The Swiss Secrets leak reveals Credit Suisse’s role in a controversial platinum mine sale that helped to finance a wave of violence around Zimbabwe’s 2008 election
Villagers in Zimbabwe say tycoon Billy Rautenbach’s ethanol plant is fining them heftily for their straying livestock.
Zimbabwean peasant farmers accuse Billy Rautenbach of destroying their livelihoods.
Zanu-PF faces the difficult task of appeasing its supporters, who have been left fuming over Green Fuel’s expansion.
Billy Rautenbach is tangled in a spat over land use and is said to be ready to move a multimillion ethanol project to Zambia.
Human Rights Watch says 20 000 people were displaced to make way for a new game reserve.
Accused of being an extortionist, Temba Mliswa is now drawing President Mugabe into his fight with controversial businessman Billy Rautenbach.
A Zanu-PF politician is demanding millions for introducing controversial businessman Billy Rautenbach to key state officials.
The value of Billy Rautenbach’s fuels monopoly has been slashed, in spite of the state’s plan to take 51%.
Zimbabwe’s government is accused of favouring sole licencee Billy Rautenbach by raising fuel’s ethanol content.
A constitutional court case will test the legality of mandatory fuel blending in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe’s government may strike a deal with Green Fuel, which is linked to controversial businessman Billy Rautenbach.
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/ 20 November 2009
After years on the run controversial businessman Billy Rautenbach was keen to have a warrant quashed, but ended up feeling used, writes Ilham Rawoot.
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/ 20 November 2009
Muller Conrad ”Billy” Rautenbach is a controversial businessman who has parlayed his closeness to the Zanu-PF government into a personal fortune.
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/ 19 November 2009
Billy Rautenbach was served with papers related to the affairs of the Hyundai group during his appearance at the trial of Jackie Selebi on Thursday.
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/ 17 November 2009
Former top cop Jackie Selebi allegedly tried to blackmail former prosecutions boss Vusi Pikoli into dropping charges against Billy Rautenbach.
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/ 15 November 2009
Ex-Hyundai boss Billy Rautenbach is one of three missing witnesses due to testify in the corruption trial of former police chief Jackie Selebi.
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/ 16 October 2009
He was exposed as a barefaced liar, a suave scumbag with no scruples “knocking” millions off the wealthy in exchange for access to his “cash cop”.
The National Prosecuting Authority’s recruitment of fugitive Billy Rautenbach to testify against Jackie Selebi may be its intended ace-in-the-hole.
If only a quarter of what Glenn Agliotti told the South Gauteng High Court this week is true, we live in a gangsters’ paradise.
Former Hyundai boss Billy Rautenbach allegedly paid $100 000 for his "problems" in South Africa to disappear.
The corruption case against former police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi has been strengthened by the surprise inclusion of Billy Rautenbach.
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/ 22 September 2009
Billy Rautenbach, who has been evading local authorities for 10 years, has handed himself over and agreed to pay a R40-million fine.
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/ 18 February 2009
Jackie Selebi is being framed, the police national commissioner’s lawyer told the high court on Wednesday as he sought documents from the state.
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/ 26 November 2008
The US government blacklisted four allies of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday, including Billy Rautenbach and John Bredenkamp.
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/ 1 February 2008
Police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi was charged with three counts of corruption and one of defeating the ends of justice in the Randburg Regional Court on Friday. He also faced an alternate charge of receiving an unauthorised gratification ”by a person who is party to an employment relation”. The case was postponed to June 26.