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/ 28 September 2005
Many corrupt police officials believe nothing serious will happen to them if they are caught — and police corruption often goes unchecked because it is not reported. Almost half of police disciplinary hearings in 2003/04 resulted in no action against accused officers, giving rise to the perception that "absolutely nothing" will happen to corrupt officers.
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/ 21 September 2005
Six police officers at the Booysens police station in southern Johannesburg have been arrested on charges of corruption and assault, police said on Wednesday. This follows a recent television exposé.
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/ 19 September 2005
Telecommunications group Telkom has suspended three executives — Pinky Moholi, Belinda Williams and Oupa Magashula — pending an inquiry, it emerged on Monday. Telkom corporate communications executive Lulu Letlape said the three executives were asked to take a "leave of absence" pending an internal probe.
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/ 14 September 2005
The Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) condemned Telkom on Wednesday for asking police to break up a small picket held on Monday outside Telkom’s head office in Pretoria. In a press statement on Thursday, the FXI said: "Telkom’s attempt to stop the picket by calling on the police to intervene was unjust."
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/ 14 September 2005
The Independent Democrats suffered a setback on Wednesday with the defection of two of its seven MPs, Cecil Burgess and Chris Wang, to the African National Congress. Western Cape MPL Mzwandile Manjiya also defected to the ANC along with Burgess and Wang.
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/ 12 September 2005
The Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) picketed outside Telkom’s head offices in Pretoria on Monday, accusing the telecommunication giant of ignoring it and its grievances. The FXI says Telkom refused to attend a recent meeting to discuss issues including the poor roll-out of telephone lines in rural and poor areas.
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/ 8 September 2005
The Booysens policemen who were filmed accepting bribes from alleged illegal immigrants were still on the beat on Thursday, four days after Gauteng police management were alerted to the alleged corruption. And while two of the policeman were clearly shown accepting bribes in the Special Assignment programme, Gauteng police say this may not be enough to secure their successful prosecution.
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/ 7 September 2005
It seems that even if police officers are shown on national television accepting bribes, they can keep their jobs. After the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s Special Assignment showed officers accepting bribes from alleged illegal immigrants, the seven officers in question were still on the beat on Wednesday.
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/ 7 September 2005
Roy Bennett, a member of the Zimbabwe opposition Movement for Democratic Change, was recently released from jail.
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/ 6 September 2005
Zimbabwe’s vice-president has promised that people who lost homes in the government’s controversial urban clean-up campaign will be given priority in a housing programme launched in its wake, a newspaper said on Tuesday. Meanwhile, a controversial new Bill in Zimbabwe continues to reel in strong criticism.