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/ 20 October 2006

NPA accused of cover-up

Senior officials of the National Prosecuting Authority have expressed fears that it is engaged in a cover-up of the extent to which its staff looted at least R1-million from the C-fund, set up to pay off informers. The Mail & Guardian is in possession of a top-secret dossier, prepared in December 2004, containing information relating to the alleged misuse of funds by more than 20 officials.

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/ 20 October 2006

The deputy and the Dutch tycoon

The arrest of controversial Dutch oil tycoon John Deuss has exposed a trail of questionable influence leading to South Africa’s second highest office. The fortunes of Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka’s political adviser, Ayanda Nkuhlu, are intimately tied to those of Deuss, whose company has seconded him to Mlambo-Ngcuka’s part-time service.

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/ 20 October 2006

Media are capitalist triggers

"Today, the overriding importance of media and information has made the pen — or at least the computer — perhaps the most powerful weapon of all," writes Zwelinzima Vavi. South African journalists defend the current capitalist economic system as logical and good, and strive to ensure its survival.