The reluctance not only to deploy private counsel but to follow their advice has proved a recurring theme in state capture cases

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

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

The state charges that Iqbal Sharma’s firm massively defrauded the state and R19 million was laundered into a UAE account controlled by a family friend