Sipho Seepe said ( about Jacob Zuma ) : “Individuals associated with former President Jacob Zuma would be treated differently. The so-called ANC veterans, so-called foundations and the media fraternity would have been up in arms. They would probably have called for the immediate suspension of the minister,”

iol Sunday, May 30, 2021 3:48:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “Many senior ANC members have been implicated in acts of corruption. Affidavits have been disposed of in this regard. Despite this, the NPA has been reluctant to charge these individuals. It would seem such state action is reserved for those seen to be calling for radical transformation of the economy,”

iol Saturday, May 15, 2021 6:05:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “The last provision on the resolution argues that steps taken by the organisation must comply with the county's Constitution. The country's Constitution is crystal that all persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Being charged by a partisan ’National Prosecuting Authority’ is no proof of one's guilt,”

iol Friday, May 7, 2021 2:09:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “The last provision on the resolution argues that steps taken by the organisation must comply with the country’s Constitution. The Constitution is crystal clear that all persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Being charged by a partisan ‘National Prosecuting Authority’ is no proof of one’s guilt,”

iol Friday, May 7, 2021 2:09:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “He had no business to approach the chief justice. He could simply have waited to hear from his friend (Pillay). This was not just disrespectful, but also bordered on throwing around his political weight,”

iol Thursday, April 15, 2021 1:22:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “The chief justice may have felt that since the outcome of the interview was already public and the individuals concerned did not succeed, it was not necessary to entertain it any further,”

iol Thursday, April 15, 2021 1:22:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said ( about Jacob Zuma ) : “There might be a good reason for him to want to do it because the case is political now. There have been many instances where our judges have made political statements, and even the Constitutional Court itself has behaved like a kangaroo court,” “When you have the simplest case of JZ (Jacob Zuma), which has a notion of a kangaroo court. You have a Constitutional Court entertaining a matter and pretending that JZ has not filed a case against (Deputy Chief Justice Raymond) Zondo’s refusal to recuse himself in the high court. The simplest thing that the Concourt should have done when Zondo approached it, is to first verify whether these rumours are true that your recusal has been requested. But the court chose to pretend that the process was not there”

iol Monday, April 12, 2021 1:20:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “It is a no-holds-barred response. He takes no prisoners and leaves no prisoners”

iol Wednesday, February 17, 2021 10:19:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said ( about Jacob Zuma ) : “There’s a legal process which is under way where Msholozi (Zuma) is asking for Zondo to recuse himself, so ruling in this fashion the court pretended that the recusal application did not exist. The judge (Zondo) appears to be petty and his behaviour is that of someone who is eyeing a top position, which is the Chief Justice position in this case. This thing creates a conundrum that will expose that the Concourt didn’t apply its mind when giving the order (for Zuma to appear before the commission),”

iol Tuesday, February 16, 2021 10:31:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “The first that can be said is the issue of accountability. Normally the impeachment proceedings are sitting presidents. Trump's impeachment trial is precedent setting. Second, the bar is set high for impeachment to succeed. It requires a two-thirds majority. Third, most Republicans stuck to their guns. To have voted in favour would result in their having to answer to their constituency, which remains intact. About 70 million Americans voted for Trump. If you are a career politician, you don't easily shrug off that number. Already Republicans that voted to impeach Trump are now facing a backlash. Fourth, the outcome means that Trump can run again if he so chooses. He can rely on the same grouping to support come next elections”

iol Monday, February 15, 2021 2:33:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “Of course all the above concerns means nothing for a country that is being reduced to a banana republic. Most important is the fact that veterans are not opposed to the rooting out of corruption, they suggest that these must be handled in a responsible way,”

iol Monday, February 8, 2021 11:30:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said ( about error ) : “It was a tactical error by the former president to take the stand he has chosen as he has given ammunition to many people who are against him”

iol Thursday, February 4, 2021 10:32:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “I am surprised people were taken by surprise. There was an unhinged president for four years”

iol Friday, January 8, 2021 4:52:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “Things had come to a point where Trump’s mental state was questioned by members of his own cabinet and that he would fire people who disagreed with him. Another factor of the Trump presidency was how there was how many of his staff members resigned during his presidency. The lesson is that democracy cannot be taken for granted,”

iol Friday, January 8, 2021 4:52:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “He was on the ground in the country, working with unions and in factories,”

dailytimesPK Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:55:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : "He was on the ground in the country, working with unions and in factories,"

standardmedia Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:05:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : "He was on the ground in the country, working with unions and in factories,"

modernghana Wednesday, November 25, 2020 5:28:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “He was on the ground in the country, working with unions and in factories,”

guardian-ng Wednesday, November 25, 2020 4:48:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “He was on the ground in the country, working with unions and in factories,”

ngrguardiannews Wednesday, November 25, 2020 4:42:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : "He was on the ground in the country, working with unions and in factories,"

digitaljournal Wednesday, November 25, 2020 5:41:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : "He was on the ground in the country, working with unions and in factories,"

afp-en Wednesday, November 25, 2020 4:54:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : "Remember the president can only respond to what is presented in Parliament and Maimane asked a question he could not ignore.The Public Protector would have been busy with other things and when it was brought to her attention and she is obligated by law to investigate. The fact is that it opened a can of worms. Tony Leon's friend had donated and they did not want it to be known ... Maimane was not getting it… It is a matter of fact that Leon was not happy. It was a matter of fact that Helen Zille was not happy with that and pronounced herself as such,"

bulawayo24 Friday, October 25, 2019 12:59:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “The ANC suffers from the need to be affirmed. It wants to please all people and as a result it sends mixed messages which make implementation impossibly difficult,”

nan Monday, December 31, 2018 8:50:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe warned ( about Saida Harrigan ) : “The ANC will succeed in becoming enemy of the people with South Africa becoming ungovernable,”

nan Monday, December 31, 2018 8:50:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe told ( about Saida Harrigan ) : “The anti-colonial struggle was like any revolution based on land, and this means that the South African transition would be incomplete without addressing this historic injustice which has correctly been described as South Africa’s original sin,”

nan Monday, December 31, 2018 8:50:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : "It wants to please all people and as a result it sends mixed messages which make implementation impossibly difficult,"

coastweek Sunday, December 30, 2018 10:02:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe warned ( about Saida Harrigan ) : "The ANC will succeed in becoming enemy of the people with South Africa becoming ungovernable,"

coastweek Sunday, December 30, 2018 10:02:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe told ( about Saida Harrigan ) : "The anti-colonial struggle was like any revolution based on land, and this means that the South African transition would be incomplete without addressing this historic injustice which has correctly been described as South Africa’s original sin,"

coastweek Sunday, December 30, 2018 10:02:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe warned ( about Saida Harrigan ) : "The ANC will succeed in becoming enemy of the people with South Africa becoming ungovernable,"

xinhuanet_en Sunday, December 30, 2018 2:21:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe told ( about Saida Harrigan ) : "The anti-colonial struggle was like any revolution based on land, and this means that the South African transition would be incomplete without addressing this historic injustice which has correctly been described as South Africa's original sin,"

xinhuanet_en Sunday, December 30, 2018 2:21:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said ( about President Mugabe ) : "This is clearly seen in the statements that have been made by the military commanders who have made statements in public when they stated that President Mugabe is still the commander in chief of the armed forces,"

coastweek Thursday, November 16, 2017 12:27:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe added : "Most people in the region want a dignified exit for Mugabe, so I think there will now be arrangements to facilitate that,"

coastweek Thursday, November 16, 2017 12:27:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said ( about President Mugabe ) : "This is clearly seen in the statements that have been made by the military commanders who have made statements in public when they stated that President Mugabe is still the commander in chief of the armed forces,"

china.org.cn Thursday, November 16, 2017 12:12:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe added ( about President Mugabe ) : "Most people in the region want a dignified exit for Mugabe, so I think there will now be arrangements to facilitate that,"

china.org.cn Thursday, November 16, 2017 12:12:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : "Today, the challenges are different … we don’t want to have a leader who is presented to us where people say Prince is a good guy. We want to know that given the challenges that we are facing, how {is he/she] going to resolve them"

enca Wednesday, January 18, 2017 12:05:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe added : "There's no way that you're going to have so many contradictions that are there within the ANC. Those were held together by the fact that there was a glue. That glue is gone. What the organisation must also learn is that it must also allow certain groupings. You cannot continue to have a capitalist sitting comfortably with a communist or with a traditionalist. That was always managed well, right now it's not manageable"

enca Wednesday, January 18, 2017 12:05:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “She’s not being made a scapegoat, she’s being made to account but we must also understand that the minister’s accounting is not only limited to the party, it also includes accounting to the person who appointed her, The President,”

enca Monday, July 11, 2016 12:24:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said ( about Luthuli House ) : “We should not celebrate that, because later we’d be actually saying that the SABC is controlled from Luthuli House and we do not want that situation,”

enca Monday, July 11, 2016 12:24:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “Many of the people contesting for positions don’t have gainful employment other than political activism. When people don’t get into positions, it is a threat to their livelihood,”

iol Saturday, May 28, 2016 12:08:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said ( about Jacob Zuma ) : “The ANC still sees Zuma as a trump card; he’s still connected to the people. Whenever the ANC goes to large gatherings, Zuma still has a lot of support. Those who want to see change must accept this reality,”

mg Saturday, May 21, 2016 1:08:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “I don’t see a weakened president. At government level, Zuma chooses not to retreat on Van Rooyen because he’s trying to prove his decision was not uninformed, as it is being portrayed. It’s more of a personal matter, to show that he was not ignorant,”

mg Saturday, May 21, 2016 1:08:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said ( about Jacob Zuma ) : “Individuals associated with former President Jacob Zuma would be treated differently. The so-called ANC veterans, so-called foundations and the media fraternity would have been up in arms. They would probably have called for the immediate suspension of the minister,”

iol Sunday, May 30, 2021 3:48:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “Many senior ANC members have been implicated in acts of corruption. Affidavits have been disposed of in this regard. Despite this, the NPA has been reluctant to charge these individuals. It would seem such state action is reserved for those seen to be calling for radical transformation of the economy,”

iol Saturday, May 15, 2021 6:05:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “The last provision on the resolution argues that steps taken by the organisation must comply with the county's Constitution. The country's Constitution is crystal that all persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Being charged by a partisan ’National Prosecuting Authority’ is no proof of one's guilt,”

iol Friday, May 7, 2021 2:09:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “The last provision on the resolution argues that steps taken by the organisation must comply with the country’s Constitution. The Constitution is crystal clear that all persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Being charged by a partisan ‘National Prosecuting Authority’ is no proof of one’s guilt,”

iol Friday, May 7, 2021 2:09:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “He had no business to approach the chief justice. He could simply have waited to hear from his friend (Pillay). This was not just disrespectful, but also bordered on throwing around his political weight,”

iol Thursday, April 15, 2021 1:22:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “The chief justice may have felt that since the outcome of the interview was already public and the individuals concerned did not succeed, it was not necessary to entertain it any further,”

iol Thursday, April 15, 2021 1:22:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said ( about Jacob Zuma ) : “There might be a good reason for him to want to do it because the case is political now. There have been many instances where our judges have made political statements, and even the Constitutional Court itself has behaved like a kangaroo court,” “When you have the simplest case of JZ (Jacob Zuma), which has a notion of a kangaroo court. You have a Constitutional Court entertaining a matter and pretending that JZ has not filed a case against (Deputy Chief Justice Raymond) Zondo’s refusal to recuse himself in the high court. The simplest thing that the Concourt should have done when Zondo approached it, is to first verify whether these rumours are true that your recusal has been requested. But the court chose to pretend that the process was not there”

iol Monday, April 12, 2021 1:20:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “It is a no-holds-barred response. He takes no prisoners and leaves no prisoners”

iol Wednesday, February 17, 2021 10:19:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said ( about Jacob Zuma ) : “There’s a legal process which is under way where Msholozi (Zuma) is asking for Zondo to recuse himself, so ruling in this fashion the court pretended that the recusal application did not exist. The judge (Zondo) appears to be petty and his behaviour is that of someone who is eyeing a top position, which is the Chief Justice position in this case. This thing creates a conundrum that will expose that the Concourt didn’t apply its mind when giving the order (for Zuma to appear before the commission),”

iol Tuesday, February 16, 2021 10:31:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “The first that can be said is the issue of accountability. Normally the impeachment proceedings are sitting presidents. Trump's impeachment trial is precedent setting. Second, the bar is set high for impeachment to succeed. It requires a two-thirds majority. Third, most Republicans stuck to their guns. To have voted in favour would result in their having to answer to their constituency, which remains intact. About 70 million Americans voted for Trump. If you are a career politician, you don't easily shrug off that number. Already Republicans that voted to impeach Trump are now facing a backlash. Fourth, the outcome means that Trump can run again if he so chooses. He can rely on the same grouping to support come next elections”

iol Monday, February 15, 2021 2:33:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “Of course all the above concerns means nothing for a country that is being reduced to a banana republic. Most important is the fact that veterans are not opposed to the rooting out of corruption, they suggest that these must be handled in a responsible way,”

iol Monday, February 8, 2021 11:30:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said ( about error ) : “It was a tactical error by the former president to take the stand he has chosen as he has given ammunition to many people who are against him”

iol Thursday, February 4, 2021 10:32:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “I am surprised people were taken by surprise. There was an unhinged president for four years”

iol Friday, January 8, 2021 4:52:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “Things had come to a point where Trump’s mental state was questioned by members of his own cabinet and that he would fire people who disagreed with him. Another factor of the Trump presidency was how there was how many of his staff members resigned during his presidency. The lesson is that democracy cannot be taken for granted,”

iol Friday, January 8, 2021 4:52:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “He was on the ground in the country, working with unions and in factories,”

dailytimesPK Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:55:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : "He was on the ground in the country, working with unions and in factories,"

standardmedia Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:05:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : "He was on the ground in the country, working with unions and in factories,"

modernghana Wednesday, November 25, 2020 5:28:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “He was on the ground in the country, working with unions and in factories,”

guardian-ng Wednesday, November 25, 2020 4:48:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “He was on the ground in the country, working with unions and in factories,”

ngrguardiannews Wednesday, November 25, 2020 4:42:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : "He was on the ground in the country, working with unions and in factories,"

digitaljournal Wednesday, November 25, 2020 5:41:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : "He was on the ground in the country, working with unions and in factories,"

afp-en Wednesday, November 25, 2020 4:54:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : "Remember the president can only respond to what is presented in Parliament and Maimane asked a question he could not ignore.The Public Protector would have been busy with other things and when it was brought to her attention and she is obligated by law to investigate. The fact is that it opened a can of worms. Tony Leon's friend had donated and they did not want it to be known ... Maimane was not getting it… It is a matter of fact that Leon was not happy. It was a matter of fact that Helen Zille was not happy with that and pronounced herself as such,"

bulawayo24 Friday, October 25, 2019 12:59:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “The ANC suffers from the need to be affirmed. It wants to please all people and as a result it sends mixed messages which make implementation impossibly difficult,”

nan Monday, December 31, 2018 8:50:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe warned ( about Saida Harrigan ) : “The ANC will succeed in becoming enemy of the people with South Africa becoming ungovernable,”

nan Monday, December 31, 2018 8:50:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe told ( about Saida Harrigan ) : “The anti-colonial struggle was like any revolution based on land, and this means that the South African transition would be incomplete without addressing this historic injustice which has correctly been described as South Africa’s original sin,”

nan Monday, December 31, 2018 8:50:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : "It wants to please all people and as a result it sends mixed messages which make implementation impossibly difficult,"

coastweek Sunday, December 30, 2018 10:02:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe warned ( about Saida Harrigan ) : "The ANC will succeed in becoming enemy of the people with South Africa becoming ungovernable,"

coastweek Sunday, December 30, 2018 10:02:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe told ( about Saida Harrigan ) : "The anti-colonial struggle was like any revolution based on land, and this means that the South African transition would be incomplete without addressing this historic injustice which has correctly been described as South Africa’s original sin,"

coastweek Sunday, December 30, 2018 10:02:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe warned ( about Saida Harrigan ) : "The ANC will succeed in becoming enemy of the people with South Africa becoming ungovernable,"

xinhuanet_en Sunday, December 30, 2018 2:21:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe told ( about Saida Harrigan ) : "The anti-colonial struggle was like any revolution based on land, and this means that the South African transition would be incomplete without addressing this historic injustice which has correctly been described as South Africa's original sin,"

xinhuanet_en Sunday, December 30, 2018 2:21:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said ( about President Mugabe ) : "This is clearly seen in the statements that have been made by the military commanders who have made statements in public when they stated that President Mugabe is still the commander in chief of the armed forces,"

coastweek Thursday, November 16, 2017 12:27:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe added : "Most people in the region want a dignified exit for Mugabe, so I think there will now be arrangements to facilitate that,"

coastweek Thursday, November 16, 2017 12:27:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said ( about President Mugabe ) : "This is clearly seen in the statements that have been made by the military commanders who have made statements in public when they stated that President Mugabe is still the commander in chief of the armed forces,"

china.org.cn Thursday, November 16, 2017 12:12:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe added ( about President Mugabe ) : "Most people in the region want a dignified exit for Mugabe, so I think there will now be arrangements to facilitate that,"

china.org.cn Thursday, November 16, 2017 12:12:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : "Today, the challenges are different … we don’t want to have a leader who is presented to us where people say Prince is a good guy. We want to know that given the challenges that we are facing, how {is he/she] going to resolve them"

enca Wednesday, January 18, 2017 12:05:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe added : "There's no way that you're going to have so many contradictions that are there within the ANC. Those were held together by the fact that there was a glue. That glue is gone. What the organisation must also learn is that it must also allow certain groupings. You cannot continue to have a capitalist sitting comfortably with a communist or with a traditionalist. That was always managed well, right now it's not manageable"

enca Wednesday, January 18, 2017 12:05:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “She’s not being made a scapegoat, she’s being made to account but we must also understand that the minister’s accounting is not only limited to the party, it also includes accounting to the person who appointed her, The President,”

enca Monday, July 11, 2016 12:24:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said ( about Luthuli House ) : “We should not celebrate that, because later we’d be actually saying that the SABC is controlled from Luthuli House and we do not want that situation,”

enca Monday, July 11, 2016 12:24:00 PM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “Many of the people contesting for positions don’t have gainful employment other than political activism. When people don’t get into positions, it is a threat to their livelihood,”

iol Saturday, May 28, 2016 12:08:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said ( about Jacob Zuma ) : “The ANC still sees Zuma as a trump card; he’s still connected to the people. Whenever the ANC goes to large gatherings, Zuma still has a lot of support. Those who want to see change must accept this reality,”

mg Saturday, May 21, 2016 1:08:00 AM EAT

Sipho Seepe said : “I don’t see a weakened president. At government level, Zuma chooses not to retreat on Van Rooyen because he’s trying to prove his decision was not uninformed, as it is being portrayed. It’s more of a personal matter, to show that he was not ignorant,”

mg Saturday, May 21, 2016 1:08:00 AM EAT