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Former Member of Parliament (MP) Vincent Smith has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment by the High Court in Johannesburg. This is after reaching a plea and sentence agreement with the state. Smith pleaded guilty to several charges, including corruption and fraud. Other charges were of money laundering and the Contravention of the Tax Act in his personal capacity, as …

Five  South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) officials have been fired for fraud and corruption. The action follows disciplinary processes during which eight officials were arrested last year. Three cases are still pending. The officials were based at the SASSA Johannesburg office, which was temporarily closed but has since been reopened. The Agency’s spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi says they will continue …

The multi-billion rand fraud case against six former executives of the embattled sugar giant Tongaat-Hulett and an auditor has been postponed to 10 September for a pre-trial hearing. The accused appeared briefly in the Durban High Court on Thursday. The long-standing case, which dates back to 2019, is linked to the alleged manipulation of business funds amounting to R3.5 billion. …

More than 20 individuals involved in the R113 million fraud and corruption case in the Mpumalanga Education Department have been remanded in custody by the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court. Magistrate Patrick Morris adjourned the matter until Wednesday for bail applications. Only 15 out of a total of 38 arrested suspects have been granted bail so far, ranging from R5 000 to R50 000. Forty individuals, …

By Kabuye Ronald The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has rejected the outcome of Uganda’s 2026 presidential elections, describing the polls as deeply flawed and unreflective of the will of the Ugandan people. In a post-election statement issued on Thursday, Nathan Nandala Mafabi, FDC Presidential Flagbearer and Secretary General, thanked Ugandans who turned out to vote on January 15, 2026, …

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In a dramatic and urgent statement posted to social media just hours ago, Ugandan opposition leader and presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi—popularly known as Bobi Wine—has accused the ruling regime of orchestrating widespread electoral malpractice amid a nationwide internet blackout. “Uganda is in the dark with the internet shut down,” Bobi Wine wrote on X (formerly Twitter) under his verified handle …

The National Drug Authority (NDA), working jointly with the Uganda Police Force, has arrested three suspected conmen accused of impersonating NDA inspectors and extorting money from drug outlet operators across the country. The suspects are Don Byakatonda, the Executive Director of an NGO known as Health and Legal Ethics, Kizito Raymond Nabimba, and Faizo Kutesa, who reportedly operates under the …

By Nelly Otto – Jinja Butembe County MP David Livingstone Zijjan is facing allegations of fraudulently acquiring a 3-acre piece of land that Mada Holdings Uganda Ltd — operators of Jinja Nile Resort — claims to have legally owned and occupied for nearly two decades. The contested land has since been transferred to the twin children of Speaker of Parliament …

KAMPALA – Uganda’s State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SHACU), working with the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), has charged Elizabeth Esther Steenkamp, a Kenyan national and Managing Director of Washa Lidjiwe Investments Limited, with obtaining money by false pretence and conspiracy to commit a felony in a high-value gold fraud case. Steenkamp …