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Matalala affidavit lifts lid on alleged cash payouts to Cele
A leaked draft affidavit compiled by tender fraud accused Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala contained allegations against senior police officials and political figures, including cash bribes, extortion, tender manipulation and interference in parliamentary proceedings, The Citizen reports. Matlala compiled the affidavit in custody ...
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South Africa
Vrede farm case headed for pre-trial conference
The corruption case involving businessman Iqbal Sharma, his company Nulane Investments, Gupta-linked associates and several former Free State Agriculture Department officials has been postponed to 20 January for a pre-trial conference at the Bloemfontein Free State High Court (Bloemfontein). The ...
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Commission summons ex-Ramaphosa adviser
The Madlanga Commission has reportedly served a former adviser to President Cyril Ramaphosa, Dr Bejani Chauke, with a notice requiring him to account for WhatsApp conversations with late taxi boss Jotham Msibi, including messages concerning state security. Chauke has been ...
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Recycling group claims Zuma demanded €1m and stake
New documents and an alleged first-hand account claim that former President Jacob Zuma demanded €1m in cash and a 15% stake in a waste-tyre recycling company, conveyed through fixer Roy Moodley. News24 reports that the allegation emerges from a batch ...
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Construction board blacklists 13 more firms
Mahlobo ‘ordered’ EFF spy funds, court hears
Mkhwanazi leads organised crime probe into Tongaat
Sassa CEO accused of R30m media-influence tender
Fourteen in court over R3.99m VAT refund fraud
Carrim granted bail despite snubbing commission
McKenzie visited Blu Label during Ticketpro sale
Fannie Nkosi quits SAPS
Guptas’ state capture mansions on the market again
Court scraps R15.5bn ARV tenders
FSCA fines, debars fake Sanlam broker
Director convicted over SARS VAT refund fraud
Athletics SA axes president over credit card abuse
Madlanga urges courts to make graft unprofitable
Scopa demands SAA cash update as salaries slip
Mogotsi’s bid for witness records delayed
Soweto home-sale fraud case stalls again
Suspended magistrate's lawyer brands witness dishonest
NMB agency suspends official over boxing payment
Court allows SARS to sell Shauwn Mkhize’s mansions
Makhanda taxi driver convicted over roadside bribe
Lifestyle audits flag 1 054 police lieutenant-colonels
Taxpayers foot Mchunu's R2.7m legal bill
Struck-off attorney faces R2m trust theft charges
Bribery complaint against acting judge hits snag
Pirates freeze R20m linked to former finance manager
Safa bankrolls Jordaan’s fraud case defence
Fraud hits 85% of South Africans despite scam awareness
Alleged 'secret' Peresec takeovers overlooked, court hears
Commission finds Heineken hobbled Strongbow
Analysis
Unpacking the breaches that led to SAA CEO's downfall
The governance breaches that saw former SAA acting CEO Matshela Seshibe found guilty on four of six disciplinary charges sit oddly beside an airline out of runway and without a CEO, Lindsey Schutters, a business and technology journalist, writes in ...
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Rest of Africa
NGO wants Mozambique Minister’s Chinese ties probed
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), a Mozambican NGO, called for an investigation into possible links between Transport and Logistics Minister João Matlombe and Zhongmei, the Chinese company awarded the tender to operate the Machipanda border post in central ...
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Uganda watchdog directs Minister to suspend registrar
Uganda’s Inspectorate of Government (IG) directed Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Norbert Mao to enforce its earlier order to interdict Mercy Kainobwisho, Registrar General of the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), over corruption allegations, the Monitor says. In a statement ...
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Kenya cemetery graft accused face defence hearing
Twelve accused in the KSh283.2m ($2.2m) Nairobi City cemetery land scandal were put on their defence after the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court ruled they had a case to answer, Capital FM reports. The accused faced charges including conspiracy to ...
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TransNamib fires executive for gross negligence
World
Bolsonaro flees Brazil amid graft probes
The Trump administration planned to grant a visa to Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who left Brazil after refusing to surrender his passports in a money laundering investigation, according to TIME. Bolsonaro, who lost the presidential election to incumbent Luiz Inácio ...
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Malaysia freezes $100m in corporate mafia probe
Malaysian police froze and seized accounts worth RM409.21m ($100m) in a money laundering investigation into alleged corporate mafia activities, Traders Union writes. Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said in a written parliamentary reply the total comprised 70 share trading ...
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Five held over NATO ship services fraud
Five people were arrested in Norway and searches were carried out in Germany and Romania in an investigation into suspected bribery and a €1m fraud linked to a company supplying services to NATO military vessels, the Shipping Telegraph notes. The ...
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Case Law Briefs
Master Craftsman Construction v Beck and Carter (Breach of contract)
Western Cape High Court
Master Craftsman Construction v Beck & Carter Consultants
Judgment: 21 October 2026
Keywords: Civil procedure – exception – vague and embarrassing – particulars of claim – Uniform Rule 23 – tacit term – revised quotations – notices ...
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Malatjie v Clientèle Life Assurance (Debarment)
Financial Services Tribunal
Sinenhlanhla Malatjie v Clientèle Life Assurance Company Limited
Judgment: 19 October 2026
Keywords: Debarment – representative – Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, s 14 – application for reconsideration – Financial Sector Regulation Act, s 230 – ...
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SARS v Mkhize (Sale of preserved property)
KZN High Court (Durban)
Commissioner for the SA Revenue Service v Mkhize & Others
Judgment: 26 October 2026
Keywords: Tax – Ancillary application to realise preserved immovable property before determination of executability – Unmaintained and deteriorating – Realisation to preserve value ...
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Jackson v FSCA (Stokvels)