NDPP Andy Mothibi issued formal instructions for the withdrawal of charges against National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola after reviewing the charges and his arrest by the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) for alleged violation of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA ... Read More
Asset seizure court papers revealed alleged Tembisa Hospital looter Stefan Govindraju planned to plead guilty to a string of crimes, including buying off senior officials with jewellery and luxury vehicles such as a McLaren, a Ferrari and Mercedes-Benz S63 and ... Read More
Criminal and disciplinary investigations against compromised criminal justice officials are not enough to root out infiltration in the criminal justice system, says Laura Pop, an anti-corruption expert who testified before the Madlanga Commission. TimesLIVE reports that Pop, who works for ... Read More
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana dismissed Kedibone Madiehe as CEO of the Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA), with effect from 8 September, after the chairperson of a disciplinary hearing pronounced a sanction of dismissal. The disciplinary process arose from several forensic ... Read More
SA should use the attention generated by the Madlanga Commission to mount a two-phase response to organised crime, whose penetration of parts of the criminal justice system is too deep to be addressed through 'piecemeal reform', Mark Shaw, executive director ... Read More
Alex Beard, a British billionaire and Glencore's former head of oil, pleaded not guilty in Southwark Crown Court in London last week to two charges of conspiracy to make corrupt payments linked to the commodities giant's West African ... Read More
Chad's National State Security Agency arrested an audit team from the country's Independent Anti-Corruption Authority (AILC), ISS Today notes. The AILC was investigating how the state-owned National Hydrocarbons Company managed crude oil bought by Swiss commodities trader Glencore ... Read More
Clet Wandui Masiga, executive director of the Tropical Institute of Development Innovations (Tridi), rejected allegations of accountability failures surrounding a joint investment of about Shs85bn ($23m) between the institute and the Ugandan Government, calling the claims unfounded, baseless and misleading ... Read More
Confidential records showed employee fraud, account padding and petty corruption were chronic at the state-controlled Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's largest bank by assets, whose executives knew of governance problems for years, the International Consortium ... Read More
Brazil's Supreme Court unsealed documents showing Justice Andre Mendonca opened a probe in July, at the request of federal police, into Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, a leading right-wing presidential candidate, over his ties to Daniel Vorcaro, the former head of ... Read More
Malaysia's Tanjung Pelepas Port (PTP) suspended terminal operations for several hours after hackers struck shortly before midnight last week, The Loadstar reports. A spokesperson for AP Møller Maersk, which runs PTP in a joint venture with MMC, a Malaysian ... Read More
Western Cape High Court Fluery Kwekery (Pty) Ltd v Mischa Premier Vines CC Judgment: 14 September 2026 Keywords: Insolvency costs – Intervening creditor withdrawing after private preferential settlement acts incompatibly with collective creditor interests – Unpaid creditor proving commercial insolvency ... Read More
North West High Court (Mahikeng) Absa Home Loans Guarantee Company (RF) Proprietary Limited & Another v Phillips Judgment: 8 September 2026 Keywords: National Credit Act – default judgment – Rule 46A – indemnity – indemnity bond – guarantee company – standing ... Read More
Financial Services Tribunal Moela v Legacy All Suites Management Service, Legacy All Group Umbrella Provident Fund & Pension Funds Adjudicator Judgment: 8 September 2026 Keywords: Reconsideration – FSR Act, s 230 – Pension Funds Act, s 37C – retirement fund death ... Read More
