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Former police minister Nathi Nhleko at the state capture commission. Sharon Seretlo, Gallo Images Former police minister Nkosinathi Nhleko hired a convicted criminal as his chief of staff. Nhleko told the Zondo commission at the time of the appointment he was not aware of Leon Mbangwa's criminal record as it was a lateral movement.Mbangwa, who was…

The Commission for Gender Equality said acting magistrate Kholeka Bodlani's rape judgments "undermined the dignity and trauma experienced by survivors of gender-based violence".The commission said her provisional suspension showed that the judicial system was "self-correcting".It said Bodlani's suspension should be seen as a lesson to other magistrates and judges to act with sensitivity.The Commission for…

Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. The Zondo commission has thus far cost R700 millon, and MPs want it to tighten its belt.The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development budget has been cut by R416 million.NPA boss Shamila Batohi says it's R150-million budget cut doesn't affect the directorate investigating state capture cases. While the Department of Justice…

Former Passenger Rail Agency of SA CEO, Lucky Montana, appears before a parliamentary inquiry into state capture on January 30, 2018 in Cape Town. Gallo Images / Sowetan / Esa Alexander Following scrutiny of a number of big-ticket property purchases at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture this week, ex-Prasa CEO Lucky Montana…

Popo Molefe, the former chairperson of the Board of PRASA, testifies at the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on June 29. Gallo Images/Luba Lesolle The former Chairperson of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, Popo Molefe, says a businessman who secured a multibillion-rand tender in 2013 was later told he had made…