Amid threats of legal action to reject a candidate, and widespread criticism about the composition of the interview panel, the initial stage of the interviews for the replacement of outgoing NDPP Shamila Batohi got off the ground yesterday, Legalbrief notes ... Read More

Throughout the Madlanga Commission, there have been calls for better security for many of the stakeholders and last week the worst came to the worst when ‘Witness D,’ now known to have been Marius van der Merwe, was shot ... Read More

Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) Judge Anthony Millar dismissed Jacob Zuma’s bid to appeal his order that the former President pay back the R28.9m in taxpayer funds spent on his corruption trial defence costs, with interest. ‘To keep the doors ... Read More

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) confirmed it fined Banxso and its directors more than R2bn. The regulator issued several additional fines ranging from R5m to R20m and debarred four ‘key individuals’ linked to its investigation. Daily Maverick reports that ... Read More

The appointment of SA’s next NDPP is not just another bureaucratic exercise; it is a turning point for the integrity of our justice system because, after years of reputational damage, allegations of capture and leadership instability, the country needs a ... Read More

Cashmir Chinedu Luke, the CEO of a home care company called Four Corners Health based in the US, was arrested at San Francisco International Airport while attempting to board a flight home to Nigeria, according to that country’s Guardian newspaper ... Read More

Zimbabwean Mines Minister Winston Chitando was sacked by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday, with his deputy Polite Kambamura named as his replacement. According to Zimlive, Chief Cabinet Secretary Martin Rushwaya said Mnangagwa had ‘removed Winston Chitando as Cabinet Minister with ... Read More

At least 26 individuals, including civil servants, have been nabbed in a sweeping operation targeting a network accused of unlawfully issuing viral Kenyan government documents through unprocedural means. A report in the Kenyans quotes investigators as saying that the group ... Read More

Honduras’ Attorney-General issued an arrest warrant for former President Juan Orlando Hernández, who is accused of money laundering and fraud, CNN reports. Attorney-General Johel Antonio Zelaya Alvarez said on social media he had asked government agencies and Interpol to arrest ... Read More

China executed a former executive of a state-controlled asset management firm for corruption on Tuesday, state media reported, according to MSN. Bai Tianhui, the ex-general manager of China Huarong International Holdings (CHIH), was found guilty of accepting more than $156m ... Read More

Two UK gambling bosses facing criminal charges of bribery and fraud have begun a separate civil claim against the Gambling Commission, claiming the regulator breached their right to privacy when it intervened in their plan to take control of the ... Read More