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Justice Minister Ronald Lamola. (Brenton Geach/Gallo Images and Phill Magakoe/ Gallo Images)

Lamola insists there is progress in prosecuting state capture cases

Apart from seven cases before court, dozens more are under investigation, the minister told parliament

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

NPA argues judge made mistakes in Nulane ruling

She failed to apply the rules of evidence, the doctrine of common purpose and sections of the Criminal Procedure Act correctly, prosecutors argue

Justice Minister Ronald Lamola. (Brenton Geach/Gallo Images and Phill Magakoe/ Gallo Images)

Lamola wants answers after first state capture case collapses

All Nulane Investments accused have been acquitted, but observers had been warning for months that the writing was on the wall

National director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi. (Photo by Gallo Images / Sunday Times / Alaister Russell)

NPA must move fast for SA to escape grey list’s grasp

The National Prosecuting Authority is ready to act on state capture crimes but whether it has the ability to do so has been questioned

Mosebenzi Zwane, The chairperson of parliament’s portfolio committee for transport, will be indicted for the dairy farm scandal this week

Former minister Zwane confirms he will report to police over Estina scandal

The chairperson of parliament’s portfolio committee for transport will be indicted for the dairy farm scandal this week

Accused: Ronica Ragavan, Islandsite Investments director, a friend of the Guptas and accused number eight. (Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld/Gallo Images)

Inside the state’s fraud case against the fugitive Guptas

In papers, prosecutors concede they cannot say where and when the family plotted to defraud the Free State but can still convict them for the Nulane scam

Advocate Dali Mpofu.

Mpofu desperately seeks to discredit testimony against Mkhwebane

The senior counsel suggested to MPs that everything a former employee of the public protector’s office said was a lie

Suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. (Photo by Gallo Images/Lefty Shivambu)

Mkhwebane did SSA’s bidding on Bankorp-CIEX report, MPs hear

The directive in the report that the mandate of the Reserve Bank be changed was dictated to the public protector by intelligence officials, a suspended employee testified

Day in court: Mbana Thabethe, Dr Limakatso Moorosi, Seipati Dhlamini and Iqbal Sharma appeared at the Bloemfontein magistrate’s court in the Estina case. (Photo by Gallo Images/Volksblad/Mlungusi Louw)

The Zondo commission cases that have made it to the courts

The NPA has begun proceedings based on some of the testimony given at the state capture inquiry

Former Transnet board member Iqbal Sharma appears at the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on June 07, 2021 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. It is reported that the suspects were arrested in connection with the failed R288 million  Estina dairy project. (Photo by Gallo Images/Volksblad/Mlungusi Louw)

Gupta associate Sharma denied bail in Free State fraud case

The magistrate ruled that bail was not an option because he was a flight risk even though he had travelled to the UAE after being implicated in the Zondo commission