State capture implicated businessman Edwin Sodi was awarded a contract to the value of R291 million for the Rooiwal upgrade, which didn’t take place
The alleged fraudster also implicated in the Hammanskraal cholera outbreak is linked to a project that was to have replaced bucket toilets
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Fugitives Rajesh and Atul Gupta were arrested four months after Interpol issued a Red Notice against them. But they are just the latest.
Government department accounting officers can now authorise contract deviations that previously had to go through the treasury
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The three, along with co-accused Ace Magashule, recently applied to the high court to have charges stemming from the scandal set aside but were unsuccessful
The court also dismissed applications by Edwin Sodi and two former Free State officials, saying their objections should be aired in the criminal trial not on a preliminary basis
The state committed two irregularities when it charged suspended ANC secretary-general with corruption relating to the Free State asbestos scandal, lawyer told high court
The case for dropping the charges faced by the suspended ANC secretary general himself will be heard on Tuesday
The NPA has insisted in an affidavit in response to Ace Magashule’s application for a raft of declaratory orders that he has a prima facie case to answer
A recording of the Hawks’ interview with a former secretary of the ANC strongman – who faces extradition from the US – gives insight into why the state’s case against him may unravel
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The national director of public prosecutions is up against internal stonewalling that is rooted in the Zuma years of state capture
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Moroadi Cholota, the woman at the heart of the state’s case against Ace Magashule, claims that the Hawks with the assistance of the FBI attempted to coerce and coach a statement out of her unrelated to her testimony at the Zondo commission.
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The suspended ANC secretary general’s assistant, who is not prepared to testify against him, may be extradited from the US
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The prosecution in Magashule’s corruption trial said Moroadi Cholota refused to cooperate with detectives sent to the US to interview her and she now faces extradition
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Counsel for the suspended ANC secretary general tells court the former Free State premier falls outside category of who can be charged for corrupt activities
The NPA has begun proceedings based on some of the testimony given at the state capture inquiry
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Court hears that the case against the accused in Free State asbestos case, including Magashule, relies on inadmissible Zondo commission testimony
An ANC Youth League member said at least 500 people are expected to gather near the court precinct in Bloemfontein in support of the suspended secretary general
The ANC’s suspended secretary general believes the state’s witness is, in fact, the defence’s witness
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Minister Lindiwe Sisulu denies she knew fraud-accused Edwin Sodi’s company won ‘Covid’ housing tenders
The new political party funding law brings changes to allocations – and possibly an end to dodgy donors
The prosecution added a further three Free State officials to the accused and set August 11 down as their first high court appearance
Three more people have been arrested, bringing the total of accused to 15, who will appear in the Mangaung magistrate’s court today
The ANC has stalled on setting ground rules for cleanout of comrades accused of corruption
Magashule’s personal assistant is working with prosecutors to reveal how the R255-million cash was moved
The ANC secretary general has not offered to stand aside, despite the recent NEC ruling
The asbestos scam has come back to haunt ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule, and he is expected to face the music on Friday in Bloemfontein
Parts of the provincial ANC will target their former premier, Magashule, and the Free State PEC in a rolling mass action campaign
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The scramble to find cash for an SAA bailout, Covid-19 grants and civil servants’ demands force postponement of mini-budget
Ace Magashule’s anxiety has to do with the array of arrests of high-profile people facing fraud and corruption charges
The Hawks have distanced themselves from a news report that the ANC’s secretary general Ace Magashule has been issued with a warrant of arrest
Top cop says more big players will be added to the list of accused as the state prepares to go to court