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The House She Built a Source of Conflict

There was a time when everything seemed to be going right for Amara . She was a beautiful woman, not only in appearance but in the way she carried herself. She grew up in a loving home, surrounded by parents who worked hard and believed that their children should never lack opportunities. Her father was a respected man who worked tirelessly to provide for the family, while her mother was equally hardworking. They raised their daughters with discipline, kindness, and the belief that education and hard work were the keys to a good life. Amara was the elder daughter. Her younger sister, Nadia , was also intelligent and ambitious. The two sisters grew up watching their parents work together, and they learned an important lesson from them: nothing worthwhile comes without sacrifice. As the years passed, both sisters became successful in their own ways. Amara worked hard, saved her money, and eventually achieved something she had dreamed about since she was young. She bought a beauti...

Afrimat to bulk up mining interests with R650m manganese deal

  Australia’s Aquila ends its messy association with SA after a decade-long legal battle to secure rights to the deposit  BL PREMIUM 21 MAY 2021 - 16:41  KARL GERNETZKY AND ALLAN SECCOMBE UPDATED  23 MAY 2021 - 18:39 Building materials and mining group Afrimat has inked a R650m deal for a manganese mining right in the Northern Cape, marking the end of a protracted and bitter fight by Aquila Resources against the state to secure the prospect. Afrimat, valued at R6.8bn on the JSE, will buy the Gravenhage mining right, a long-life near-development manganese resource that is about 50km north of Hotazel, and about 120km from the group’s existing Demaneng iron ore mine. .. B L  Premium This article is reserved for our subscribers. A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and Sunday ...

Malusi Gigaba: The suits, the selling of South Africa, and the psychic pain of corruption

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  By Ferial Haffajee •   23 May 2021  Illustrative image | Sources: Former minister Malusi Gigaba. (Photos: Gallo Images / Sowetan / Esa Alexander) | Norma Mngoma. (Photos: Gallo Images / Phill Magakoe) | Atul Gupta. (Photo: Gallo Images / Financial Mail / Robert Tshabalala) | Former president Jacob Zuma. (Photo: Waldo Swiegers / Bloomberg via Getty Images ) | Gallo Images / Sunday Times / Kevin Sutherland | Waldo Swiegers / Bloomberg via Getty Images   Less Norma Mngoma sheds unprecedented light on how her estranged husband, Malusi Gigaba, became embroiled in State Capture. Almost 200 suits! Norma Mngoma testified when she appeared before the State Capture Inquiry on Thursday, May 22 that her estranged husband Malusi Gigaba had a wardrobe of perhaps 200 suits. They were housed in two full rooms of their home, and of late, he had put some into storage. That is a store full of suits owned by a single individual. Mngoma testified that when she and her husband visi...

The case against Billy Downer — legal precedent is not on the side of Jacob Zuma

  It will take a masterstroke and a very shrewd lawyer to have Billy Downer removed as the prosecutor in the case against Jacob Zuma. Stating that Downer has a passionate pursuit of Zuma’s prosecution ‘demonstrative of prosecutorial bias in which the only objective is to win’ will not be enough to prove the lack of perception of impartiality of Downer. This week will go down as another critical one in the annals of South African jurisprudence and the criminal justice system as former president Jacob Zuma looks to the courts to pronounce favourably on his special plea that lead prosecutor in his arms deal case, advocate Billy Downer SC, be removed, alleging that he has no title to prosecute his case. The special plea is based on section 106(1)(h) of the Criminal Procedure Act No 51 of 1977, which states that “when an accused pleads to a charge he may plead… that the prosecutor has no title to prosecute”. At the centre of Zuma’s special plea are alleged prosecutorial bias and lack of...

New driver’s licence card to be introduced this year

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  By  Roy Cokayne   24 May 2021   11:00  Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says his department is also ‘working on undermining the corruption involved’ in the booking of licence test slots. Image: Nadine Hutton, Bloomberg The Department of Transport plans to introduce a new driver’s licence card this year and implement a bouquet of measures to improve the service the public receives when visiting and interacting with driving licence test centres (DLTCs). Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula confirmed this on Friday after delivering his budget vote speech, adding that his department is looking at launching and rolling out the new card before the end of this year.   INSIDER GOLD Subscribe for full access to all our share and unit trust data tools, our award-winning articles, and support quality journalism in the process. SIGN UP Click here  for more information. Mbalula said the National Department of Transport (NDoT) wants to “kill the queues at DLTCs...

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