ALL STORIES:
Aurora survives for another day
15 October, 2010
Paralysed mining company Aurora Empowerment Systems has cheated collapse once again after a year of surviving on little more than its political clout.
Selebi judge defied death threats
The judge hearing former police chief Jackie Selebi's corruption case was placed under 24-hour police protection after receiving death threats.
Aurora ‘asset strips’ its scrap metal
8 October, 2010
Aurora Empowerment Systems is violating its agreement with liquidators by selling off assets from the liquidated Pamodzi mines.
Gembella: Focus falls on Krejcir and Co
The investigation into the death of German businessman Uwe Gemballa is focusing on a circle of people around Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir.
Cloud over clamp man
1 October, 2010
Past drug claims dog businessman behind contentious circumcision device.
Roux Shabangu and the Land Bank loot
The businessman who stands to make a fortune from controversial leasing deals with the police is himself the target of a police investigation.
Chinese in bid to buy Aurora stake
24 September, 2010
While the struggling company faces liquidation, its troubled mines may yet be bailed out.
How SA company oiled Iran’s war machine
A company co-owned by a close aide to PW Botha helped Iran evade American sanctions by sneaking a James Bond-style speedboat through South Africa.
Radebe ‘kept info from Zuma’
17 September, 2010
Justice Minister Jeff Radebe placed very little information before Zuma when the president appointed Menzi Simelane as head of the NPA.
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