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Myeni, Kwinana “fuelled culture of bullying, fear and purging” – State capture Commission report

Former South African Airways (SAA) chairperson Dudu Myeni and her fellow board member and counterpart at the airline’s subsidiary SAA Technical, Yakhe Kwinana, oversaw a state-owned entity riddled with corruption during their terms, and fuelled a culture of bullying, fear ...

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Faces of corruption? Nkangala district Mayor, 8 others arrested

Thembi Sarah Masilela (67) the Excecutive Mayor of the Nkangala District Municipality and eight others appeared in the Middelburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday after they were arrested by Members of the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation in Mpumalanga for alleged ...

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Zuma lawyers paid through Gupta laundering network, Zondo hears

The state capture commission has heard how money laundering entities linked to the Gupta enterprise allegedly paid millions to attorneys retained by former president JacobZuma in different litigation matters, in 2014. On the witness stand on Tuesday was forensic investigator Paul Holden of London-based Shadow ...

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Mpumalanga attorney arrested for theft

MPUMALANGA – A Mpumalanga Attorney Themba Daniel Mabunda (48) has been arrested today by members of the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team for alleged theft. It is alleged that in June 2020 Mabunda stole approximately R310 000 from the law ...

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Alleged fraudster arrested for defrauding SARS

MPUMALANGA –Mlungisi Collen Nkosi (43) was arrested by the members of the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation in Mpumalanga on 08 March 2021 for fraud and theft after a warrant for his arrest was issued by the court. It is ...

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Musi Maimane’s One South Africa to contest elections, but not through the ballot

One South Africa, the organisation founded by former leader of the Democratic Alliance, Musi Maimane, will be contesting in this year’s local government elections, but not directly. In a statement issued by the organisation, it states that politics is dead ...

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SAHRC strongly condemns the recent attacks on Non-Nationals in the Durban CBD

The South African Human Rights Commission (“the SAHRC”) is deeply concerned by the recent attacks on non-nationals, which commenced on Sunday 28 February 2021 at the Soldiers Way Market trading precinct / area in the Durban CBD that left several ...

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Mpumalanga Premier appoints MECs who “have integrity”

In her first ever cabinet reshuffle, Mpumalanga premier, Refilwe Mtshweni Tsipane, removed four members of the Executive Council (MECs) that she appointed in 2019 and replaced them with at least two younger members who, she says, are committed to work ...

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Cyril cannot fix the ANC, he must fix government instead, says Phosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa must focus his attention on fixing the government than trying to fix the ANC because he will never fix the ANC, says Dr Mathews Phosa. Former premier of Mpumalanga and treasurer-general of the African National Congress, who ...

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Mpumalanga sends more students to Russia but problems persist

Last week, Mpumalanga’s department of education sent 86 students to study in Russia, but there’s secrecy in the entire project believed to be costing the department millions of Rands. Departmental spokesperson, Jasper Zwane, failed to respond to a written media ...

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