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Zuma lawyers paid through Gupta laundering network, Zondo hears

The state capture commission has heard how money laundering entities linked to the Gupta enterprise allegedly paid millions to attorneys retained by former president JacobZuma in different litigation matters, in 2014. On the witness stand on Tuesday was forensic investigator Paul Holden of London-based Shadow ...

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Mpumalanga sends more students to Russia but problems persist

Last week, Mpumalanga’s department of education sent 86 students to study in Russia, but there’s secrecy in the entire project believed to be costing the department millions of Rands. Departmental spokesperson, Jasper Zwane, failed to respond to a written media ...

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EFF to report free-spending MEC to Ramaphosa after R230 000 cellphone splurge

Economic Freedom Fighters will report Mpumalanga’s MEC for culture, sports, and recreation to president Cyril Ramaphosa after she splurged R231724,93 on her cellphone in just three months. This was after Mpumalanga premier Refilwe Mtsweni refused to accede to the EFF’s demands to ...

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Ziwaphi article an attack on government, Mncwango

On 28 September 2018, the print edition of Ziwaphi published an article, “How The Deputy President Fooled Mpumalanga for Eight Years,” following months of investigation of two infrastructure projects, the High-Altitude Training Centre at Emakhazeni and the Creative Industries Cultural Hub ...

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How official may have abused taxpayers’ money to buy underwear, jeans etc.

Men’s underwear, designer jeans, jerseys and striped shirts, are some of the items that a manager in the Mpumalanga provincial legislature allegedly bought using the tax-payers’ money. An investigation by Ziwaphi has uncovered how a Mpumalanga provincial legislature senior manager ...

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How the deputy president fooled Mpumalanga people

2012 - The year he promised construction was starting.

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Graphic: How DD did it

In 2011, the deputy president of the Republic of South Africa, David Mabuza, while he was premier in Mpumalanga province, made a promise to construct a sports academy, which later changed its name to the High-Altitude Training Centre, at Emakhazeni ...

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Legislature’s Mwale joins the “untouchables” league

Mpumalanga provincial legislature secretary is fast becoming one of the province’s untouchables as corruption allegations against him pile up without the prospects of any consequences.  A scathing auditor-general report and corruption cases opened against Mpumalanga legislature Secretary, Linda Mwale and ...

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Legislature, PWRT mum over multi-million contract

Both the Mpumalanga provincial legislature and the department of public works, roads and transport have failed to explain how two contracts worth over R15 million for the partitioning of offices and refurbishment of committee rooms in the legislature building were ...

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“MY MOTHER IS DEAD, I WANT TO SEE HER”

WATCH VIDEO “My mother is dead, I want to go and see her.” These were the words of a five-year old boy after witnessing her mother being allegedly stabbed by her boyfriend. The 21-year-old Mpumalanga law student, Treasure Ndlovu, survived ...

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