By BO Staff Writer Johann Rupert is losing it, literally! Last Friday he shouted through his shareholder meeting, with cigarette on lips. Rupert had to tell the shocked shareholders that profits are a shocking 46% down. Sources who attended the meeting say that Rupert appeared drunk, nervous and was easily agitated. He smoked during the …
By BO Staff Writer Verashni Pillay, former editor of Mail and Guardian (M&G) and now former editor of Huffington Post South Africa (HuffPostSA) as well, quit at the latter publication under a cloud of a fake news scandal. A few weeks ago, the HuffPostSA’s blog section published an article by a supposed white feminist and …
Media Statement Black First Land First (BLF) invites the media to a press conference under the following details: Theme: Picket and march to the Presidency against corruption. Venue: Office 502, OPH Building, 112 Main Street, Johannesburg Date: 6 December 2016 Time: 13:00 Take further notice that: BLF will be marching to President Zuma to call for a …
By BO Staff Writer Introduction Those implicated in the Public Protector’s Report on State Capture have been accused of being recalcitrant witnesses for simply insisting on exercising their right to a fair hearing which includes their right to cross examine witnesses. To this end those implicated are now urged via the Public Protectors Report (and …
By Jeff Koorbanally Dear Adv Mkhwebane I make reference to the letter addressed to you on the 14th, whereby I raised the concern about the sensitization of these reports. I contest, with strongest resentment, that the former Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, should call or label our country a “State of Capture”, that’s the biggest insult …
By Andile Mngxitama Black Opinion shall continue to break down the so-called state capture report of the former Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela. Today we focus on the number of complaints of state capture lodged with the office of the Public Protector and why Advocate Madonsela lied about the exact number of complaints in her …
By Andile Mngxitama The hastily put together so-called state capture report by the former Public Protector is a mess of a document with illogical lapses, glaring typos and incomplete sentences. But the most shocking aspect of the report is that it is based on some obvious lies which Advocate Madonsela chooses to believe in her …
By BO Staff Writer In the recently released ‘State Capture’ report, the former Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, recommends a Judicial Commission of Inquiry. On 31 March 2016 BLF wrote to the Presidency and called for a Judicial Commission of Inquiry. Read the movement’s full letter below: The Presidency President Jacob Zuma Union Buildings Government Avenue …
By BO Staff Writer Thuli Madonsela’s so-called “State Capture” report has been released after the High Court ordered this be done by no later than 5pm today. This morning President Jacob Zuma abandoned his attempt to halt and postpone the release of the report. Read the full report here: 329755535-state-of-capture-14-october-2016.
By BO Staff Writer The Sunday Times ran a sensational front page report last Sunday about Minister Des van Rooyen visiting the Gupta household 7 nights in a row. This was presented as evidence that van Rooyen was captured. The newspaper told its unsuspecting readers that this was the piece of evidence to sink the …
