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Properties and cash worth R29m belonging to an alleged syndicate that is accused of stealing from Eskom have been frozen.

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has told the Pretoria magistrate’s court that it intends adding more charges against the bogus doctor Kingsley Chele. Chele appeared in court on Monday on charges of fraud, car theft and escaping police custody unlawfully. State prosecutor Madre Amorita Windvogel asked for the bail information, which includes among other things, confirmation of Chele's address, to be postponed.

The justice cluster task team in the Eastern Cape is now prioritising and reviewing criminal cases of traditional initiation and botched circumcisions where initiates died, were injured, or had penile amputations or underwent unlawful circumcisions.

Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies, in his latest Greed & Fear report pointed out that the public sector banks have outperformed the private sector banks by 153% since November 2020 and by 14% YTD, with the latter trading sideways despite reporting good results.

No one’s rights should be undermined by law enforcement agencies on flimsy and unproven allegations of wrongdoing. However, we equally have an expectation that when there is apparent evidence of criminal behaviour by an individual, all reasonable steps be taken to ensure they are held accountable.