Author: Setumo Stone

Author

Are some more equal than others to step aside, cadres?
News

Are some more equal than others to step aside, cadres?

The ANC’s inconsistent application of its step-aside rule and potential damage the policy may cause to the political careers of its members was laid bare last... Read more.
Nongogo gets second bite at getting his NSFAS CEO job back
News

Nongogo gets second bite at getting his NSFAS CEO job back

Axed National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) CEO Andile Nongogo has won leave to appeal the judgment dismissing his urgent Labour Court case challenging t... Read more.
Optimum Coal Mine
Business, News

Coal export terminal at Richards Bay now open for Optimum Coal

Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) and Liberty Coal have kissed and made up after striking a coal export agreement for the former Gupta-owned Optimum Coal Mine (... Read more.
Ace Magashule trial
Politics

NPA suffers yet another setback against Ace with loss of witness

The NPA’s asbestos corruption case against former ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule, now the leader of the African Congress for Transformation, has been dea... Read more.
A rotten government will fail to protect human rights, says Phosa
Politics

A rotten government will fail to protect human rights, says Phosa

Poor governance is threatening to render South Africa’s world-acclaimed Constitution and Bill of Rights nothing but paper rights for many. Due to poor governa... Read more.
Liberty Coal counts losses as RBCT stalls
Business

Liberty Coal counts losses as RBCT stalls

The company that has acquired the ownership of Mpumalanga’s Optimum Coal Mine (OCM), previously owned by the Guptas, says it is losing direct revenue of more ... Read more.
New ex-Gupta mine owners play hard ball with big mining firms
Business

New ex-Gupta mine owners play hard ball with big mining firms

The new owners of Gupta’s former Optimum Coal Mine (OCM) have threatened court action should mining giants fail to grant Liberty Coal access to a lucrative co... Read more.
Optimum Coal Mine
Business

Optimum’s return to business frustrated by rival coal mines 

A fresh turf war has broken out -between the board of the Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) and Liberty Coal, which owns Optimum Coal Mine (OCM), over coal expo... Read more.
Kudakwashe Mpofu' residence permit
News

North West Development Corporation boss fights deportation 

The CFO of North West Development Corporation, Kuda Mpofu, is fighting tooth and nail to stop the Department of Home Affairs from deporting him to Zimbabwe afte... Read more.