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Unlawful payments and a solid state witness could sink Ace Magashule

Politics Khaya Koko & Tshegofatso Mathe - 13 Nov 2020

Magashule’s personal assistant is working with prosecutors to reveal how the R255-million cash was moved

João Rodrigues, apartheid-era crimes and the question of a blanket amnesty

Opinion Atilla Kisla - 6 Nov 2020

The former Security Branch officer is asking the SCA for a permanent stay of appeal in the prosecution of the murder of Ahmed Timol in 1971

‘Myeni obstructed the work of the Zondo commission’ — Hofmeyer

National Sarah Smit - 5 Nov 2020

Advocate Kate Hofmeyr submitted that deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo should direct the secretary of the commission to lay a charge against Dudi Myeni for revealing the identity of secret witness ‘Mr X’

eThekwini municipal manager out on bail, but signing off tenders

National Des Erasmus - 4 Nov 2020

The NPA is investigating eThekwini municipal manager Sipho Nzuza to determine whether he broke his bail conditions while back at work.

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

More arrests expected in the R2.3bn VBS heist

National Khaya Koko - 8 Oct 2020

Prosecutors tell the court that more people will be charged and additional charges will be added to the seven accused in a new charge sheet

Eskom refers employees suspected of contracts graft for criminal investigations

Business Sabelo Skiti - 7 Jul 2020

The struggling power utility has updated Parliament on investigations into contracts where more than R4-billion was lost in overpayments

High court declares Dudu Myeni delinquent

Business Sabelo Skiti - 27 May 2020

Disgraced former SAA chairperson Dudu Myeni has been declared a delinquent director by the...

Budget 2020: Sympathy for Mboweni from opposition as Cosatu rattles sabers

Article Lester Kiewit - 26 Feb 2020

Political parties want more details on SOE bailouts, wage cutbacks

EFF tackles apartheid legislation

Article Franny Rabkin - 19 Feb 2020

While the ANC in Parliament found itself defending the presence of FW de Klerk at the State of the Nation address last week, the government was also — in court this time — defending an apartheid-era law

Court to hear argument on public protector’s CR17 report

Article Franny Rabkin - 4 Feb 2020

The case between the president and Busisiwe Mkhwebane has also drawn in the national director of public prosecutions and the Financial Intelligence Centre

Zuma argues another court could think differently in permanent stay application

Article Franny Rabkin - 22 Nov 2019

In his application for leave to appeal, Zuma argued that an appeal court could find the prosecution had dirty hands so the trial should not proceed

Batohi: Jiba’s return would undermine NPA rebuild

Article Franny Rabkin - 5 Sep 2019

The NDPP said in court papers that there has been “a fundamental breakdown in trust” between Jiba and the NPA.

Jiba guns for president, the NPA

Article Franny Rabkin - 16 Aug 2019

In her affidavit, the ex-deputy prosecutions head argues that her removal was unconstitutional

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Construction sites are a ‘death trap’

Bongekile Macupe - 4 Dec 2020

Four children died at Pretoria sites in just two weeks, but companies deny they’re to blame

National

Koko claims bias before Zondo commission

emma balfour - 4 Dec 2020

In a lawyer’s letter, the former Eskom chief executive says the commission is not being fair to him

National

ConCourt asked to rule that Zuma must testify for 10 days next year

emma balfour - 4 Dec 2020

It is Zondo's legal end game and will leave the former president, his supporters and those implicated in state capture to increasingly play fast and loose at imputing political motive to the commission

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