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Adriaan Basson Author

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/ 27 January 2010

Top advocate Seth Nthai suspended

A top South African advocate was suspended on Tuesday pending the outcome of an investigation into alleged irregularities.

By Adriaan Basson
Vodacom storm in a BEE cup
Article
/ 22 January 2010

Vodacom storm in a BEE cup

Allegations against former CEO arise from soured deal and are ‘half-baked’ and ‘vindictive’.

By Lloyd Gedye and Adriaan Basson
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/ 15 January 2010

Balfour backed private house for prisons boss

Former correctional services minister Ngconde Balfour encouraged his prisons boss, Xoliswa Sibeko, not to use her official residence.

By Adriaan Basson
Sizing up 2010 terror threat
Article
/ 15 January 2010

Sizing up 2010 terror threat

Despite concerns about Somali jihadis, a US intelligence analyst insists crime remains a greater concern for the World Cup than terrorism.

By Adriaan Basson
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/ 24 December 2009

New audiences, new fans

Multidisciplinary works take the lead and there’s a new confidence in the voices of our young theatremakers.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 17 November 2009

Pikoli takes stand and tells of blackmail attempt

Former top cop Jackie Selebi allegedly tried to blackmail former prosecutions boss Vusi Pikoli into dropping charges against Billy Rautenbach.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 4 November 2009

Selebi trial: Dianne Muller tells of ‘living hell’

She moved him out of her house because Glenn Agliotti was unable to tell the truth. This was the evidence of Dianne Muller, Agliotti’s former fiancée.

By Ilham Rawoot and Adriaan Basson
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Article
/ 30 October 2009

Drunk-driving Mti forced to take back seat

The head of security for the 2010 Fifa World Cup is taking the back seat — literally — after pleading guilty to driving drunk.

By Adriaan Basson
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/ 30 October 2009

Simelane: ‘I’m here for the party’

The appointment of the new deputy prosecutions boss has caused concern in the NPA.

By Adriaan Basson
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/ 23 October 2009

Jackie Selebi’s big gamble

An exit by the judge in the Jackie Selebi trial will give the former top cop time to revise his defence.

By Adriaan Basson
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/ 15 October 2009

Controversial Agliotti video admitted

The controversial video recording of Glenn Agliotti’s interview with the police’s head of crime intelligence will be shown in court on Thursday.

By Ilham Rawoot and Adriaan Basson
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Article
/ 8 October 2009

Govt, MK vets in spat

A non-profit company of MK veterans is threatening to take the Gauteng government to court for a "dismal" breach of a business agreement.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 7 October 2009

Agliotti, Selebi and the president’s shoes

"I bought shoes for the ex-president, Thabo Mbeki," drug lord Glenn Agliotti told the South Gauteng High Court on Wednesday afternoon.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 6 October 2009

Selebi trial: State expected to call Agliotti

Jackie Selebi will start day two of his graft trial on Tuesday, with the state expected to call convicted drug trafficker Glen Agliotti.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 October 2009

Selebi playing victim, says Pikoli

Axed NPA boss Vusi Pikoli has accused former police chief Jackie Selebi of trying to "deflect attention away from the serious charges he is facing".

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 September 2009

No Scorpions, no case

A complainant who gave the Scorpions evidence of major tender-rigging has been told that the case was closed because the unit was disbanded.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 August 2009

Take2: Let Schabir drive his BMW

So fraud convict Schabir Shaik was spotted driving around Durban with his black BMW. So what?

By Adriaan Basson
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Article
/ 6 July 2009

The Hawks: A new era in crime-fighting

The launch of the Hawks was the start of a new era for the fight against crime, officials said on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 3 July 2009

Casino ‘bribe’ plot thickens

Former ANC bigwig Saki Macozoma has been dragged into the fallout from allegations that Free State Premier Ace Magashule solicited a R3-million bribe.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 3 July 2009

Petros tipped for Selebi job

Western Cape police commissioner Mzwandile Petros is set to replace Jackie Selebi as South Africa’s police boss.

By Adriaan Basson
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Article
/ 27 June 2009

‘Alles is kak’

Adriaan Basson looks at a new documentary that delves into Fokofpolisiekar’s ‘juvenile state of mind’

By Adriaan Basson
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Article
/ 9 June 2009

Dramat: We’ll crush organised crime

New head of the police unit replacing the Scorpions, Anwa Dramat, on Tuesday vowed to “crush the backbone of organised crime".

By Adriaan Basson
Security fiasco in 2010 run-up
Article
/ 5 June 2009

Security fiasco in 2010 run-up

Less than two weeks before the kick-off of the Confederations Cup, VIP and stadium protection
is in disarray, writes Adriaan Basson.

By Adriaan Basson
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Article
/ 5 June 2009

The dream truths of Notrose Konile

<i>There was this Goat</i> is an extremely valuable addition to and expansion of the existing body of TRC literature.

By Adriaan Basson
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Article
/ 29 May 2009

Gauteng agency defends wage hikes

The Gauteng Enterprise Propeller, the province’s agency established to fund small businesses, has defended a 40% salary increase for top management.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 22 May 2009

‘Very brave for a young man’

On a Sunday evening in February I was phoned by a woman with a raspy voice who told me she knew where I lived.

By Adriaan Basson
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Article
/ 20 May 2009

Gauteng needs to be thoroughly investigated

The Johannesburg rumour-mill has it that Luthuli House was recently provided with more damning evidence of Mashatile’s alleged wrongdoing.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 22 April 2009

How your vote gets counted

How does your vote get from your polling station to the massive electronic scoreboards at the IEC’s results centre in Pretoria?

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 16 April 2009

Mzansi Voters: Gené Olivier

I wasn’t brought up in a racist house, but if they can’t even treat their own properly, what about us?

By Adriaan Basson
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Article
/ 9 April 2009

The spy who saved Zuma

A top spy once closely linked to former president Thabo Mbeki saved African National Congress president Jacob Zuma’s political life.

By Pearlie Joubert Author and Adriaan Basson
‘The NPA is very upset about it’
Article
/ 9 April 2009

‘The NPA is very upset about it’

Jacob Zuma’s prosecutor, Billy Downer, is not a happy man. But he won’t be quitting any time soon, he tells Adriaan Basson.

By Adriaan Basson
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/ 20 March 2009

What Zuma told the NPA

Jacob Zuma’s legal team has given prosecutions boss Mokotedi Mpshe what it believes are two reasons for dropping charges against the ANC president.

By Staff Reporter
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