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The questionable relationship between former Transnet head of capital projects Herbert Msagala and engineering firm IGS Consulting was in the spotlight on Tuesday at the Special Tribunal trial, taking place in the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.
Msagala excused himself from the trial on Monday, claiming he could not afford to pay for attorneys to defend him. The judge ruled the trial would nevertheless continue.
On Monday, the tribunal also heard from a former security manager at Transnet who claimed Msagala had made him run errands, including making several cash deposits and withdrawals at a bank in Sandton.
A sharp dispute among President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ministers and advisers about which country to extradite former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang to is keeping him incarcerated in a South African prison more than 28 months after he was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg.
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola is leading a “rule of law” faction which wants Ramaphosa to send Chang to the US to face corruption and fraud charges brought by the US Justice Department about his complicity in an alleged scheme to siphon off millions of dollars from $2-billion worth of loans in 2013 and 2014 to buy fishing trawlers and patrol boats for the Mozambican government.
Numsa joins AYO in court battle against banks targeting black-owned businesses, while unions picket in Sandton
By Ntombi Nkosi
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Johannesburg - The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) is set to join technology investment company AYO Technologies in its urgent application at the South Gauteng High Court on Thursday.
The company seeks to apply for an urgent interdict restraining FNB from de-activating or closing its banking facilities.
“Numsa will be joining this application as
amicus curiae (friend of the court). FNB has given AYO until 3 May to find a new bank, otherwise it will close the company’s transactional facilities. We must not view the decision taken by both FNB and Absa as guided by morality, principles or ethics,” Numsa spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said.
JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – SOUTH African banks have come under pressure from unions following the financial institutions’ targeting of indigenous firm, Ayo Technologies.
ABSA has cut ties with the technology company while First National Bank (FNB) has given Ayo until May 3 to find a new bank.
While reasons for the closure have been kept confidential, it is believed to stem from allegations of financial impropriety.
Unions believe the banks are doing such as part of their involvement in the factional battles of the ruling African National Congress (ANC).
“We must not view the decision taken by both FNB and ABSA as guided by morality, principles or ethics,” Irvin Jim, National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) General Secretary, said.
Squatters allowed back into Dunkeld West private property after rights group steps in
By Anna Cox
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Johannesburg - The homeless Dunkeld West squatters, who were evicted earlier this month from a private property in Bompas Road, have settled back onto the property.
They were evicted on April 6 by the Red Ant security relocation and eviction services, with the supervision of the sheriff, who illegally evicted dozens of residents from their homes, leaving them homeless and destitute.
According to the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (Seri) the court order was not legal as it was only against preventing further people entering the property to squat. It was not an eviction order, so the previous occupiers were restored on April 9.