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Public Protector received money from Guptas, but denied that she was corrupt

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The Public Protector has denied allegations that she is corrupt and has received money from the Guptas in the past.

Busisiwe Mkhwebane is accused of receiving about R5,000 from the Guptas two years before her appointment as OB.

It is not mentioned whether she received the amount monthly, but it is suspected that she may have received it more than once.

However, she said they should take all her bank statements from the FNB and prove that she got money from the Guptas.

A non-profit foreign organization made the allegations, but besides it further adversely affects her chances of being in the post, it has international consequences for South Africa.

-Vryburger

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Former President Zuma and the three monkeys – hear nothing, see nothing and say nothing!

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The statues of the three monkeys materialized as the Zondo commission dragged on. The one monkey closes his ears, the other his eyes and the other his mouth. Now Zuma comes and says, “I can’t remember, I can’t say anything, I wasn’t there”

This is Jacob Zuma’s answer to his questions. He now attempts to be the great martyr on whom everyone wants to put the blame on and even told the commission he had receive death threats.

He seeks to divert attention from his involvement in the State Capture process through all kinds of accusations against people and institutions who apparently discredit him and want to get rid of him.

Political analysts warn that Zuma’s attack on the ANC’s leadership could spark a storm in the party. Meanwhile, the money baron Johann Rupert dismissed Zuma as a pathological liar.

-Read the original article in Afrikaans in Vryburger / 2019-07-17
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EFF must cough up and pay R500,000 to Trevor Manuel for defamation of character

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Johannesburg High Court ordered the controversial black political group EFF, to pay R500,000 for defamatory and false statements they made towards former finance minister Trevor Manuel. The EFF was also ordered to remove all statements about Manuel from its media platforms regarding the new SARS commissioner.

Manuel was accused of nepotism and corruption on the appointment of Edward Kieswetter by the red beret’s on their official Twitter account,. The accusations where made by the EFF pointing to a time when Manuel was chairman of a selection panel who had checked candidates’ applications for the position of new SARS commissioner. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court heard Manuel’s application, rejected by the EFF. The latter argued that the essence of their statement was the “legality” of the appointment process.

In his ruling, Judge Elias Matojane ruled in favour of Manuel and ordered the red berets to remove their fals
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