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Self-proclaimed billionaire ends up in jail with 5 000 inmates
May 29, 2011 – 7:44 pm | No Comment
Self-proclaimed billionaire ends up in jail with 5 000 inmates

Jacques Pauw, City Press For more than six months almost 3 000 Facebook “friends” were captivated and even charmed by fugitive Mandla Lamba as he ­detailed his sojourns in exotic ­locations. “I am having tea at Pelican Cafe on Ocean Drive, Miami Beach. This lady walked in and gave me her business card,” he wrote… Read More »

‘I feel like El Presidente’
May 25, 2011 – 1:42 pm | No Comment
‘I feel like El Presidente’

Damning emails may nail ANC provincial chair John Block Anna-maria Lombard, City Press – investigations@news24.com 14 November 2010 Explosive email communication ­between John Block and Uruguayan-born tycoon Gaston Savoi could nail the Northern Cape ANC chairperson. The emails, submitted by the state in Block’s bail application to the Kimberley Magistrates Court this week, show how… Read More »

‘Fake billionaire destroyed my family’
May 25, 2011 – 12:52 pm | No Comment
‘Fake billionaire destroyed my family’

Alleged tycoon Lamba still free three years after fatal car crash Jacques Pauw – investigations@media24.com As police assembled a task team this week to hunt down “mining tycoon” Mandla Lamba, a young widow came forward to tell how the fugitive allegedly wiped out half her family in a horror car crash. Last week City Press… Read More »