The crimes were not overtly complicated, based on what the state said in the first week of trial. But they were brazen.

There’s an outpouring of grief north of the equator since Elizabeth II died, but no move to return the Empire’s ill-gotten gains

The state has added racketeering to the charges faced by the former eThekwini mayor and 21 others, but logistics are likely to delay their trial until mid-2022

The corruption-fraught metro is coming to grips with having a municipal manager who is on bail for graft, yet has returned to work