ALL STORIES:
SIU probes graft and corruption in Limpopo
3 February, 2012
Treasury paves way for unit to begin investigation into evidence unearthed by intervention force.
Battle for control of the doors and the ‘drugs’
Despite an uneasy calm since a 'turf war' led to the merging of nightclub 'security services' in the Cape, there are still scores to be settled.
Spooks bid for new powers
The alarm has been sounded over a proposed law that will create an intelligence monolith and allow wider bugging of SA citizens without a warrant.
Horse racing at odds with itself
27 January, 2012
Major roleplayers feel that the corporatisation of the industry has short-changed them.
Advocacy: Cosatu attacks ‘capitalist’ press
But the trade union federation stops short of calling for a mandatory media tribunal.
SABC’s new chief linked to shady Thai billionaire
20 January, 2012
The SABC's new boss chaired a mining company that went into meltdown, in which controversial Thai billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra played a role.
Hawks block ‘short cut’ to expel fugitive
Home Affairs declares Serbian fugitive a "prohibited person".
Serb assassin’s shadowy associates
13 January, 2012
Testimony by investigator Paul Hendrikse has linked Serbian fugitive Dobrosav Gavric to mobsters, but his lawyer says the Hawks are "throwing mud".
Court papers accuse controversial former Pamodzi liquidator of more lies and fraud.
Court papers accuse controversial former Pamodzi liquidator of more lies and fraud.
VIP jet tender ‘was flawed’
An affidavit tabled by new defence secretary Sam Gulube suggests that there may have been grave flaws in the R800-million presidential jet tender.
The intentional tourist: Assassin fears assassination
6 January, 2012
A Serbian fugitive living in SA fears he will be murdered if he returns home to face justice for slaying "Arkan", a Serbian gangster and war criminal.
Krejcir, Gavric- how McMafia came to South Africa
The globalisation of organised crime has led to the detritus of Central Europe's underworld -- gangsters and hitmen -- washing up on our own shores.
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