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/ 21 December 2007

Dangerous, covert liaisons

What a country. Both our president-in-waiting and our police chief separately face the prospect of corruption and racketeering charges; our previous national director of public prosecutions was accused of once being an apartheid-era spy and all but hounded out of office for pursuing the first investigation; our current national director was suspended by the president for pursuing the second, writes Sam Sole.

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/ 6 December 2006

State prepares to charge Zuma again

<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=zuma_report"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/243078/zuma.jpg" align=left border=0></a>The state has given its strongest indication yet that it intends to recharge Jacob Zuma with corruption, media reports said on Wednesday. The National Prosecuting Authority had notified Zuma and the French arms company Thint that it would apply for certain documents to be released by the Mauritian High Court, which is holding them by sealed order.

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/ 20 October 2006

The deputy and the Dutch tycoon

The arrest of controversial Dutch oil tycoon John Deuss has exposed a trail of questionable influence leading to South Africa’s second highest office. The fortunes of Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka’s political adviser, Ayanda Nkuhlu, are intimately tied to those of Deuss, whose company has seconded him to Mlambo-Ngcuka’s part-time service.

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/ 13 October 2006

Judge blasts Imvume’s conduct

Oilgate company Imvume this week stumbled in its Johannesburg High Court bid to unmask the <i>Mail & Guardian</i>’s confidential sources of information. Judge Dabi Khumalo on Tuesday issued a damning judgement on Imvume’s conduct before the start of the hearing, set down for this week, meaning Imvume will be disadvantaged should the matter proceed.

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/ 22 September 2006

M&G ungagged: MTN boss faces charges

Maanda Manyatshe, boss of cellphone giant MTN South Africa, has been accused of pushing through a deal worth R100&#8209;million — and potentially more than R2&#8209;billion — without a tender process while he was CEO of the Post Office. Manyatshe’s successor at the para­statal, Khutso Mampeule, has laid a criminal complaint against Manyatshe and two other former Post Office executives.