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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.

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

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…

Mpho Mafole, head of Ekurhuleni’s corporate and forensic audit department, was shot dead last Monday while driving on the R23 in Esselen Park.

How cybercriminals hacked Ekurhuleni’s IT system to steal R2bn

Spyware, insider access, and lack of audit trails enabled massive municipal billing scam

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.

The RDP house of Nontobeko Mkhonza, a recipient of a R95m tender in Soshanguve Block HH.

Tanker bonanza: RDP homeowner receives R95m Tshwane water payment

In the latest twist in the metro’s water-tanker scandal, a Soshanguve woman with no tankers to her name has emerged as a big winner – raising questions about fronting

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.

A tanker delivers water to residents in Chris Hani section in Hammanskraal. The City of Tshwane and the department of water and sanitation have announced a plan to fund a R4bn project to improve the quality of water supplied to the area.

Water ‘blesser’ exposed: the ANC bigwigs who truck water but have no tankers

Two companies with close ties to party heavyweights in Tshwane scored about R32m from the metro to supply water by tanker. How did they do it?

A criminal syndicate of African pastors  turned the department of home affairs into their personal gold mine

How congregants funded luxury lifestyles of bling pastors

Topping the list of bling pastors who came to South Africa on tourist visas, bribed their way to permanent residency, and built up huge congregations of followers who funded their luxury lifestyles is Shepherd Bushiri, now a fugitive from…

Prophet Shepherd Bushiri on his private jet.

Reverends of bling: praise the Lord and pass the cash

How Bushiri and a syndicate of African pastors ran an immigration fraud ring and made a mint in the process

Edwin Sodi outside the Bloemfontein high court on February 21 2022. File photo.

WATCH | Edwin Sodi’s empire crumbles amid R50m debt and liquidation

The tender-driven empire of politically connected businessman Edwin Sodi is slowly crumbling under the weight of liquidations, a R50m creditor claim and a bid by authorities to blacklist him from lucrative government contracts.

Edwin Sodi celebrating his 50th birthday. The self-declared ANC benefactor’s companies have benefited from government contracts worth hundreds of millions.

No rush to blacklist Edwin Sodi

Tshwane metro fails to deliver blacklisting notice because it ‘can’t find’ high-profile tenderpreneur

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…