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SCA judges slam Public Protector’s Oilgate arguments

The Supreme Court bench has lambasted counsel for the Public Protector’s office, which is appealing a judgment overturning its Oilgate scandal report.

Malema: We need leaders like Castro

Malema: We need leaders like Castro, Mugabe

Julius Malema, did not mention President Jacob Zuma by name when he addressed a youth league regional conference in Limpopo.

Anatomy of a murder

Anatomy of a murder

Killer’s plea bargain casts a spotlight on Czech fugitive and his associates.

Secrets Bill and govt deafness

Radical revisions needed, not tinkering.

How SA company oiled Iran’s war machine

How SA company oiled Iran’s war machine

A company co-owned by a close aide to PW Botha helped Iran evade American sanctions by sneaking a James Bond-style speedboat through South Africa.

Fugitive held for R3,4bn scam

Congolese fugitive from justice Nozi Mwamba was arrested in Johannesburg last week based on an international arrest warrant.

Bucking the system

Bucking the system

Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson flexed her muscles to push for the import of antelope for a company linked to an aide’s boyfriend.

Zuma ‘meddled in mine buyout’

Zuma ‘meddled in mine buyout’

President Jacob Zuma’s son, Duduzane, has emerged as one of the buyers of a uranium mining company, amid claims that Zuma intervened in the project.

Zuma in talks over ANC paper

Zuma in talks over ANC paper

The Gupta group, regarded as close to President Jacob Zuma, is considering launching a daily newspaper that sources say will be broadly sympathetic to the ANC. Speaking on behalf…

Public loss

Public loss, Fifa’s gain

Sepp Blatter and Thabo Mbeki intervened to have Cape Town’s Green Point Stadium built — at R3-billion more expensive than two available alternatives.

Zuma Jnr link in iron war

Heavy political muscle may wield the balance of power in the R5?billion Mittal/Kumba stand-off.

Fresh evidence of arms payoffs

Fresh evidence of arms payoffs

Unexplained deposits in Joe Modise’s bank account add to the mounting questions about the arms deal.

State aided Zuma sugar mom

State institutions bent over backwards to finance the woman who bought President Jacob Zuma his private Johannesburg ­residence.

Shady shrink saved Shaik

The psychiatrist who was key to Schabir Shaik’s release on parole has emerged as a man apparently willing to throw ethics aside for money or sex.

‘Fraud of the century’

The man who facilitated Congolese oil rights shared by the Moseneke family’s Encha Group has been convicted in Belgium as the kingpin of currency.

Majali in the wars again

Oilgate man faces prosecution on charges of laundering bribe payments in a tender scheme.

Dear Judge Moseneke

Working on our story questioning your investment choices has been a most painful experience for me.

Dikgang Moseneke: The businessman judge

Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke has a stake in companies whose style of business has put him close to corporate controversy.

How Blue IQ got into bed with Mashatile’s ‘mafia’

A R4-million defamation case is about to highlight important questions about mega-contracts flowing through Gauteng’s economic development agencies.

An ace up his sleeve?

The National Prosecuting Authority’s recruitment of fugitive Billy Rautenbach to testify against Jackie Selebi may be its intended ace-in-the-hole.