Mariette Le Roux
Guest Author
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/ 14 February 2005

Yengeni ‘had no option’ but to plead guilty

Politician and convicted fraudster Tony Yengeni has accused former national director of public prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka of reneging on a deal guaranteeing him a maximum R5 000 fine in exchange for a guilty plea. Yengeni, who faces a four-year prison term, claims the agreement was struck at a meeting between himself, Ngcuka and then justice minister Penuell Maduna.

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/ 26 January 2005

Photos of naked children found at advocates’ home

Pictures of naked children, footage of bestiality and the so-called date-rape drug Rohypnol were among items found at the home of an advocate pair facing an array of sexual assault charges, the Pretoria High Court heard on Wednesday. Captain Carel Cornelius, the original investigating officer in the case of Cezanne Visser and Dirk Prinsloo, was testifying.

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/ 24 January 2005

Winnie appeal could backfire

By pursuing an application for leave to appeal against their fraud convictions, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and broker Addy Moolman risk another court imposing heavier sentences, the state warned on Monday. ”There is no prospect of the sentences changing to their benefit,” advocate Jan Ferreira argued for the state in the Pretoria High Court.

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/ 25 December 2004

Mpumalanga matric results withheld

Amid allegations of examination fraud, Mpumalanga’s matric results are to be withheld when those of the rest of the country are announced next Wednesday, examination controlling body Umalusi said on Friday. Mpumalanga matric candidates may only know their results by the second week of next year.

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/ 16 December 2004

Mbeki lauds SA reconciliation

President Thabo Mbeki gave South Africa’s reconciliation process a glowing report card on Thursday, saying black and white citizens are standing up for freedom together. ”We have begun to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood and sisterhood,” he said at Reconciliation Day celebrations in Pretoria.

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/ 15 December 2004

Road deaths same as last year

The number of road deaths so far this December appears about the same as last year, the Department of Transport said in Pretoria on Wednesday. ”This is incredibly disappointing for us,” said the department’s chief director of land transportation regulation, Wendy Watson.