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Public Works triumphs in R67m fraud case against rogue contractor

Cape Town lawyer Gary Trappler was convicted on Monday. Archive photo: Sandiso Phaliso / GroundUp

Court finds Cape Town lawyer guilty of slashing neighbour’s tyres

By Riyadh Karodia 8 Jul 2025

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Police watchdog probes disappearance of Nigerian immigrant during TV show

By Marecia Damons 4 Jul 2025

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R400m tender fraud trial to begin in May next year

16 Aug 2023

Former South African president Jacob Zuma reacts as he addresses a news conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, 22 October 2022. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Zuma appears at prison, released under remission process

Carien du Plessis and Bhargav Acharya 11 Aug 2023

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Govt pilots online platform for protection orders

10 Aug 2023

Zikalala condemns disruptions caused by 'construction mafia'

Zikalala condemns disruptions caused by 'construction mafia'

31 Jul 2023

WaterCan lays criminal complaint against CoJ for ongoing sewage pollution

WaterCan lays criminal complaint against CoJ for ongoing sewage pollution

26 Jul 2023

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NPA probes fake document

25 Jul 2023

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Unveiling Santam's new initiative to tackle insurance crime surge in South Africa

17 Jul 2023

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Zuma seeks medical treatment in Russia

Katja Hamilton 17 Jul 2023

File photo: Former South African President Jacob Zuma arrives at the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 20 March 2023. Reuters/Rogan Ward/File Photo

Concourt rules against ex-president Zuma in parole release finding

Wendell Roelf 14 Jul 2023

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Exposed: Audits reveal misuse of R17.5bn in Covid-19 Ters payments

29 Jun 2023

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Indian firm used toxic industrial-grade ingredient in syrup - sources

Saurabh Sharma, Krishna N. Das; Jennifer Rigby and Olzhas Auyezov 28 Jun 2023

12 vehicle examiners to appear in Limpopo court for fraud

12 vehicle examiners to appear in Limpopo court for fraud

23 Jun 2023

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Corruption charges levelled against senior health department official

22 Jun 2023

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Hawks bust alleged UIF fraudsters

13 Jun 2023

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JPMorgan Chase reaches settlement with Jeffrey Epstein victims

12 Jun 2023

File Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with government members via a video link in Moscow, Russia 31 May 2023. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin via Reuters

SA mulls options on ICC arrest warrant for potential visitor Putin

Carien du Plessis 1 Jun 2023

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Coordination, enforcement needed to stem tide of illicit economy

31 May 2023

Ugandan human rights lawyer and activist leads fellow activists to file a petition challenging the signing of the new Anti-homosexuality law by President Yoweri Museveni, at the constitution court in Kampala, Uganda, 29 May 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

Reuters 30 May 2023

File Photo: Rached Ghannouchi, the head of Islamist Ennahda party and former speaker of the parliament, during an interview with Reuters at his office in Tunis, Tunisia, 15 July 2022. Reuters/Zoubeir Souissi

Tunisian judge sentences opposition leader Ghannouchi to year in prison

Tarek Amara 16 May 2023

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Former Eskom contract employee arrested for fraud, corruption

15 May 2023

File photo: Zimbabwean novelist, Tsitsi Dangarembga, whose latest book "This Mournable Body" has been nominated for a Booker Prize, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Harare, Zimbabwe, 4 August 2020. Reuters/MacDonald Dzirutwe

Zimbabwe prize-winning novelist acquitted over anti-government protest

Nyasha Chingono 8 May 2023

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Former Eskom official sentenced to 10 years for fraud, theft

4 May 2023

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G4S served with notice to terminate Mangaung correctional facility contract

3 May 2023

Paul Mackenzie, 50, a Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers of the members of the Good News International Church to starve themselves to death in Shakahola forest, appears at Malindi Law Courts, in Malindi, Kenya, 2 May 2023. Reuters/Stringer

Kenyan cult leader appears in court after more than 100 followers die

George Obulutsa, Humphrey Malalo and Duncan Miriri 2 May 2023

File photo: Signage is seen outside of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in Washington, DC, US, 30 August 2020. Reuters/Andrew Kelly

US court orders South African firm's CEO to pay $3.4bn for bitcoin fraud

Kanishka Singh and Chris Prentice 28 Apr 2023

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South Africa remains ICC participant

26 Apr 2023

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Asset Forfeiture Unit granted R583m restraint order

21 Apr 2023

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R165m in assets seized from World Cup accommodation corruption accused

18 Apr 2023

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Nandipha Magudumana's father arrested

11 Apr 2023

Source: @RSASIU Twitter. Advocate Hassan Ebrahim Kajee.

Hawks arrest advocate Kajee

5 Apr 2023

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