ATHANDIWE SABA and JEANNE VAN DER MERWE South Africa’s wave of service delivery protests is far greater than previously imagined with official police data revealing more than 3 000 protests in the past four years. Media24 Investigations used access to information law to ask the South African Police Service for official records showing service delivery… Read More »

JACQUES PAUW A government agent photographed  weapons he claims alleged far right militants wanted to use to in a plot assassinate President Jacob Zuma and other top ANC leaders. The far-right alleged conspirators, who were arrested by the police this week and who have been charged with terrorism and treason, also allegedlt boasted in cell… Read More »

JACQUES PAUW A “general” in a far-right movement calling himself the “Boere-Ninja” has emerged as a key character as police probe an alleged right-wing conspiracy to wipe out the ANC leadership. He is Jaco Scherman, owner of Panzer Protection in Springs on the East Rand, and a police reservist. This week he admitted to City… Read More »

Jacques dommisse ’n Belegger wat sowat R90 miljoen by die twyfelagtige skemas van wyle Herman Pretorius belê het, het pas gesê hy en ’n groep beleggers oorweeg ’n groep- regsgeding teen die Raad op Finansiële Dienste (RFD). Oor die verlore miljoene van Mike le Sueur, ’n sakeman van die Strand wat verskeie van sy sake… Read More »

JACQUES PAUW A controversial police general headed the crime intelligence unit’s dirty tricks campaign to plant evidence and evesdrop on the Boeremag treason accused and their lawyers, a former officer claims in sworn statement. The statement claims General Mark Hankel specially flew to America to purchase the bugging devices which were used to unlawfully monitor… Read More »

JACQUES PAUW The police’s crime intelligence unit allegedly paid a convicted, apartheid saboteur R500,000 as part of a conspiracy to frame and monitor Boeremag treason suspects, former officers claim. The alleged operative, former Civil Cooperation Bureau member, Barry Bawden, has close ties with President Jacob Zuma with Bawden admitting this week that he has a… Read More »

Jacques Pauw Malema could be charged with targeting the state’s authority and power. The Hawks are investigating charges of sedition and incitement of violence against former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema. The case is being handled by senior prosecutors attached to the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA’s) priority crimes litigation unit. City Press understands that… Read More »