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Analysis: Gloves come off between PetroSA and ex-partner
22 October, 2026
The state-owned petroleum company, PetroSA, is fighting for its survival in the Western Cape high court, after a former business partner tried to liquidate it.
Openness or secrecy: media and evidence leaders square off at Madlanga
21 October, 2026
Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga has reserved judgment on whether NICOC Acting Coordinator Dr Ntandazo Sifolo may testify behind closed doors.
Analysis: Cape Town ‘gang boss’ Ralph Stanfield’s courtroom showdown looms
19 October, 2026
When Ralph Stanfield, the alleged leader of the feared 28s gang, and his wife Nicole Johnson, enter the dock of the Western Cape High Court this week it will kick off a mammoth, make-or-break organised crime trial for the National.
Cops traded with ‘gangster’ company
7 October, 2026
At the height of a high-stakes criminal investigation into alleged organised crime boss, Ralph Stanfield and his criminally co-accused wife, Nicole Johnson, police bought thousands of litres of diesel from one of their family businesses, with another also registered as.
ANALYSIS | Peresec: Trusted JSE captain or feared corporate pirate?
30 September, 2026
An alleged clique of “corporate raiders” led by the CEO of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s (JSE) foremost brokerage, Peresec, has been accused of orchestrating a series of corporate power grabs – low-cost takeovers of companies using questionable and “unlawful” tactics.
FOUND: SA journalist Micah Reddy, ‘local fixer’ go missing in Djibouti
20 September, 2026
Update: Micah Reddy has been found.
PetroSA was owed R227m. It may end up losing R1.4bn instead.
17 September, 2026
When state-owned fuel company, PetroSA, walked into the boardroom at its Parow head office, it was owed R227-million.
Investigation into IGI alleged misconduct stalled, as secret fund millions remain without scrutiny
31 August, 2026
More evidence has emerged of a seemingly chaotic scramble by South Africa’s intelligence apparatus to neutralise the now-suspended Inspector General of Intelligence (IGI), Imtiaz Fazel.
UPDATE: Eskom admits to R3-billion in payments “outside of contractual terms”
28 August, 2026
In a seven-page press release on Thursday night, Eskom conceded it had made R3-billion in irregular payments to its diesel suppliers.
Eskom paid hundreds of millions for diesel that ‘didn’t exist’
21 August, 2026
Last month, a group of investigators turned up at the gates of Burgan Terminal, a massive fuel import and storage depot in Cape Town harbour.
Online gambling: Look who’s knocking at the door
14 August, 2026
In February this year a regulator, the Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board (WCGRB), announced the planned sale of a bookmaker license to a newly formed company called Bet777.
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