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Thanduxolo Jika is an investigative journalist for the Sunday Times.
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.
Crime intelligence boss escalated to pinnacle of police service allegedly has underworld connections
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…
Alleged underworld kingpin’s legal team offer anti-corruption unit information implicating top cops and possibly politicians in graft case
WhatsApp messages between two of Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala’s henchmen reveal how they allegedly plotted the kidnapping of Pretoria businessman Jerry Boshoga in 2024.
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.
Police trace car through multiple owners after it was repaired, resprayed and disguised
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.
Romance allegedly led to irregular five-year visa approval for boyfriend
Total costs climb to R1bn and SAPS guns go missing amid wrangle over sophisticated firearms permit system
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…
How Bushiri and a syndicate of African pastors ran an immigration fraud ring and made a mint in the process
Amid preparations for R372m parade, soldiers patrolling borders complain of starvation and lack of medical supplies
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.
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…
