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UDM leader Bantu Holomisa has called for higher education minister Blade Nzimande's resignation after years of crises at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme.

After being accused of stealing more than R52m from two major retail stores in Nelson Mandela Bay, disgraced former chartered accountant Jonathan Blow will spend almost another month in custody before he returns to court.

Black Child Billionaire co-founder Neo Patrick Makhokolo has been found guilty and sentenced for scamming four victims, while the Hawks are still on the hunt for his partner.

The head of the department of health in the Northern Cape, Dr Dion Theys, was on Wednesday sentenced to a fine of R150,000 or three years’ imprisonment for contravening the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA).

Siphokazi Ndudane faces two counts of contravening the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act.

A North West widow got some reprieve after her lawyer was arrested for fraud after pocketing the R760,000 she had claimed from the Road Accident Fund after the death of her husband.

Significant progress has been made in recovering the proceeds of crime, says President Cyril Ramaphosa, and the state needs to focus on strengthening law enforcement and protecting whistleblowers.

Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi on Sunday announced that 67 Pakistani nationals had been intercepted at the OR Tambo International Airport and sent back to their country after failing to comply with South Africa's immigration laws.

Sibanye-Stillwater CEO believes business can still do a lot on its own within law to disrupt criminal syndicates

The department of home affairs is intensifying its fight against syndicates involved in the sale of SA identities to foreigners.