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T he South African Reserve Bank (SARB) conducted AML/CFT (Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism) inspections at Absa Bank Limited (Absa), FirstRand Bank Limited (FirstRand), Nedbank Limited (Nedbank), and The Standard Bank

 A complaint against prosecutor Gerrie Nel has been rejected by the SA Human Rights Commission. The complainant, Jan Landman, had asked the commission to probe the manner in which Nel conducted his cross-examination of murder-accused Oscar

 Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille says they will be approaching the South Gauteng High Court for an urgent order to compel the Independent Communication Authority of SA (Icasa) to hear its complaint against the SABC over the broadcaster's

 State prosecutor Gerrie Nel's cross-examination of murder accused paralympian Oscar Pistorius drew to an emotion-charged conclusion in the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday. Nel concluded his argument by saying the court WOULD find that

Prosecutor Gerrie Nel accused Oscar Pistorius on Monday of faking emotional distress on the witness stand. He contended this was happening because Pistorius knew his version of why he shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp did not hold

 The United Nations has praised South Africa's efforts in halving its murder rate over the past five years. According to the latest stats, the rate has dropped from 64.5 per 100 thousand people in 1995 to 31 per 100-thousand in 2012. The

  Murder-accused Oscar Pistorius on Monday denied whispering to his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp to call the police. "When you armed yourself, what did you say," prosecutor Gerrie Nel asked Pistorius in the High Court in Pretoria

  A ship carrying 2 000 tonnes of fin whale meat has reportedly skipped the port of Durban after South Africans called on government to deny it entry. Greenpeace says the cargo ship 'Alma' was sailing from Iceland en-route to Japan, and

The contract for a R1.8 million bust of former president Nelson Mandela was awarded to a company owned by Dali Tambo, without being put out to tender. The Sunday Times reports that tender regulations were not followed, because Parliament