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Ekurhuleni’s former municipal manager Imogen Mashazi appearing before the Germiston magistrates court for charges of corruption. Picture. Thapelo Morebudi.

‘High-flyer Imogen Mashazi’s taste for luxury’.

Imogen Mashazi has a taste for flying private, going as far as boarding a private jet for a flight from Johannesburg to Durban and a 45-minute hop to Maseru.

Former Ekurhuleni city manager Imogen Mashazi testified at the Madlanga commission of inquiry. Picture: Freddy Mavunda

Imogen Mashazi asked to present herself, other Ekurhuleni bosses face arrest

Former city manager Imogen Mashazi has been asked to present herself to police by officers investigating corruption and other malfeasance in the Ekurhuleni municipality.

Maj-Gen Feroz Khan.
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The many mysteries surrounding high-flying Feroz Khan

Crime intelligence boss escalated to pinnacle of police service allegedly has underworld connections

Continent snubs Pretoria’s Africa Day event over xenophobia

Ambassadors from fellow-African states will boycott official event over concerns about the safety of their citizens

Taxi boss Madoda Johannes Sibanyoni (left), Mvimbi Daniel Masilela (centre) and Philemon Makhaya Msiza appear at the Kwaggafontein Magistrate Court for their bail application.

Taxis, Ferraris and the Big Five: the rise and fall of Joe Sibanyoni

Joe Sibanyoni, known as “Joe Ferrari,” rose from a taxi driver in 1985 to lead a multimillion-rand business empire. He is now accused of demanding R2.2m in protection fees from a prominent businessman involved in the Moloto Road…

Documents seen by the Sunday Times suggest the authorities are playing a calculated game of jurisdictional chess in respect of Vusimusi 'Cat' Matlala. File photo.

Cat Matlala’s lawyers in talks about plea deal

Alleged underworld kingpin’s legal team offer anti-corruption unit information implicating top cops and possibly politicians in graft case

How Cat’s henchmen plotted Jerry Boshoga’s kidnapping

WhatsApp messages between two of Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala’s henchmen reveal how they allegedly plotted the kidnapping of Pretoria businessman Jerry Boshoga in 2024.

Popular DJ and club owner Oupa Sefoka, better known as DJ Sumbody, was killed in November 2022. File photo.

DJs, drug wars: what Cat told me

An explosive affidavit from a popular DJ who survived an attempted assassination has lifted the lid on a high-stakes world of drug-dealing centred on South Africa’s night-club scene.

Musa Kekana, Teigo Floyd Mabusela, Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala, Tsakani Matlala and Nthabiseng Nzama appeared before the Johannesburg high court for a pre-trial hearing. File photo.

Bullet-riddled BMW links suspects to taxi boss hit attempt

Police trace car through multiple owners after it was repaired, resprayed and disguised

Vusimusi 'Cat' Matlala, behind, front from left: Katiso 'KT' Molefe, Jotham 'Mswazi' Msibi and Joe 'Ferrari' Sibayoni are among the main figures in the saga of the Big Five that has emerged from police investigations and Madlanga commission testimony.

Inside Cat’s taxi wars: assassination plot exposes ‘Big Five cartel’ succession battle

A police investigation has blown open a violent power struggle in Gauteng’s taxi underworld, revealing that Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s alleged attempted assassination of Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni was linked to the so-called Big Five cartel.

Transport Education Training Authority CEO Maphefo Anno-Frempong.

Transport Seta funding scandal leaves trainees in limbo

Less than seven weeks before the end of its financial year, the Transport Education Training Authority (Teta) is mired in a grant funding and procurement scandal — without having trained a single person.

SANDF and Cyril

In whose interest was navy boss Lobese acting?

There was an instruction from President Cyril Ramaphosa, and agreement between all parties concerned, that Iran was no longer going to participate in the navy exercises in Simon’s Town and False Bay, according to his spokesman Vicent…

Property tycoon Ralebala Mampuele has levelled bribery and corruption allegations against three senior Public Investment Corporation (PIC) officials.

PIC faces bribery and corruption allegations after botched R700m loan

Property tycoon Ralebala Mampuele's R700m loan collapsed when a cash advance was declined.

The RAF has been rocked by instability and allegations of malfeasance, maladministration and corruption centring around suspended CEO Collins Letsoalo and his leadership team.
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RAF blows millions in dodgy call centre deal

Tender processes side-stepped as Fund replaces R25m internal service with alternative that costs R190m

Unemployment Insurance Fund commissioner Teboho Maruping has been suspended pending a discliplinary hearing later this month. File image

UIF commissioner Teboho Maruping suspended over irregular deal

TimesLIVE understands the suspension and pending disciplinary hearing come after a forensic investigation by an independent law firm found he failed to ensure that effective, efficient, and transparent systems of financial and risk…