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State capture: Ajay Gupta, Atul and Rajesh. (Adrian de Kock/Netwerk24)

Can the state deliver the slippery Guptas?

The capacity of the state in the criminal prosecution of the Gupta brothers is in question, risking a delay in the crucial state capture trial on which their extradition hinges,…

Uncovering the rot: Merely being able to watch Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo do his commission’s work live on TV has already affected how South Africans demand accountability, experts say. (Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo Images/Netwerk24)

SA received Zondo’s real gift well before Christmas

A too narrow focus on the number of convictions from the final report of the state capture commission will mean a failure to see the impact it has already had

Funeral pyres: We were just starting to hope for a post-pandemic future at the beginning of 2021, says the author, when the highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19 was discovered and news images of public cremations in India shocked the world. Photo: Jewel Samad/AFP

2022 must be a year of action

The government’s most urgent to-do list: vaccinate, stimulate the economy, and return the rule of law

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

Batohi says Cronje’s departure does not mean NPA is in crisis

Prosecutions boss acknowledges public frustration at the failure of its investigative directorate unit to secure convictions but says corruption accused are deploying Stalingrad…

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

Interpol issues red notices against Guptas and associates

The National Prosecuting Authority has intensified efforts to return the Guptas to South Africa

The charges in the R24.9 million fraud and money-laundering case underpins South Africa’s ongoing efforts to secure the extradition of Atul and Rajesh Gupta from the United Arab Emirates.

State seeks arrest of Gupta brothers as Vrede dairy suspects appear in court

Salim Essa and three others appeared in court on Thursday, as the Investigating Directorate turns to Interpol for help in capturing more suspects

Trial date: The VBS heist trial is expected to begin only in early 2022. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

How graft arrests came together

Learning from its failure to turn the Schabir Shaik conviction into one for Jacob Zuma, the state is now building an effective system for catching thieves. Khaya Koko, Sabelo…

Cronje has also served as a practising advocate of the High Court of South Africa and is a member of the Cape Bar since 2012.

Corruption-buster Cronje to head new anti-graft unit

Cronje held several positions in the National Prosecurity Authority from 1998 to 2012