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Death of 6 Soweto children linked to Terbufos

Tigran Gambaryan, an executive of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, sits as he waits to face prosecution for tax evasion and money laundering at the federal high court in Abuja, Nigeria, 4 April 2024. Reuters/ Abraham Achirga/File Photo

Nigerian court orders release of Binance executive after charges dropped

By Camillus Eboh 24 Oct 2024

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No stitches for snitches: Role of leniency in dismantling cartels

By Nicholas De Decker 18 Oct 2024

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Landmark ruling: Dismissal of key banks in rand manipulation case

Katja Hamilton 9 Jan 2024

Paula Abdul and Nigel Lythgoe. Source: YouTube.

American Idol star and 2 others sue TV exec Nigel Lythgoe for sexual assault

3 Jan 2024

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'Animal activist' arrested for illegal possession of rhino horns

29 Dec 2023

SAPS tackles illegal mining: Five suspects arrested in Limpopo

29 Dec 2023

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Scammers using SIU name to solicit money

28 Dec 2023

Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga

Minister’s plea: ‘Road safety paramount in festive season’

21 Dec 2023

SIU, Interpol NCB sign MoU

12 Dec 2023

R317m in duplicate payments to lawyers recovered from Road Accident Fund

R317m in duplicate payments to lawyers recovered from Road Accident Fund

Chiara Carter 30 Nov 2023

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July unrest 'instigator' Mdumiseni Zuma slapped with 12-year jail sentence

30 Nov 2023

Cape Town attorney Gary Trappler is accused of slashing the tyres of a Green Point neighbour’s car in a racially motivated attack. Photo: Sandiso Phaliso | GroundUp

Cape Town lawyer pleads not guilty to racially motivated attack

Sandiso Phaliso 27 Nov 2023

File photo: Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius leaves court after appearing for the 2013 killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, 14 June 2016. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/Files

UPDATED: Pistorius granted parole

Bhargav Acharya 24 Nov 2023

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Nxesi denies allegations of corruption in R5bn UIF jobs deal

23 Nov 2023

Source: Wikipedia.

Standard Chartered's admission of rand manipulation triggers widespread banking probe

22 Nov 2023

Pfizer and Tris Pharma sued for supplying compromised ADHD medicine to children

21 Nov 2023

DA plans oversight visit to CPUT stabbing scene as shocking video emerges

Katja Hamilton 15 Nov 2023

Khayelitsha schools battle illegal electricity connections

Khayelitsha schools battle illegal electricity connections

Vincent Lali 15 Nov 2023

Source: IThala Bank.

Ithala Bank under regulatory scrutiny

13 Nov 2023

Source: Youtube.

How the Standard Bank fraud centre's serious error triggered an EFF-AfriForum war of words

Pauli van Wyk 13 Nov 2023

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Former Transnet executives pension payouts interdicted

10 Nov 2023

President Cyril Ramaphosa gestures during the opening of the US-sub-Saharan Africa trade forum to discuss the future of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), at the NASREC conference centre in Johannesburg. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Ramaphosa deploys the army to fight Zama Zamas

Tannur Anders and Nelson Banya 9 Nov 2023

Source: Twitter@PresidencyZA

Money talks - what the SA Reserve Bank report had to say about the Phala Phala couch cash

Tamsin Metelerkamp 8 Nov 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried introduced at Crypto Bahamas conference.

SBF found guilty on all counts, faces 100-year sentence

Lindsey Schutters 6 Nov 2023

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Ransomware: What is an organisation's obligation to prevent fraud?

Karl Blom & Laone Setshedi 6 Nov 2023

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Unblocking a blocking order

Graeme Palmer 30 Oct 2023

NPA under pressure to bring Lottery looters to court

Raymond Joseph 25 Oct 2023

Former Central African Republic militia leader Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka attends the International Criminal Court hearings to determine the exact charges it will bring against him, in The Hague, Netherlands, August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool/File Photo

ICC prosecutor drops charges against Central Africa militia leader

Bart Meijer 19 Oct 2023

Sars and law enforcement unite to crush coal syndicates

13 Oct 2023

City initiates legal action against unauthorised home occupiers

13 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied.

Asset forfeiture: NPA secures preservation order in R27m PPE case

13 Oct 2023

Markus Jooste must pay R15m immediately for Steinhoff implosion, JSE demands

12 Oct 2023

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Landmark ruling: Dismissal of key banks in rand manipulation case

Katja Hamilton 9 Jan 2024

Paula Abdul and Nigel Lythgoe. Source: YouTube.

American Idol star and 2 others sue TV exec Nigel Lythgoe for sexual assault

3 Jan 2024

Image source: Lee Ann Nicholls from

'Animal activist' arrested for illegal possession of rhino horns

29 Dec 2023

SAPS tackles illegal mining: Five suspects arrested in Limpopo

29 Dec 2023

Image source: Artur Szczybylo –

Scammers using SIU name to solicit money

28 Dec 2023

Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga

Minister’s plea: ‘Road safety paramount in festive season’

21 Dec 2023

SIU, Interpol NCB sign MoU

12 Dec 2023

R317m in duplicate payments to lawyers recovered from Road Accident Fund

R317m in duplicate payments to lawyers recovered from Road Accident Fund

Chiara Carter 30 Nov 2023

Image source: Kindel Media from

July unrest 'instigator' Mdumiseni Zuma slapped with 12-year jail sentence

30 Nov 2023

Cape Town attorney Gary Trappler is accused of slashing the tyres of a Green Point neighbour’s car in a racially motivated attack. Photo: Sandiso Phaliso | GroundUp

Cape Town lawyer pleads not guilty to racially motivated attack

Sandiso Phaliso 27 Nov 2023

File photo: Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius leaves court after appearing for the 2013 killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, 14 June 2016. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/Files

UPDATED: Pistorius granted parole

Bhargav Acharya 24 Nov 2023

Image source: Vitaliy Vodolazskyy –

Nxesi denies allegations of corruption in R5bn UIF jobs deal

23 Nov 2023

Source: Wikipedia.

Standard Chartered's admission of rand manipulation triggers widespread banking probe

22 Nov 2023

Pfizer and Tris Pharma sued for supplying compromised ADHD medicine to children

21 Nov 2023

DA plans oversight visit to CPUT stabbing scene as shocking video emerges

Katja Hamilton 15 Nov 2023

Khayelitsha schools battle illegal electricity connections

Khayelitsha schools battle illegal electricity connections

Vincent Lali 15 Nov 2023

Source: IThala Bank.

Ithala Bank under regulatory scrutiny

13 Nov 2023

Source: Youtube.

How the Standard Bank fraud centre's serious error triggered an EFF-AfriForum war of words

Pauli van Wyk 13 Nov 2023

Image: Facebook

Former Transnet executives pension payouts interdicted

10 Nov 2023

President Cyril Ramaphosa gestures during the opening of the US-sub-Saharan Africa trade forum to discuss the future of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), at the NASREC conference centre in Johannesburg. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Ramaphosa deploys the army to fight Zama Zamas

Tannur Anders and Nelson Banya 9 Nov 2023

Source: Twitter@PresidencyZA

Money talks - what the SA Reserve Bank report had to say about the Phala Phala couch cash

Tamsin Metelerkamp 8 Nov 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried introduced at Crypto Bahamas conference.

SBF found guilty on all counts, faces 100-year sentence

Lindsey Schutters 6 Nov 2023

Image source: Jakub Jirsak –

Ransomware: What is an organisation's obligation to prevent fraud?

Karl Blom & Laone Setshedi 6 Nov 2023

Image source: Bruce Rolff –

Unblocking a blocking order

Graeme Palmer 30 Oct 2023

NPA under pressure to bring Lottery looters to court

Raymond Joseph 25 Oct 2023

Former Central African Republic militia leader Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka attends the International Criminal Court hearings to determine the exact charges it will bring against him, in The Hague, Netherlands, August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool/File Photo

ICC prosecutor drops charges against Central Africa militia leader

Bart Meijer 19 Oct 2023

Sars and law enforcement unite to crush coal syndicates

13 Oct 2023

City initiates legal action against unauthorised home occupiers

13 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied.

Asset forfeiture: NPA secures preservation order in R27m PPE case

13 Oct 2023

Markus Jooste must pay R15m immediately for Steinhoff implosion, JSE demands

12 Oct 2023

Border Management Authority launches

6 Oct 2023

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Importance of child protection clause in cannabis bill

Rodney Africa, Adriano Esterhuizen, Daveraj Sauls, Andre Crouse and Danica Jonker 6 Oct 2023

Traffic officer sentenced for accepting a bribe of R200

Traffic officer sentenced for accepting a bribe of R200

4 Oct 2023

A man who spent 813 days in prison as a result of a wrongful arrest has successfully claimed damages from the police. Illustration: Lisa Nelson | GroundUp

Victim of wrongful arrest gets R2.6m from Minister of Police

Tania Broughton 19 Sep 2023

Doctor fails to block SIU from probing his Lottery connection

Doctor fails to block SIU from probing his Lottery connection

Tania Broughton 12 Sep 2023

Source: Supplied.

Mediclinic whistle-blower claims spark flurry of industry investigations

29 Aug 2023

President Ramaphosa has announced that people convicted of non-violent crimes will be released from South Africa’s overcrowded prisons. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Thousands of non-violent offenders due for early release from prison

Ciaran Ryan 17 Aug 2023

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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