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Justice and correctional services minister Ronald Lamola said it was “becoming apparent” that the UAE was not co-operating. File photo.Image: Gallo Images / Daily Sun / Lucky Morajane

Lamola reveals UAE is not co-operating with SA request to return the Guptas

Justice minister Ronald Lamola has told parliament that the United Arab Emirates was not co-operating regarding the extradition of the Gupta brothers to SA. Lamola was giving a political overview of his departments’ annual reports to the…

YOU’RE OUT: ANC MP Bongani Bongo has been charged with corruption and will take a leave of absence from his official positions.Picture: Gallo images / Daily Sun / Lindile Mbontsi

Corruption accused Bongani Bongo to step aside as MP and NEC member

Decision is part of the outcomes of the special ANC NEC meeting TIMESLIVE ANC MP Bongani Bongo will take a leave of absence from his position in parliament and the ANC national executive committee (NEC) ahead of his corruption trial. The…

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Port Elizabeth man convicted on child pornography charges after FBI-tip-off

A Port Elizabeth man has been convicted of possession and distribution of child pornography after a lengthy investigation triggered by a tip-off from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Kerwin David Budden pleaded guilty to the…

Head of the investigations directorate Hermione Cronje (left) and National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi at a media briefing at the NPA head office in Silverton, Pretoria, on May 24 2019.Image: Ntswe Mokoena, GCIS.

MPs slam NPA’s failure to prosecute ‘high profile’ corruption

Opposition MPs’ patience with the National Prosecuting Authority appears to be wearing thin, as they lashed out at the authority’s slow pace in prosecuting crimes related to state capture and corruption. Since the appointment of Shamila…

Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and first lady Grace Mugabe.Image: Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters

NPA issues arrest warrant for Grace Mugabe

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has issued an arrest warrant for former Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe. Minority rights group AfriForum announced this during a press conference on Wednesday in Centurion. “We can report that…

Former president Jacob Zuma’s lawyers have filed court papers applying for a permanent stay of prosecution.Image: Thuli Dlamini

Jacob Zuma files papers saying why he shouldn’t face criminal charges

The National Prosecuting Authority has confirmed that lawyers for former president Jacob Zuma are “in the process of filing” his application for a permanent stay of his corruption prosecution in Durban. NPA KwaZulu-Natal spokesperson…

Former NPA head Mxolisi Nxasana enters the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg on August 13 2018, where the court ruled that the appointment of Shaun Abrahams as NPA head was unconstitutional and invalid.Image: Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times

Mxolisi Nxasana must ‘find’ R10m to repay golden handshake

Former head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Mxolisi Nxasana needs to “find” the R10-million the Constitutional Court ordered him to repay on Monday. “I have to find it‚” he said in an interview with Bongani Bingwa on Radio 702…