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/ 20 March 2008

Chaaban’s casino racket

Regular runs to Cape Town’s GrandWest casino to cash in table chips helped fund the R9-million floor-crossing campaign of controversial Cape Town councillor Badih Chaaban, the Mail & Guardian can reveal. Former spokesperson of Chaaban’s National People’s Party Juan Duval Uys made a sworn affidavit this week describing visits to the Goodwood casino.

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/ 15 February 2008

Confusion over SAPS, Scorpions integration

Uncertainty surround government’s proposals for merging the Scorpions with the police organised crime units — under South African Police Service control. Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula told Parliament on Tuesday: “The Scorpions will be dissolved and the organised crime unit of the police will be phased out and a new amalgamated unit will be created.”