JACQUES PAUW A Pretoria arms dealer, who claims he is the victim of “criminal elements” in the defence force and intelligence services, has demanded R1bn in damages from the Minister of Defence. Johan Erasmus, a director of New Generations Arms Manufacturers (NGAM), has instituted seven civil cases against two ministers, the chief of the defence… Read More »

JACQUES DOMMISSE POLICE officers were ordered in an official memo late last year to not even use rubber bullets except as a “last resort” in controlling public protests – in stark contrast to the live rounds used by officers in the Lonmin mine bloodbath. The memo’s instructions raise further questions about the level of the… Read More »

Thanduxolo Jika SECRET recordings show a business tycoon talking about millions in payments to senior government officials, apparently to secure government business. The recordings are of Vivian Natasen, whose company, Neo Solutions – now known as Neo Africa – has scored hundreds of millions in state tenders including a stake in the R8.8bn taxi recapitalisation… Read More »

Jacques Pauw The third-richest man in the country, billionaire Shoprite boss Christo Wiese, owes the taxman an estimated R2 billion in unpaid taxes. The tax assessment for Wiese is the largest in South African history and potentially makes Wiese the largest individual tax offender in South Africa. City Press has established that an in-depth South… Read More »

JACQUES PAUW The Hawks and the State Security Agency have launched a wide-ranging probe into EduSolutions, the controversial company supplying textbooks to at least four provincial education departments. Two independent sources have confirmed to City Press that the Hawks investigation centres on how EduSolutions obtained their textbook contract in Limpopo. Investigators are also looking into… Read More »