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DA leader bought wife a car with ‘corruption’ earnings

Politics Khaya Koko - 27 Nov 2020

Senior Ekurhuleni councillor Shabangu purchased a Ford SUV from an alleged R1.2-million kickback

DA zips lip on shadowy graft case

Politics Khaya Koko - 12 Nov 2020

The party has allegedly ignored reports of kickbacks and claims of sexual harassment to protect a top councillor

Former state security minister Bongo back in court

Politics Tshegofatso Mathe - 27 Oct 2020

Bongo and his co-accused will appear in the Nelspruit magistrate’s court in Mpumalanga over charges of fraud, corruption and theft

In terms of future-telling failures, this is a Major One

Opinion Paddy Harper - 24 Oct 2020

Bushiri knows how to pull a crowd. Ace knows a ponzi scheme. Paddy Harper predicts that a new prophet may profit at Luthuli House

Hawks swoop down with more arrests in R1.4-billion corruption blitz

National Khaya Koko - 22 Oct 2020

The spate of arrests for corruption continues apace in Gauteng and the Eastern Cape.

Why crooks are shivering in their boots

Politics Khaya Koko - 12 Oct 2020

Ace Magashule’s anxiety has to do with the array of arrests of high-profile people facing fraud and corruption charges

Did Yster play ace in the hole?

Opinion Paddy Harper - 10 Oct 2020

Is the ANC secretary general a gambling man — or just stirring the pot over the ‘news’ of his arrest warrant

How graft arrests came together

National Khaya Koko, Sabelo Skiti & Paddy Harper - 8 Oct 2020

Learning from its failure to turn the Schabir Shaik conviction into one for Jacob Zuma, the state is now building an effective system for catching thieves. Khaya Koko, Sabelo Skiti and Paddy Harper take a look behind the scenes at how law enforcement agencies have started creating consequences for the corrupt

‘Haunted’ VBS executive Truter sentenced to seven years

National Khaya Koko - 7 Oct 2020

Phillip Truter, the former chief financial officer of the defunct mutual bank who pleaded guilty to fraud and other charges, will work with authorities on how the alleged heist took place

What is the noise about Ace?

Politics Tshegofatso Mathe - 7 Oct 2020

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

Eusebius McKaiser: What’s worse than corruption? Complacency

Opinion Eusebius McKaiser - 7 Oct 2020

Corruption isn't just about unethical accounting practices. It is a direct and total attack on society. The stakes are that existential and that visceral.

This beef smells like manure

Opinion Paddy Harper - 3 Oct 2020

What’s that animal sound? Is it a Hawk swooping? A chicken roosting? No, it’s Zuma remembering a beef

Hawks eye ANC politicians next

Politics Sabelo Skiti - 1 Oct 2020

Top cop says more big players will be added to the list of accused as the state prepares to go to court

Another ANC member hands himself over to the police

Politics Khaya Koko - 1 Oct 2020

Former ANC MP hands himself over to the police in connection with Bosasa kickbacks, with more arrests expected

Hawks arrest Free State ‘asbestos project’ players

National Sabelo Skiti - 30 Sep 2020

Businessman Edwin Sodi and senior civil servants are among those arrested over the R200-million theft of state funds

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FNB dragged into bribery claims

khaya koko - 3 Dec 2020

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Tighter Covid restrictions for N. Mandela Bay — other hotspots may follow

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