The family-run syndicate behind the alleged scam may have looted even more — as much as R1-billion
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The fightback faction in the ANC has launched a bold attack on the president after Brian Molefe’s allegations at the Zondo commission
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The commissioner’s other option is the long, route through the courts for breach of the Commissions Act, but the inquiry’s lifespan is short.
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The body should overcome its reluctance to classify atrocities as crimes against humanity, as the cases of Joao Rodrigues and Wouter Basson demonstrate
The NPA has confirmed that the trial of the expected 10 accused in the VBS heist will be a marathon
The state is expected to request a 16 week-long trial, as delays stymie progress in the saga.
A certificate is needed from the head of the NPA for more arrests to be made
An alleged string of lies about Mkhwebane’s meeting with the former president in her contentious R3.2-billion Absa report has the public protector in a legal wrangle
Magashule’s personal assistant is working with prosecutors to reveal how the R255-million cash was moved
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
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’
The NPA is investigating eThekwini municipal manager Sipho Nzuza to determine whether he broke his bail conditions while back at work.
The spate of arrests for corruption continues apace in Gauteng and the Eastern Cape.
Ace Magashule’s anxiety has to do with the array of arrests of high-profile people facing fraud and corruption charges
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
The struggling power utility has updated Parliament on investigations into contracts where more than R4-billion was lost in overpayments
Disgraced former SAA chairperson Dudu Myeni has been declared a delinquent director by the high court in Pretoria, over her conduct while leading the broke airline’s board of directors. The lifetime order means Myeni will no longer be considered fit and proper to hold the position of director of any entity, and will have to […]
Political parties want more details on SOE bailouts, wage cutbacks
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
The case between the president and Busisiwe Mkhwebane has also drawn in the national director of public prosecutions and the Financial Intelligence Centre
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
The NDPP said in court papers that there has been “a fundamental breakdown in trust” between Jiba and the NPA.
In her affidavit, the ex-deputy prosecutions head argues that her removal was unconstitutional
Charges have been dropped against North West residents found with vast quantities of endangered species
Despite Nxamalala’s walkout from the Zondo commission, we’ve learned a few things this week
‘As former president Jacob Zuma sat at the Zondo commission this week, many South Africans were left feeling distrustful ourselves’
This is despite the Constitutional Court quashing a bid to debar the former NPA officials
Bigwigs in the NPA played their part in Zuma’s godly game by destabilising the NPA and ensuring the prosecution of people considered Zuma’s enemies
It is expected that Mxolisi Nxasana will recount the events leading up to his acceptance of a golden handshake from former president Jacob Zuma
A letter purportedly proving that a high-level meeting took place in 2003 to discuss Jacob Zuma’s prosecution is the latest twist in the case
Jacob Zuma’s lawyer says he is the victim of a ‘pattern of behaviour’ that has made his name synonymous with corruption
‘In last week’s vote, the ANC was offered a lifeline by a public anxious to see its choice validated by action’