The Fiscal Cliff | Injustice and impunity: Crime and corruption in austerity’s wake
/ 26 November 2023

The Fiscal Cliff | Injustice and impunity: Crime and corruption in austerity’s wake

The treasury has to ask itself what the true cost is of not funding our watchdog institutions

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Koko, or a battle for accountability already lost in advance
/ 24 November 2023

Koko, or a battle for accountability already lost in advance

The National Prosecuting Authority has failed in another state capture case considered only the foothills of the mountain it must climb

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Downer says Zuma’s latest attack on him is a repeat of past ones
/ 25 October 2023

Downer says Zuma’s latest attack on him is a repeat of past ones

The former president is again seeking the prosecutor’s removal from the arms deal trial, in doing so reviving old claims he leaked information to the media

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SA renews its plea to UAE for Guptas
/ 22 September 2023

SA renews its plea to UAE for Guptas

But first justice officials want their Emirati counterparts to say plainly why the first was denied

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Zondo commission punished with costs order in Salim Essa case
/ 21 August 2023

Zondo commission punished with costs order in Salim Essa case

The order raises questions as to who directs the defence of challenges to the work of commissions of inquiry

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Prosecutors who gunned for Booysen face disciplinary hearings
/ 5 August 2023

Prosecutors who gunned for Booysen face disciplinary hearings

At the Zondo commission, Booysen accused the three of lying under oath and launching a spurious prosecution against him and officers from the Cato Manor Special Crimes Unit

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High court denies NPA leave to challenge Nulane ruling
/ 3 August 2023

High court denies NPA leave to challenge Nulane ruling

The trial judge said the prosecution was trying to reserve questions of fact, not law

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Almost 3000 military vets push ahead with reparations claim of R4.2m each
/ 18 July 2023

Almost 3000 military vets push ahead with reparations claim of R4.2m each

The claim is based on the R500 000 each veteran was promised in 1994, which they say today works out to be R4.2 million.

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State ready for trial of alleged fraudsters who tried to bribe NPA
/ 15 June 2023

State ready for trial of alleged fraudsters who tried to bribe NPA

They allegedly offered a R3.5 million bribe to make R69 million police tender fraud investigation ‘go away’

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Finance officers allegedly stole R20m from milling company
/ 7 June 2023

Finance officers allegedly stole R20m from milling company

Reginald Scholtz and Jan van Niekerk are facing hundreds of charges for swindling the mill they worked for

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Chetty crime family stripped of luxury cars and homes
/ 17 May 2023

Chetty crime family stripped of luxury cars and homes

The National Prosecuting Authority wants to recover R102 million allegedly stolen through crooked SAPS contracts

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NPA argues judge made mistakes in Nulane ruling
/ 15 May 2023

NPA argues judge made mistakes in Nulane ruling

She failed to apply the rules of evidence, the doctrine of common purpose and sections of the Criminal Procedure Act correctly, prosecutors argue

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