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/ 4 September 2006
The government has moved to limit the fallout from a warning by Kwazulu-Natal Judge Chris Nicholson that a ”grave constitutional crisis” could occur if it defied court orders. ”Government wishes to reassure all South Africans in general, and the judiciary in particular, that court judgements are binding on the state and that all state institutions will abide by court decisions.
Startling new allegations against the man code-named "The Landlord" have emerged at a bail hearing following last month’s massive Scorpions-led drug bust.
Based on witness affidavits and source interviews, the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> last week identified the "The Landlord" as Glen Agliotti.
Glenn Agliotti, the Brett Kebble associate who is close to Police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi, has been identified by the Scorpions as a "boss" of "one of South Africa’s most prominent syndicates" smuggling drugs and other contraband. Scorpions Gauteng head Gerhard Nel dropped the bombshell — although under the cover of a code name.
The Scorpions appear to have knocked over the first domino in their bid to probe the criminal networks surrounding the late Brett Kebble. Last Friday, Directorate of Special Operations spokesperson Makhosini Nkosi announced the arrest of five people suspected of being part of an international drug syndicate.
President Thabo Mbeki faces an awkward trip to the World Cup this weekend. The focus of questions about the 1999 arms deal has shifted squarely onto him, with German investigators pursuing allegations that massive kickbacks were paid to help secure the contract to supply warships to the South African navy.
For months, the rumour mill that churns on in the wake of the collapse of the Kebble empire has been spitting out two names: Charles Cornwall and Paul Main.
”Go to Plettenberg Bay and visit the polo estates,” said the tipsters, ”you’ll find answers there.” But until this week Cornwall and Main — members of Plett’s jet set and aficionados of the rich man’s sport — had managed to stay off the front pages.
The façade of legality thrown up around the deportation of Pakistani national Khalid Rashid is crumbling as embarrassing new evidence about his fate trickles out of the Pretoria High Court. Despite repeated assurances by Minister of Home Affairs Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, it is now abundantly clear that this was no ordinary deportation.
Glenn Agliotti, the man National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi says is his ”friend, finish and klaar” is larger than life, charismatic and caring. He is also a fraudster who keeps popping up in proximity to contraband. Last week, the Mail & Guardian highlighted his association with Selebi and Brett Kebble.
National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi visited the Johannesburg home of slain businessman and fraudster Brett Kebble several times last year, mostly for social occasions, three sources with direct personal experience of the visits have told the <i>Mail & Guardian</i>.
Calls made by Brett Kebble in the hours before his death provide a fascinating window on the company he kept.