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‘It is the state on trial’, high court told in Zuma hearing

Article Franny Rabkin & Paddy Harper - 20 May 2019

Zuma’s lawyers say the courts should not condone unconstitutional conduct by the NPA

Mabuza appoints former spy boss as adviser

Article Mahlatse Mahlase - 6 Aug 2018

Mulangi Mphego has what is best described as a checkered past

NPA boss must vacate office – ConCourt hears

Article Amanda Khoza News24 - 1 Mar 2018

Advocate for Freedom Under Law, Wim Trengove SC says any outcome that leaves Shaun Abrahams in office would make a mockery of the Constitution

DA to receive more spy tapes documents

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Oct 2014

The DA will spend the next week analysing more documents relating to a 2009 decision to drop corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma.

Spy tapes: Ngcuka says he is not to blame

Article Sapa - 5 Oct 2014

Bulelani Ngcuka has come out strongly against suggestions that his conduct was to blame for the dropping of corruption charges against Jacob Zuma.

Spy Tapes: Scorpions boss wanted to charge Zuma

Article Sapa - 28 Sep 2014

The so-called "spy tapes" reveal how former Scorpions boss Leonard McCarthy considered personally charging Jacob Zuma with corruption.

McCarthy phone-bugging part of extensive sting against Scorpions

Article Sam Sole Author & Sam Sole - 30 Aug 2013

The inkling that former Scorpions head Leonard McCarthy was under surveillance came when the M&G revealed police had monitored his conversations.

The Zuma spy tapes that just won’t go away

Article Sarah Evans - 22 Jul 2013

The DA will try to force a court order on the NPA to turn in records, including the spy tapes, that led to charges against Jacob Zuma being dropped.

Zuma spy tapes case delayed for full Bench

Article Staff Reporter - 29 Apr 2013

The DA says Deputy Judge President Willem van der Merwe has instructed that the continued spy tapes battle be heard before a full Bench of judges.

Jacob Zuma’s decade of destruction

Article Sam Sole Author & Sam Sole - 2 Nov 2012

After a 10-year legal war, President Jacob Zuma is trying to prevent the tapes that got him off the hook from being made public.

Jacob Zuma is confident of his innocence

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Apr 2012

Floyd Shivambu's call for charges to be reinstated against Jacob Zuma smacks of opportunism, says the Young Communist League's <b>Buti Manamela</b>.

NPA to hand over ‘reduced’ Zuma files to DA

Article Niren Tolsi - 12 Apr 2012

The NPA have announced it will hand over the "reduced record" of the documents involved in dropping corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma.

Zuma fraud charges not laid to rest

Article Niren Tolsi - 23 Mar 2012

The Supreme Court of Appeal says the NPA should provide a record of why it dropped Jacob Zuma's fraud charges -- reigniting the debate.

French energy giant fined for bribery

Article Staff Reporter - 2 Mar 2012

Alstom, a French engineering company with links to the SA nuclear industry, is in the firing line for 'improper payments' to an official in Zambia.

Corruption: Zuma has his (Groundhog) day in court

Article Staff Reporter - 14 Feb 2012

President Jacob Zuma will have to return to court on Wednesday in an attempt to prevent an investigation into his alleged corruption.

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