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Former National director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi. Photo: X
ANDREW CHAUKE

Andrew Chauke acted outside prosecutorial jurisdiction, says NPA boss Shamila Batohi

The national director of public prosecutions said the suspended Gauteng director of public prosecutions’ actions in a KwaZulu-Natal case were politically motivated

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
3 min read
Former KZN Hawks boss, Johan Booysen. (Gallo/Netwerk24/Felix Dlangamandla)
CATO MANOR

Mthethwa interfered in ‘death squad’ case — Booysen

he former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head alleged that the then police minister met with prosecutor irregularly

  • Sarah Smit
3 min read
Tenuous links: Suspended deputy prosecutions head Nomgcobo Jiba has long been suspected of being behind former president Jacob Zuma’s capture of the National Prosecuting Authority. Photo: Oupa Nkosi
ANGELO AGRIZZI

Mokgoro report damns Jiba

The top prosecutor is declared unfit for office and compromised the integrity of the NPA

  • Franny Rabkin
7 min read
In October, Sunday Times editor Bongani Siqoko ?issued an apology on the reporting of the Cator Manor killings as more questions were raised on aspects of the story. (Image via Sunday Times)
ANTON HARBER

Sunday Times stripped of journalism award for Cato Manor ‘death squad’ reporting

In 2011, the paper ran a front page story titled "Shoot to Kill" which was authored by Stephan Hoffstatter, Mzilikazi wa Africa and Rob Rose

  • Kamva Somdyala
2 min read
Before leaving journalism in 1987, Eugene Saldanha displayed a keen bent for human-interest stories
CATO MANOR

Saldanha’s legacy lives

This year, with support from the Summit Education Trust, Dinonofo Pico was selected as the Eugene Saldanha fellow.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
The developments in 79-year-old Rodrigues’ case offers hope to other families in a similar position to the Timols. (Anthony Schultz/M&G)
ANWA DRAMAT

Crime intelligence played reporters

A former Hawks spokesperson claims he alerted the Sunday Times to the fact that it was being used

  • Staff Reporter
7 min read
Stephan Hofstatter (702)
CATO MANOR

NOT the news. More damage expected in Sunday Times fake news fallout

Thus far two journalists involved in discredited stories published in the Sunday Times have exited the paper

  • Kiri Rupiah
4 min read
The deputy president claims the intelligence services are being used to discredit him and prevent him becoming the country’s next leader.
ABAHLALI BASEMJONDOLO

Urban land question is also urgent

Intra-elite contestation on land seldom takes the often bitter struggles of the urban poor seriously

  • Richard Pithouse
8 min read