The crimes were not overtly complicated, based on what the state said in the first week of trial. But they were brazen.
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There’s an outpouring of grief north of the equator since Elizabeth II died, but no move to return the Empire’s ill-gotten gains
The state has added racketeering to the charges faced by the former eThekwini mayor and 21 others, but logistics are likely to delay their trial until mid-2022
The Durban high court will set a date for the former mayor’s corruption trial to go ahead
The corruption-fraught metro is coming to grips with having a municipal manager who is on bail for graft, yet has returned to work