‘Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.’ Those are the words of reggae great Bob Marley on his vice of choice which remains the world's most widely produced, trafficked and consumed drug (with an ... Read More
Former President Jacob Zuma's latest bid to appeal the High Court ruling that he repay the legal fees paid on his behalf by the state was spurious, the DA said yesterday. 'The DA is of the view that there ... Read More
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and President Cyril Ramaphosa continue to trade blows ahead of his challenge to her finding in the Bosasa funding matter. Yesterday the Public Protector filed the full record of documents that led to her adverse report ... Read More
The PIC Commission of Inquiry has concluded its public hearings into alleged impropriety at the state asset manager and will now prepare its final report for submission to President Cyril Ramaphosa on 31 October, says a Fin24 report. Commission chair ... Read More
Several significant cross-border graft cases have highlighted the growing importance of authorities in different regions working together to boost the chances of securing successful convictions. Legalbrief reports that different laws and extradition treaties often delay the delivery of justice, but ... Read More
If one ‘sifts through the mountain of verbiage’ in the judgment in Public Protector v South African Reserve Bank and contrast that with a dissenting opinion by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, it would appear that the majority of the justices ... Read More
The revised National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill published last week shows that there is little space for medical aid schemes as we currently know them in SA. While Health Minister Zweli Mkhize had previously hinted that medical schemes would play ... Read More
MPs in Mozambique have revised the country’s penal code to criminalise digital snooping. In effect, anyone who now gains access to phones, computers or other gadgets belonging to a third party without permission will face up to two years in ... Read More
Tanzania has revoked a hunting permit for Abu Dhabi-based Green Mile Safari, which runs safari hunting operations around Lake Natron, for alleged violation of game hunting rules. The firm is linked to the UAE’s ruling family. Natural Resources and Tourism ... Read More
Namibia’s Public Enterprises Minister Leon Jooste and other government officials are negotiating Air Namibia's exit from aircraft lease agreements in the US. The move indicates the imminent closure of the national airline, which could cost the government around $166m ... Read More
Directors of a company had not defrauded creditors when they took security for loans to the company as a liquidator had argued, the High Court in England has ruled. A report on the Out-Law.com site notes that the court ... Read More
Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz and two associates are to stand trial for allegedly bribing Guinean officials to win mining licences, Swiss prosecutors confirmed yesterday. The trio allegedly paid $10m to one of the wives of former Guinean President Lansana Conte ... Read More
In the latest leg of an ongoing dispute, Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) has begun legal action against the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). A Law Gazette report notes that ENRC has applied to the High Court in England for a ... Read More
* A former investor accused of defrauding pensioners of millions of rands will finally have his day in court five years after his alleged victims opened cases against him. Robert Gourrege made a brief appearance in the Specialised Commercial Crime Court ... Read More
* The CFO of the Limpopo Department of Agriculture & Rural Development in Polokwane, Lucy Manana Seabi, and her alleged accomplice, Mninikhanya Qwabaza, appeared before the Polokwane Magistrate's Court for fraud and corruption last week in connection with a R1 ... Read More
* A former Department of Correctional Services regional commissioner in East London is under investigation by SARS for allegedly receiving bribes worth R1.2m from African Global Operations, formerly Bosasa. Nontsikelelo Jolingana was the regional commissioner when African Global subsidiary companies ... Read More
