Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Nomgcobo Jiba was never afraid of being prosecuted, she said on Wednesday. “I was never afraid of the case going forward. You are talking to a prosecutor,” Jiba told reporters in Johannesburg. Earlier in the day the charges against her were officially dropped in the[…]
Charges of corruption and defeating the ends of justice have been laid against President Jacob Zuma and Justice Minister Michael Masutha over the R17m payout to former National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Mxolisi Nxasana, Accountability Now director Paul Hoffman said. The civil complaint was laid at Ocean View police[…]
The senior prosecutor in the corruption case against President Jacob Zuma has broken ranks with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and maintains that the charges against Zuma should never have been dropped. In a startling development, Advocate Billy Downer has submitted a confirmatory affidavit in the DA’s ‘spy tapes’ case[…]
Western Cape police have confirmed that a charge of malicious damage to property has been laid against Desmond Tutu’s granddaughter, Ziyanda Tutu. The charge was laid by Tutu’s wife Leah at the Milnerton Police Station last Thursday, Captain FC van Wyk told News24 on Friday via e-mail. “This office can[…]
An application to have a charge of kidnapping dropped against Dr Louis Heyns’s alleged killer was unsuccessful in the Western Cape High Court on Thursday morning. Gert Fourie had tried to convince the court that there was no prima facie case showing that his client Marthinus van der Walt, 34,[…]
Charges of public violence against four DA members were withdrawn in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said on Thursday. “The NPA can confirm that the charges were withdrawn in court today due to insufficient evidence,” spokesman Velekhaya Mgobhozi said. Democratic Alliance MP Marius Redelinghuys, DA[…]
Umrah pilgrims were left outraged when charges were withdrawn against Gaironiesa Foundation founder Shahied Stakala when he appeared before the Mitchell’s Plain magistrate’s court on Friday. The mu’tamireen hopelessly witnessed as the court withdrew all charges of fraud and theft under false pretences against Stakala. Apart from having his charges[…]
AfriForum on Wednesday laid criminal charges against EFF leader Julius Malema for his land grab comments at the party’s congress. “Malema must realise that his land grab policy will not be executed without opposition. AfriForum will fight any land grab policy with everything in our power,” spokesman Nantes Kelder said[…]
A Durban businesswoman, who was a building contractor for President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead, has been arrested and charged with fraud and corruption, the Sunday Independent reported. Thandeka Nene is accused of exaggerating her experience as a builder to win government tenders valued at R118-million, and of bribing a public[…]
Violence erupted in the Egyptian capital as security forces clashed with people protesting a decision to throw out charges against former President Hosni Mubarak over the killing of protesters during a 2011 uprising. Egyptian security forces shot one person late on Saturday, either with live ammunition or birdshot, as they[…]
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