Stefaans Brmmer
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/ 14 September 2006

M&G exposé stifled

The Mail & Guardian was interdicted from publishing a major story on Thursday when Maanda Manyatshe, the boss of cellphone giant MTN South Africa, applied for an interim interdict in the Johannesburg High Court to prevent its publication. After a request from Manyatshe’s lawyers, Judge Mohammed Jajbhay granted the applicants more time to respond to the M&G‘s answering affidavit.

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/ 8 September 2006

Don’t count your roubles

The R7,2-billion in foreign direct investment promised by the Russian investment group Renova may not be quite what it seems, documents detailing the financial structure of the deal suggest. The most prominent among the business people accompanying Russian President Vladimir Putin on his first visit to South Africa was Renova chairperson Victor Vekselberg, Russia’s third-richest man.

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/ 1 September 2006

Meet the Kebble ‘witness’

The homeless man who was arrested on Wednesday after claiming in a radio interview to have witnessed Brett Kebble’s murder, earlier gave the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> a description of the "killer". Lesego Amos Yekane (24) was interviewed by the <i>M&G</i> on Tuesday. He described the alleged killer as a "huge man with a bald head".

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/ 25 August 2006

Donen demands answers

The Donen Commission investigating abuse of the Iraqi oil-for-food programme is on the comeback trail. It is demanding testimony including how African National Congress secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe intervened with Saddam Hussein’s regime on behalf of the central figure in the Oilgate saga, Sandi Majali.

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/ 18 August 2006

Arms deal: The truth no one’s telling

What is it that "Silver Fox" Kessie Naidu told former justice minister Penuell Maduna and Scorpions boss Leonard McCarthy about the "encrypted fax" detailing Jacob Zuma’s alleged bribe demand — but that neither will disclose? Affidavits detail extraordinary off-the-record negotiations between the state and French arms group Thales.

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/ 16 June 2006

Kebble and the polo playboys

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.

Selebi’s friend, the fraud
/ 2 June 2006

Selebi’s friend, the fraud

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.