Sixteen people – including alleged underworld boss Nafiz Modack and several high-ranking police officers – will appear in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday on charges of fraud and corruption following a three-year investigation. Modack was arrested on Tuesday. According to national police spokesperson Colonel Vishnu Naidoo, “intensive and[…]
While a warrant of arrest has been issued against former president Jacob Zuma, it won’t be executed before he is due to appear in court again in May. The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg acceded to a request to issue a warrant of arrest for Zuma for non-attendance at his[…]
Fasieg Adams, a disgraced imam at the centre of several hajj and umrah scandals, did not appear in court on Monday, following his arrest on fraud charges over the weekend. Adams did not make it the Wynberg Magistrates court due to allegedly being sick, resulting in the case being postponed.[…]
A Western Province Athletics (WPA) official is expected to appear in a Cape Town court next week after making an initial appearance in court in Gauteng on Monday for fraud, the Herald reported on Wednesday. Allen Barnes was reported missing on January 4. He left his home in Bothasig at[…]
By Tauhierah Salie Following the recent uproar over hajj and umrah scandals, the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has embarked on a mission to take decisive action. At the beginning of this month, news broke of yet another umrah scandal involving dishonoured imam Fasieg Adams , where he allegedly exploited at[…]
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says more people have been implicated in the Eskom fraud case. On Thursday, Eskom’s former senior managers, Abram Masango, France Hlakudi together with two business directors Antonio Jose Trindade and Hudson Kgomoeswana appeared in court in the Johannesburg Regional Court. They face charges of fraud, corruption and[…]
A defiant Benjamin Netanyahu rejected all allegations of fraud on Thursday, vowing to stay on as the leader in Israel despite being indicted on a series of corruption charges. Netanyahu denounced what he called the “false” and “politically motivated” allegations, hours after being charged by the attorney general with bribery, fraud and breach of trust. He denied[…]
Three National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) employees were arrested in Cape Town on Tuesday for allegedly diverting students’ money into their personal accounts, NSFAS said on Wednesday. “The employees were all arrested on allegations of fraud relating to diverting student allowances to their personal accounts,” said a statement issued[…]
The founder of the Al Noor Orphanage in Woodstock has been granted bail of R5000 in the Cape Town magistrates court. 47-year-old Amina Okpara faces three counts of contravention of the immigration act and a charge of fraud. On Tuesday, the magistrate ordered Okpara to hand in her passports and[…]
A case of fraud is expected to be reported to the local authorities following the distribution of a fake letter stating that the Western Cape Department of Social Development has endorsed the Al Noor Child and Youth Centre. The bogus letter states that former Social Development MEC Albert Fritz has[…]
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