Former Rustenburg mayor Matthew Wolmarans, who is serving a 20-year jail sentence for murdering a corruption whistle-blower, is still being paid a salary by the Rustenburg municipality. This was confirmed by the current mayor, Mpho Khunou. The Mail & Guardian has established that although Wolmarans stepped down as mayor, his contract as council speaker is […]
Mega-rich Zimbabwean businessman Robert Mhlanga stands at the centre of an opaque network of companies set up to cash in on the Marange diamond fields with the help of the Zimbabwe government. Mhlanga, a retired air vice-marshall, is widely regarded as a close associate of President Robert Mugabe and a business representative of the Mugabe […]
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/ 7 September 2012
The years since the murder work in former crime boss’s favour and place witnesses under stress
A court ruling that found the social grants contract "illegal has left many questions unanswered
Premature babies swaddled in plastic wrap, rotting limbs and the reuse of discarded medical items — these are some of the scenarios recounted to the Mail & Guardian during a tour of public hospitals in Limpopo last month. The radiology departments of some hospitals are not functioning, which means doctors cannot perform orthopaedic surgery. In […]
Questions have arisen about how ANC politicians Tokkie Mataboge acquired a pricey car belonging to murder-convicted former mayor Matthew Wolmarans.
The National Prosecuting Authority’s legal team has been bickering for weeks.
An alleged attempt to halt a probe follows prior accusations of meddling in controversial cases.
“Yossi, you don’t get it. I understand the politics of negroes.” Thus, Dan Gertler once bragged of his talent for cutting audacious deals with the Congolese government. Recorded in about 2000, the revealing slur was made during the early days of the Israeli diamond scion’s ambitious Democratic Republic of Congo venture. (See also: “Sexwale’s claims […]
NEWS ANALYSIS: It is inconceivable that the minister does not know what his company does with his money