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Friends in high places rescue Mdluli
30 March, 2012
Zuma's allies directly influenced the decision to drop all charges against crime intelligence boss.
Mdluli report’s shocking revelations
A report to the inspector general of intelligence sets out the crime intelligence boss's alleged fraud in detail.
Fugitive Banda son in South Africa
Henry Banda, the son of former Zambia president Rupiah Banda, is wanted by Interpol but he has permanent residence and a business in South Africa.
The Mdluli dossier
29 March, 2012
Read the secret Crime Intelligence Division report which outlines alleged abuses of its funds by division head Lt-Gen Richard Mdluli.
President Zuma’s phalanx of praetorian guards
23 March, 2012
Spy boss Richard Mdluli, whom Jacob Zuma "owes for his acquittal on rape charges", has emerged as part of a complex network "guarding" the president.
Tokyo Sexwale’s prints all over R10-billion tender
The BEE consortium that is part of the winning bidder for a massive social grant tender has many links to Mvelaphanda, Tokyo Sexwale's company.
Solar company left out in the cold
16 March, 2012
A once promising geyser manufacturer is under pressure and faces closure following funding cuts.
Security is ‘usurping the throne’
The new intelligence Bill has run into a new flak as critics complain that it threatens to concentrate power in the state security minister's hands.
Zambian VIPs choose SA doctors
Leaders flock south for medical care at taxpayers' expense as country's healthcare sector founders.
Politics of paranoia: How JZ is winning the spy battle
A suspended top spook's 'sponsored' comeback pits spy vs spy in a dirty battle to gain the upper hand before the ANC elective conference in Mangaung.
Cloudy skies over Velvet’s Aurora ties
9 March, 2012
The two beleaguered companies have a number of business consultants and associates in common.
Zuma’s lawyer and the mega tender
President Jacob Zuma's lawyer Michael Hulley has played various roles in the drawn-out awarding of a disputed multi-billion rand contract.
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