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Not true: Gayton McKenzie, president of the Patriotic Front and mayor of Central Karoo District Municipality , denies his party is funded by gangsters and drug money linked to the late William ‘Red’ Stevens. Photo: Gallo Images/Sunday Times/Dudu Zitha
CHINELLE STEVENS

Recording alleges that gangsters, drugs fund the Patriotic Alliance

A regional treasurer has been caught explaining how the PA has allegedly been financed

  • Khaya Koko
12 min read
Eight members of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Wednesday withdrew their application to the Zondo commission to cross-examine former Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) head Robert McBride
ANDREW CHAUKE

Implicated NPA members drop bid to cross-examine Booysen, McBride at Zondo commission

Andrew Chauke and colleagues asked that their version be read at the commission and included in its final report

  • Emsie Ferreira
4 min read
North West director of public prosecutions Moipone Noko has tendered her resignation amid lingering fallout from discredited decisions she took on high-profile cases while holding the same post in KwaZulu-Natal.
2010 WORLD CUP

Noko quits as North West prosecutions head after hearing she was to face an inquiry

The resignation of the North West director of public prosecutions comes as Panday goes to trial and Booysen sues the state

  • Emsie Ferreira
4 min read
Former president Jacob Zuma. (File photo)
AFRICAN CONTENT MOVEMENT ACM

Stay of prosecution or of justice?

Jacob Zuma’s lawyer says he is the victim of a ‘pattern of behaviour’ that has made his name synonymous with corruption

  • Niren Tolsi
6 min read
?Former national director of public prosecutions Shaun Abrahams. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
JACOB ZUMA

Shaun Abrahams had no legal power to reinstate Thales prosecution, court hears

The French-owned company, which is former president Jaob Zuma’s co-accused on corruption charges, is seeking to permanently halt its prosecution

  • Franny Rabkin
3 min read
Former Sars commissioner Oupa Magashula. File Photo
IVAN PILLAY

Mkhwebane subpoenas former Sars boss in probe against Gordhan

The ​Public Protector has subpoenaed former Sars commissioner Oupa Magashula over former Sars deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay’s early retirement

  • Natasha Marrian
2 min read
Missives: Shaun Abrahams says he wrote to Hawks head Godfrey Lebeya (above) to chase up the process of prosecuting Bosasa and prisons officials for corruption. Photo: Alaister Russell/Gallo Images/Sunday Times
AFRICAN GLOBAL GROUP

Auditors delayed Bosasa case – Hawks

The ex-NPA chief says the police unit’s forensic firm withheld the report over a fees squabble

  • Thanduxolo Jika
4 min read
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INDEPENDENT POLICE INVESTIGATIVE DIRECTORATE IPID

Unembargoed: February 15 to 21

McBride’s list: Ipid boss includes Nathi Nhleko and Shaun Abrahams among ‘capturers of the criminal justice system’

  • Mg Reporter
8 min read
Former Ipid boss Robert McBride was scheduled to give his evidence in February, but the commission’s legal team asked that his testimony be pushed forward because of the last-minute completion of his statement. (David Harrison/M&G)
ANWA DRAMAT

McBride on crime cluster capture

More than 30 people will be implicated by the head of Ipid at the Zondo inquiry

  • Athandiwe Saba
  • Sarah Smit
6 min read
The inquiry, chaired by former Constitutional Court justice Yvonne Mokgoro, was in its second day of public hearings. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
LAWRENCE MRWEBI

Top NPA prosecutors lacked the will to probe foreign bribery cases, inquiry hears

Senior prosecutor Chris Macadam detailed, to the Mokgoro inquiry, how he was sidelined from foreign bribery cases

  • Franny Rabkin
4 min read
Shaun Abrahams is prosecuting soldiers accused of murdering an army commander in June 2015. (Paul Botes/M&G)
LESOTHO

Shaun’s new job: Murder in Lesotho

SA’s former NPA boss will prosecute the Mountain Kingdom’s most politically sensitive case

  • Lekhetho Ntsukunyane
8 min read
The constitutional court has struck off the roll former president Jacob Zuma’s application to appeal the personal cost order he incurred in his challenge of the constitutionality of former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s report on state capture.
JACOB ZUMA

Zuma expected to file papers seeking a permanent stay of prosecution

Zuma’s counsel argued that the case had a 17-year history and that it would be impossible for them to prepare in a month

  • Jeanette Chabalala
3 min read
Outgoing chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.
ARTHUR CHASKALSON

Mogoeng absent for more than half of ConCourt judgments

His absences from court this year have been criticised, but the Chief Justice defends his contribution to the judiciary

  • Niren Tolsi
12 min read
(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)
AGENCY

Dirty tricks haunt the NDPP race

Police officers may be involved in attempts to falsely implicate a senior NPA official in corruption

  • Athandiwe Saba
2 min read
‘We had a president at the time who did not want us to proceed with that prosecution,’ said Andrea Johnson (SABC Screenshot)
JACKIE SELEBI

NPA insider tells NDPP panel Abrahams refused to tackle interference

Advocate Andrea Johnson revealed that former NPA boss Shaun Abrahams ‘chose not to listen’

  • Raeesa Pather
2 min read