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Conflicted: Andrea
Johnson, head of
the Investigating
Directorate Against
Corruption (IDAC).
Photo: Parliament of RSA

Complaint against Idac head

A civil society organisation has opened a new criminal complaint against senior prosecutor Andrea Johnson, alleging a conflict of interest in a recruitment process in which her…

Justice Minister Mmamaloku Kubayi

Justice minister insists she was not put in place to act against Ramaphosa’s enemies

Mmamoloko Kubayi plans to improve access to the courts and deal with their dilapidated condition

National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Advocate Shamila Batohi.  (Photo by Phill Magakoe/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Batohi questions magistrate’s decision to strike Koko case off the roll

The magistrate took the most drastic option in the case involving the former Eskom chief executive, Batohi said, while conceding that the National Prosecuting Authority was…

Ajay and Atul Gupta. (Muntu Vilakazi/Gallo/City Press)

National Prosecuting Authority will appeal Nulane ruling

The NPA raised concerns about the judgment and called for the Investigating Directorate to be made a permanent entity without delay

Iqbal Sharma, the head of Nulane Investments and accused number four. (Mlungusi Louw/ Volksblad/Gallo Images)

State capture: Nulane trial ends in acquittal

The case, which informed the request for the extradition of the Gupta brothers, has ended in defeat for the prosecution for lack of evidence

Justice denied: People protest outside the United Arab Emirates’ embassy calling for the Gupta brothers’ speedy extradition to face state capture charges in South Africa . Photo: Deaan Vivier/Getty Images

Lost in translation: This is why the Gupta extradition request has stalled

The state is concerned that its application two months ago to get Atul and Rajesh Gupta in the dock may not be honoured

Former top cop Khomotso Phahlane. (Gallo)

‘Crooked’ senior cops allegedly stole millions from Covid-19 procurement to pay their legal fees

James Ramanjalum and Ramahlapi Mokwena’s legal debt is from a R191-million procurement fraud case

Andrea Johnson, who is tipped to lead the NPA’s Investigating Directorate, is being probed about suspicious calls to fraud-accused James Ramanjalum’s cellphone

Prosecutor Andrea Johnson embroiled in cover-up claims over phone calls with alleged crooked cop

Johnson, who is tipped to lead the NPA’s Investigating Directorate, is being probed about suspicious calls to fraud-accused James Ramanjalum’s cellphone

NDPP Shamila Batohi.

NPA’s new directorate consolidating state capture cases

This month, the NPA confirmed the appointment of Matric Luphondo and Andrea Johnson to the directorate, but who will head it is yet to be announced