Crossing a river with the Croc
Monday morning. Things are bad. I’m lying on the Ghenginator’s couch trying to will myself to my feet. It’s not working. I’m not surprised.
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Hawks boss Booysen’s court bid stalls Cato Manor case
The Cato Manor hit squad accused have made a brief appearance in the high court in Durban.
Goodbye, Heligupta
So the Guptas’ wedding guests have got into their Heligupta – that’s a plane that can land anywhere, even on a national key point – and jogged on back to India.
Mpisane and her Lamborghini ‘company car’
Durban construction boss Shauwn Mpisane used a Hummer to visit low-cost housing projects her company built for the eThekwini Municipality and the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government.
Cato Manor: Suspended Hawks boss hits back at ‘trumped-up’ charges
Suspended Hawks KwaZulu-Natal head General Johan Booysen has challenged the racketeering charges against him and 27 members of the disbanded Cato Manor Serious and Violent Crime Unit in court, claiming they were aimed at tying him up in court for several years.
Mpisane invoices ‘lost in floods, fires’
Durban tenderpreneur Shauwn Mpisane tried to bring down her tax liability by almost R50 million by presenting SARS with forged receipts during an appeal against a 2008 assessment, according to evidence presented in the Durban Regional Court today.
Great work, guys
You can’t say the cats that get the big cash for running Durban into the ground waste time. Not them. Last week, our first citizen with the grill, James Nxumalo; along with his sidekick with the flick, speaker Logie Naidoo, go to Jozi to attend Municipal Incompetence 101.
Gasa killer to appeal his 30-year sentence
Lawyers for Mbulelo Arthur Ntlauzana, the man who murdered Durban businessman Nhlanhla Gasa, are preparing to appeal his 30-year sentence for murder and robbery.
Zuma Jr: I believe I can fly
Edward Zuma tells Paddy Harper he’s stuck between a rock and a hard place: Stay idle, and he’s a spoiled brat. Become an aviation guru, and he’s trading on his father’s famous surname
‘Gasa tried to rape me’
The man accused of murdering KwaZulu-Natal businessman Nhlanhla Gasa has pleaded guilty, claiming that Gasa had tried to rape him.
Was Gasa slain for sex?
The girlfriend of Durban tycoon Nhlanhla Gasa’s alleged killer says she is “shocked” to hear the father of her one-year-old child lived a secret life as another man’s lover.
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