Lennie The Liquidator Faces R500,000 Defamation Suit

After losing his cool when his fees were questioned

Panel Beater De Luxe

Danmar Autobody and its erstwhile directors get a serious panel beating in court papers. Corruption and theft are said to have destroyed the firm chaired by Nelson Mandela’s eldest daughter, leaving 200 workers destitute and threatening to kill.

Never Take A Hypochondriac To A Pandemic

From Ronald Wohlman’s New York Corona Diary

‘He's no pharmaceutical genius, he's a vulture'

Pharma con seeks prison release to ‘help find Covid cure’

On the light side

The life of a newspaper (or in this case) magazine columnist is not an easy one, particularly for one’s state of mind.

George mayor's War on Waste raked in illicit profits for pals

DA initiates probe which reveals host of transgressions in Eastern Cape municipality – which NPA has ignored

Sound The Alarm On Roundup's Cancer Risks

To powers that be of our esteemed Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development I must ask: with all the nonstop re-configuration of how to deal with this enormous “land restitution” challenge, can you take a moment to communicate the threat posed by the widely used and popular herbicide Roundup?

Beetlejuice, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse

Not rocket science

Coins for the car guard

Piet struts the streets Of Germiston barefoot and with his shirt open, except for one button near the bottom which he closes up lopsided.

All the president's men

Former SARS chief to confront Pravin Gordhan about efforts to derail probe

Cyril's secret deal with ‘rogue unit' executives

Nugent Commission suppressed affidavit that potentially compromised Ramaphosa

Another Berrange liquidation scandal

‘Dishonest dealings’ over sale of multi-million-rand property development

The Missing Lift

No clear skies for Wonderboom Airport as their wheelchair compliancy and mothballed infrastructure lands them in more hot water

Pillay's Pension Caper

Former SARS deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay’s early retirement on full pension and instant re-employment was arguably not criminal, but it did amount to a devious scamming of state funds and flouted strict rules for state employees

Tshwane Council Shamed Over Role In Airport's Neglect

Truant Tshwane MMC says there are plans to rehabilitate crippled Wonderboom National Airport after favoured managing company bails out

The ANA Games: Iqbal Versus Everyone Else

Newspaper mogul throws a Survé ball at his news agency employees

Pub Stories: The Triple Snotklap

He gently Patted the Crimson abrasions on his cheeks, wiping some blood on his overall, and explained: “There was a first klap, ‘Ker-twa!’

South African Music Rights Oligarchy

‘The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.’ – Hunter S Thompson

Newcastle ANC 's Corruption Cover-up

Newcastle Municipality is drowning in debt and driven to paying salaries out of ringfenced infrastructure grant funding for a low-cost housing project, because all its cash reserves have been plundered.

Land Budget Plundered

Farmland given valuation of developed, serviced land

Fears Fish Factory Might Stink Out Mossel Bay

School feeding scheme loses out as processing plant switches to importing pilchards and sardines for animal feed.

A Flawed Court Process That Puts Victims At Risk

NOSEY ONES, I MUST SINCERELY apologise to you all.

Was SARS Right To Establish That ‘Rogue Unit'?

SARS’s so-called rogue unit was not unlawful. That was the finding of retired judge Robert Nugent’s commission of inquiry last year. ‘While the National Strategic Intelligence Act prohibits the covert gathering of certain intelligence, that applies to intelligence concerning threats to the safety of the state, which hardly applies to intelligence relevant to collecting tax,’ reads Judge Nugent’s final report. The judge concludes: ‘I see no reason why SARS was and is not entitled to establish and operate a unit to gather intelligence on the illicit trades, even covertly, within limits.’But did Judge Nugent get it wrong? Weren’t the establishment and operations of the rogue unit specifically designed to counter the threat to the safety of the state from organised crime that was running riot and sapping countless billions of rands annually from the fiscus? And what were/are those ‘limits’ to what SARS may covertly do? We examine the conundrum.

Letter From Umjindi

55 And loving it

Le Big Bash

Why Tshepo Mahloele’s Lebashe has bought Tiso Blackstar’s media jewels.

Ravele On Sars Shortlist Despite Shady Past

Van Loggerenberg’s boss in line to be commissioner.

Company Liquidation Laws Unfair

Public Protector orders liquidation law reforms – thanks to a dispute between some pretty shady characters.

The Incredible Watsons

In many ways 1994 was wonderful.

The Meal-Kit Mogul

UCook’s David Torr shares his recipe for success.

‘Racist' Maritzburg Magistrate In Hot Water Again

Pietermaritzburg magistrate Ashin Singh, who is facing the possibility of being sacked from the bench after a pleth-ora of complaints laid against him, has landed himself in hot water once again.