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Selebi’s financial affairs under scrutiny in court
Article
/ 28 April 2010

Selebi’s financial affairs under scrutiny in court

A document compiled by Jackie Selebi’s wife has become the focal point of the former police chief’s cross-examination in the South Gauteng High Court.

By Adriaan Basson
Selebi’s cash ‘in wife’s hands’
Article
/ 28 April 2010

Selebi’s cash ‘in wife’s hands’

Although he was the breadwinner, former police chief Jackie Selebi depended on his wife for cash, the South Gauteng High Court has heard.

By Adriaan Basson
The emperor’s new clothes
Article
/ 23 April 2010

The emperor’s new clothes

Former police chief Jackie Selebi cuts a poor figure in the witness box and plays into the prosecution’s hands, writes Adriaan Basson.

By Lloyd Gedye
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Article
/ 22 April 2010

Wanted: Country manager for Google SA

Google South Africa head Stephen Newton — who has been on the job less than a year — has resigned, the company has announced on Thursday.

By Ilham Rawoot and Adriaan Basson
Selebi admits consulting state witness
Article
/ 22 April 2010

Selebi admits consulting state witness

Former top cop Jackie Selebi admitted on Thursday afternoon to consulting with a state witness after his corruption trial had already begun.

By Ilham Rawoot and Adriaan Basson
‘You lie’, Mr Selebi
Article
/ 22 April 2010

‘You lie’, Mr Selebi

Prosecutor Gerrie Nel on Thursday morning accused former police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi of fabricating a declassified document.

By Ilham Rawoot and Adriaan Basson
Selebi trial waits on declassified document
Article
/ 21 April 2010

Selebi trial waits on declassified document

The trial of former police boss Jackie Selebi was adjourned on Wednesday to allow him to go home and fetch an alleged secret report he declassified.

By Adriaan Basson
Selebi admits showing Agliotti intelligence report
Article
/ 20 April 2010

Selebi admits showing Agliotti intelligence report

Former police chief Jackie Selebi admitted on Tuesday that he used his position to declassify a document for drug dealer Glenn Agliotti.

By Adriaan Basson
State presses Selebi over phone calls
Article
/ 20 April 2010

State presses Selebi over phone calls

Jackie Selebi’s cellphone records may solve a mystery of an alleged series of calls between him and former spy boss Manala Manzini in January 2008.

By Adriaan Basson
State accuses Selebi of changing evidence
Article
/ 19 April 2010

State accuses Selebi of changing evidence

The state has accused former police boss Jackie Selebi of changing his evidence to distance himself from drug lord Glenn Agliotti.

By Adriaan Basson
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Article
/ 19 April 2010

Why did Selebi pay for information he already had?

The police paid an informant R500 000 for information drug-lord Glenn Agliotti gave former top cop Jackie Selebi for free.

By Adriaan Basson
Selebi and prosecutor cross swords
Article
/ 16 April 2010

Selebi and prosecutor cross swords

Emotions flared on Friday as the prosecution repeatedly asked Jackie Selebi why he had shown drug-dealer Glenn Agliotti a secret police document.

By Adriaan Basson
Selebi trial hears of plans to prosecute Mbeki
Article
/ 15 April 2010

Selebi trial hears of plans to prosecute Mbeki

Jackie Selebi told a court on Thursday that the NPA had planned to prosecute former president Thabo Mbeki for crimes committed during the struggle.

By Jackie Mapiloko and Adriaan Basson
Court dismisses Selebi’s application for discharge
Article
/ 12 April 2010

Court dismisses Selebi’s application for discharge

A court has dismissed an application by former police national commissioner Jackie Selebi to have corruption charges thrown out.

By Adriaan Basson
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Article
/ 8 April 2010

State has a ‘prima facie case’ against Selebi

Even if drug dealer Glenn Agliotti honestly believed he wasn’t bribing Jackie Selebi, SA’s former top cop could still be convicted of corruption.

By Adriaan Basson
Defence wraps up argument in Selebi discharge application
Article
/ 8 April 2010

Defence wraps up argument in Selebi discharge application

Jackie Selebi’s advocate finished his arguments in court on Thursday in an application by the former top cop for a discharge from his corruption case.

By Adriaan Basson
Selebi wants Agliotti’s evidence scrapped
Article
/ 7 April 2010

Selebi wants Agliotti’s evidence scrapped

Former top cop Jackie Selebi wants the South Gauteng High Court to rule that his main accuser, drug dealer Glenn Agliotti, was an unreliable witness.

By Adriaan Basson
Selebi targets Agliotti in discharge application
Article
/ 7 April 2010

Selebi targets Agliotti in discharge application

Glenn Agliotti was "one of the worst, if not the worst, witnesses ever to testify in an SA court", the South Gauteng High Court heard on Wednesday.

By Adriaan Basson
Bosasa in line for another state tender
Article
/ 19 March 2010

Bosasa in line for another state tender

Controversial facilities management group Bosasa, which is under investigation by the police, could win another multimillion-rand government contract.

By Adriaan Basson
Nyanda’s ‘caviar lifestyle’ an insult
Article
/ 12 March 2010

Nyanda’s ‘caviar lifestyle’ an insult

Opposition parties have slammed Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda’s "caviar and silk lifestyle" after the <i>M&G</i> revealed his hotel splurge.

By Adriaan Basson
Kenya rail deal fails
Africa
/ 12 March 2010

Kenya rail deal fails

‘Financial commitment’ of South African businessman to revamp concession is questioned.

By Lionel Faull and Adriaan Basson
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Article
/ 5 March 2010

Crony capitalists on JZ’s coat-tails

Key arms deal lobbyist and apartheid-era sanctions buster Tony Georgiadis is part President Jacob Zuma’s 213-person-strong business delegation.

By Adriaan Basson
Gazelle’s Chic Afrique
Article
/ 26 February 2010

Gazelle’s Chic Afrique

Adriaan Basson posed a few quick questions to Gazelle, the next best thing in Afrikaans dance music.

By Miles Keylock
Jack Parow: Meet the Afrikaans ‘Eminem’
Article
/ 26 February 2010

Jack Parow: Meet the Afrikaans ‘Eminem’

The <em>Mail & Guardian</em> caught up with Jack Parow, the ‘Afrikaans Eminem’.

By Adriaan Basson
Tearing down the boerewors curtain
Article
/ 26 February 2010

Tearing down the boerewors curtain

Adriaan Basson looks at the recent explosion of Afrikaans hip-hop, rap and dance groups that are kicking up a zef storm.

By Adriaan Basson
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Article
/ 26 February 2010

Prisons DG fights back

Axed prisons boss Xoliswa Sibeko, who was cleared of wrongdoing in a disciplinary hearing, is fighting the termination of her contract by government.

By Adriaan Basson
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Article
/ 5 February 2010

Cope takes Nyanda to Public Protector

New Public Protector Thulisile Madonsela will receive her first major complaint since taking office last October.

By Adriaan Basson
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Article
/ 3 February 2010

Judge grants ‘final postponement’ in Kebble trial

The murder trial of mining boss Brett Kebble was postponed until July 26 in the South Gauteng High Court on Wednesday.

By Adriaan Basson
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Article
/ 1 February 2010

Kebble murder trial due to start this week

The murder trial of Brett Kebble will start in the South Gauteng High Court on Wednesday. There are rumours that Judge Kathy Satchwell will preside

By Adriaan Basson
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Article
/ 1 February 2010

Cwele takes Gilder fight to Constitutional Court

Minister of State Security Siyabonga Cwele is taking his fight to keep Barry Gilder out of the witness box to the Constitutional Court.

By Adriaan Basson
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Article
/ 29 January 2010

Row brews over beer supply

World Cup sponsor may not be able to meet demand, opening the way for other companies to step in.

By Lloyd Gedye and Adriaan Basson
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Article
/ 29 January 2010

Nyanda Inc makes millions from govt

Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda owns a 50% stake in a company that has at least five contracts with government agencies.

By Adriaan Basson
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