Author: Bongani Mdakane

Godfrey Lebeya
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Malcolm X threatens to sue Godfrey Lebeya over police informer claim 

Gauteng businessman Malcolm X has instructed his lawyer, Sandy Walaza, to take retired Hawks head Lt-Gen Godfrey Lebeya to the cleaners for calling the entrepreneur... Read more.
Advocate and acting judge to appeal papgeld order in ‘sperm donor’ case 
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Advocate and acting judge to appeal papgeld order in ‘sperm donor’ case 

Top advocate and acting judge of the High Court and Labour Court, Vuyani Ngalwana SC will appeal a judgment that saddled him with the maintenance of children he... Read more.
Sparks fly as SABC managers battle over Ba2cada reinstatement
Sports

‘Ba2cada’ urges Siwelele FC and Bloemfontein Celtic bosses to unite

The multi-award-winning Lesedi FM radio personality and football administrator, Nyakallo Leine, who is popularly known as Ba2cada, has made a call to Siwelele FC... Read more.
Police dump building, leave dockets on the floor 
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Police dump building, leave dockets on the floor 

Two communities in Intabazwe and Tshiame in Harrismith in the eastern Free State have been left without a police station after local cop shops were abandoned years... Read more.
Court ‘digs’ new financial hole for troubled EPCM Consultants 
Business

Court ‘digs’ new financial hole for troubled EPCM Consultants 

It never rains but pours, complete with hailstones, for the embattled multinational EPCM Consultants.  The Pretoria-based engineering firm and its subsidiary, EPCM... Read more.
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Businessman who ‘placed’ photos of Cyril Ramaphosa, Jacob Zuma in urinals charged

A Free State businessman who is accused of racism after placing pictures of President Cyril Ramaphosa, Jacob Zuma, his ex-wife Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and EFF... Read more.
MKP squandering its mandate of hope 
Politics

MKP squandering its mandate of hope 

South Africa’s general elections in May 2024 redrew the political map in dramatic fashion. After three decades of dominance, the ANC was humbled, losing its parliamentary... Read more.
EPCM Consultants, liquidation case, Van Greunen and Associates, Johannesburg High Court, BEE fronting scandal, corporate debt crisis, R148k legal debt, R119m creditor exposure, out-of-court settlement, corporate governance scandal
Business

EPCM Consultants staves off liquidation with last minute settlement 

EPCM Consultants has escaped liquidation by the skin of its teeth.  Its former lawyers, Van Greunen and Associates (VGA), had filed the motion for liquidation in... Read more.
NSFAS ‘sits on SIU graft report’ on Free State TVET totalling R44m 
Education

NSFAS ‘sits on SIU graft report’ on Free State TVET totalling R44m 

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has not submitted the findings of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) into the controversial Motheo TVET College... Read more.
Public Protector to conclude Gayton McKenzie probe next month 
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Public Protector to conclude Gayton McKenzie probe next month 

The Office of the Public Protector (PP) has promised to conclude before end of August the investigation into allegations that Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture... Read more.