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/ 30 November 2006
The Mail & Guardian was on Thursday afternoon informed by the Office of the State Attorney in Johannesburg of its intention to interdict the newspaper. The action relates to articles regarding the scandal of police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi’s relationship with Brett Kebble murder accused Glenn Agliotti.
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/ 30 November 2006
The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) has expressed its concern at complaints against the media raised by National Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli, who has criticised recent reportage by the media on the activities of the National Prosecuting Authority and the Scorpions.
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/ 27 November 2006
The Democratic Alliance on Monday called for an urgent investigation into the Gautrain project, suggesting the Auditor General lead it. This follows weekend reports that two Cabinet ministers, among others, are among the shareholders of a consortium tasked with the already controversial Gautrain project.
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/ 26 November 2006
Tony Leon will step down as leader of the official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) in May, he told reporters in Johannesburg on Sunday. He said 13 years in office is ”the absolute upper limit of effective leadership”. Leon will, however, remain an MP and continue writing a book he has been commissioned to publish.
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/ 26 November 2006
Two Cabinet ministers, a deputy minister and National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete have shares in the consortium that is building the Gautrain, according to the <i>Sunday Times</i>. The shareholding structure in the Bombela Consortium, which won the R23-billion Gautrain bid, has been a closely guarded secret.
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/ 20 November 2006
President Thabo Mbeki told religious leaders on Monday to trust what he had done regarding the controversy around police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi — and they did. This was after the religious leaders had suggested an inquiry into the relationship between Selebi and Glenn Agliotti, who was arrested last week for the murder of Brett Kebble.
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/ 17 November 2006
A former Hell’s Angels biker who, it is believed, killed mining magnate Brett Kebble last October, has vanished, media reports said on Friday. Also, a Johannesburg police commissioner has apparently been arrested in connection with Glenn Agliotti, the businessman arrested on Thursday morning in connection with the murder.
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/ 16 November 2006
Two opposition parties have urged police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi to quit after the arrest for murder of his associate Glenn Agliotti. The Freedom Front Plus and the Democratic Alliance said on Thursday that Selebi’s links with the man arrested in connection with the killing of Brett Kebble should be investigated.
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/ 15 November 2006
Well-known broadcaster and former SAFM presenter Tony Lankester has teamed up with the Mail & Guardian Online to host a new weekly podcast show. The show looks at the major news stories in the M&G newspaper and the M&G Online, interviewing the editors and journalists behind the week’s stories.
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/ 13 November 2006
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Monday distanced itself from a <i>Sunday Times</i> report that the Scorpions were in possession of a diary linking police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi to Glenn Agliotti. Spokesperson Makhosini Nkosi said the report was written in a "dishonest way".