Former VBS CFO, Phillip Truter The eighth suspect in the VBS saga, senior executive Phillip Truter has appeared in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court.He was in quarantine when the seven co-accused were arrested weeks back and granted R100 000 bail each.He was granted bail of R50 000 and will be admitted to a mental health…
Seven men accused of defrauding VBS Mutual Bank appeared in the Palm Ridge Regional Court. Hawks and National Prosecuting Authority say more people will be arrested soon in connection with the looting of VBS Mutual.The Hawks say municipalities, companies, directors of companies and some influential people will be brought in.Seven men, including VBS board members,…
Seven men accused of defrauding VBS Mutual Bank appeared in the Palm Ridge Regional Court on 18 June 2020. Seven men accused of stealing R2.2 billion from VBS Mutual Bank, in one of the country's most widely publicised looting scandals, have each been granted R100 000 bail.They appeared in the Palm Ridge Regional Court on…
Seven men accused of defrauding VBS Mutual Bank appeared in the Palm Ridge Regional Court on 18 June 2020. Seven accused appeared in court for the alleged looting of VBS Mutual Bank and pleaded not guilty to multiple charges.An eighth accused is in quarantine due to Covid-19.The public gallery was packed to capacity during the…
Not for the fainthearted: Drawing on contracts and banking data we make public for the first time, we analyse in detail how Transnet locomotive suppliers pledged R9 billion in kickbacks to the Guptas, of which at least R3.7 billion has been paid.The Guptas' pillage of Transnet in cahoots with CRRC, the Beijing-based rail conglomerate, spanned…
The Food and Drug Administration has updated its list of cinnamon products with dangerously high levels of lead, bringing the total to 21. The alert now includes Wise Wife brand ground cinnamon from SLR Food Distribution Inc., of Hicksville, NY. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Analytical Chemistry collected and analyzed samples of this
(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) As Grace Griffin and her husband were welcoming their long-awaited baby — a daughter — Griffin found herself worried about looming medical bills and unsure if their family could pay for the care they needed. “This whole experience has me wondering (keeping me up at night, actually): Can we ever afford
LYON, France — Halving the dose of antenatal betamethasone given to prevent severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in infants does not appear to affect later intelligence quotient (IQ) scores or other measures of neurodevelopment, suggests a follow-up study of a randomized trial. However, it is unclear from the present data, presented at the Congress of