as an analyst who can read people well. And yet, he has a rather large blind spot for his leaders – until they fall out with him.
Mcebisi Jonas appears at a commission probing grand corruption in South Africa.
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This book is a booster to morale. It tells South Africans they can enjoy the impressive economic growth they once achieved.
Cyril Ramaphosa led the African National Congress to victory in May. A new law on political funding covers parties, not politicians.
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Secrecy over who funds political parties should trigger fears that government decisions will reflect the wishes of large donors.
Former President Jacob Zuma is fighting a batttle for political capital.
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By positioning himself as a loveable granddad to supporters and the punchline of a joke to his opposition, Zuma adroitly defangs the very serious charges against him.
Former South African President Jacob Zuma recanted his decision to walk out of the Zondo Commission.
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The dilemma for Zuma and his legal team is this: by putting him on the witness stand, there is a risk that he would be found wanting, especially in terms of the detail of any matter.