The reluctance not only to deploy private counsel but to follow their advice has proved a recurring theme in state capture cases
The report says the slow and erratic prosecution of widely reported cases of corruption undermines democracy and encourages the misappropriation of state resources
The head of the National Prosecuting Authority said her investigators needed to see all evidence and called for more urgency in solving the impasse
The move is aimed at helping South Africa get off the Financial Action Task Force grey list and the prosecute state capture cases
Critics have commented that several of the myriad acts fall short as a response to the Zondo commission’s proposals to stem state capture
The sports, arts and culture minister allegedly received cash and other benefits to influence lucrative tenders for a software firm
The magistrate took the most drastic option in the case involving the former Eskom chief executive, Batohi said, while conceding that the National Prosecuting Authority was learning from its setbacks
The speaker’s application to stop her arrest was dismissed as ‘speculative’ and she was ordered to pay the costs of the legal challenge
The speaker’s attempts to stall her arrest resulted in the state revealing the damning charges she faces
The state said the speaker was not above the law and that the court could not block her arrest on alleged R4.5 million corruption
Advocate’s affidavit reveals trail of bribes allegedly pocketed by the National Assembly speaker, who is expected to appear in court today
The president reportedly said he would not meddle when told that Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula could be taken into custody over graft
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is expected to hand herself over to the police in Pretoria on Friday
The National Prosecuting Authority confirmed the search and seizure operation a fortnight after Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula denied any wrongdoing
The National Prosecuting Authority has failed in another state capture case considered only the foothills of the mountain it must climb
The state capture case has suffered long delays, prompting a successful application by the defendants to have it thrown out of court
The measure cannot guarantee independency of the entity because it fails to address the reliance of the National Prosecuting Authority itself on the justice ministry
They allegedly offered a R3.5 million bribe to make R69 million police tender fraud investigation ‘go away’
The National Prosecuting Authority wants to recover R102 million allegedly stolen through crooked SAPS contracts
Senior offices ‘received’ R4.7 million from Chetty crime family, which allegedly milked the police in 53 ‘fraudulent’ tenders
The NPA raised concerns about the judgment and called for the Investigating Directorate to be made a permanent entity without delay
All Nulane Investments accused have been acquitted, but observers had been warning for months that the writing was on the wall
The case, which informed the request for the extradition of the Gupta brothers, has ended in defeat for the prosecution for lack of evidence
Fresh billions will allow the appointment of 15 000 police trainees and prosecutors with skill in bringing financial crimes to court
There is progress cleaning up corruption but party reform lags behind and the president can’t afford to lose allies, even those implicated in the Zondo report
The president has made strides in renewing the state but how he deals with individuals in the ANC linked to state capture may be his undoing in the party
The president’s compromise on what state capture recommendations can be implemented was expected
The three face charges of fraud and corruption stemming from a crooked deal with Swiss engineering firm Asea Brown Boveri
After a small increase in the MTBPS, there will be further allocations for the NPA and the fight against financial crime in the 2023 budget
Three high-ranking police accused of using protesting students to defraud crime intelligence have finally been taken off the job
The former minister, Ugeshni Govender and Ronica Ragavan appeared in court on charges relating to the R280-million Estina dairy farm project
The state is concerned that its application two months ago to get Atul and Rajesh Gupta in the dock may not be honoured