Stefaans Brmmer
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/ 2 March 2007

Nassif now Bad Guy number one

The Scorpions investigation into Brett Kebble’s murder is shifting focus from Glenn Agliotti as the main target to Clinton Nassif, the mining magnate’s security consultant. Nassif’s house in southern Johannesburg was among the premises raided countrywide by Scorpions investigators this week — even though Nassif’s status has been that of cooperating witness.

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/ 23 February 2007

Kebble suspect fights extradition

Australian John Stratton, a suspect in the Brett Kebble murder case, has launched a pre-emptive strike to prevent his extradition from Australia to stand trial alongside alleged crime boss Glenn “the Landlord” Agliotti. Stratton was a close confidant of Kebble and is widely regarded as the éminence grise behind many of the mining tycoon’s financial schemes.

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/ 16 February 2007

Masetlha points to Kasrils

Astonishing new allegations relating to the ”hoax e-mail” affair and the sacking of former National Intelligence Agency director general Billy Masetlha have emerged from a previously secret affidavit. In it the former spy boss accuses Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils of being the tool of a sinister ”grouping” that was pursuing political objectives with the help of a unit within the Scorpions.

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/ 16 February 2007

Saki, the spooks and the French

Classified papers filed in Billy Masetlha’s court application to be reinstated as the chief of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) have exposed details of the agency’s botched surveillance of business-person Saki Macozoma. Masetlha was suspended as director general of the NIA in October 2005 following the Macozoma fiasco.

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/ 26 January 2007

ANC admits it used BEE funding front

ANC secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe has admitted that Chancellor House — the black economic “empowerment” (BEE) group exposed by the Mail & Guardian last year — is a ruling-party funding vehicle. Motlanthe’s admission was contained in articles on the ANC, business and funding published in the Financial Mail last week. He is quoted as saying that Chancellor House is an “ANC vehicle” whose sole purpose is funding the ANC.

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/ 19 January 2007

PetroSA softens demand

PetroSA is finally taking Imvume to court for defaulting on its Oilgate debt -– but the oil parastatal will let Imvume off the hook for millions of rands in interest owed. Previous attempts by PetroSA to recover the R18-million debt have been feeble. The parastatal justified its soft approach by saying that if Imvume were liquidated “there would be very little proceeds flowing into PetroSA”.