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Thanduxolo Jika is an investigative journalist for the Sunday Times.

Ekurhuleni’s former municipal manager Imogen Mashazi appearing before the Germiston magistrates court for charges of corruption. Picture. Thapelo Morebudi.

‘High-flyer Imogen Mashazi’s taste for luxury’.

Imogen Mashazi has a taste for flying private, going as far as boarding a private jet for a flight from Johannesburg to Durban and a 45-minute hop to Maseru.

  • Sabelo Skiti
  • Sipho Masondo
  • Thanduxolo Jika
  • Sisanda Mbolekwa
Maj-Gen Feroz Khan.

The many mysteries surrounding high-flying Feroz Khan

Crime intelligence boss escalated to pinnacle of police service allegedly has underworld connections

  • Sipho Masondo
  • Thanduxolo Jika
  • Sabelo Skiti
Taxi boss Madoda Johannes Sibanyoni (left), Mvimbi Daniel Masilela (centre) and Philemon Makhaya Msiza appear at the Kwaggafontein Magistrate Court for their bail application.

Taxis, Ferraris and the Big Five: the rise and fall of Joe Sibanyoni

Joe Sibanyoni, known as “Joe Ferrari,” rose from a taxi driver in 1985 to lead a multimillion-rand business empire. He is now accused of demanding R2.2m in protection fees from a prominent businessman involved in the Moloto Road…

  • Thanduxolo Jika
  • Sabelo Skiti
  • Sipho Masondo
Documents seen by the Sunday Times suggest the authorities are playing a calculated game of jurisdictional chess in respect of Vusimusi 'Cat' Matlala. File photo.

Cat Matlala’s lawyers in talks about plea deal

Alleged underworld kingpin’s legal team offer anti-corruption unit information implicating top cops and possibly politicians in graft case

  • Sabelo Skiti
  • Thanduxolo Jika

How Cat’s henchmen plotted Jerry Boshoga’s kidnapping

WhatsApp messages between two of Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala’s henchmen reveal how they allegedly plotted the kidnapping of Pretoria businessman Jerry Boshoga in 2024.

  • Thanduxolo Jika
  • Sabelo Skiti
  • Sipho Masondo
Popular DJ and club owner Oupa Sefoka, better known as DJ Sumbody, was killed in November 2022. File photo.

DJs, drug wars: what Cat told me

An explosive affidavit from a popular DJ who survived an attempted assassination has lifted the lid on a high-stakes world of drug-dealing centred on South Africa’s night-club scene.

  • Sabelo Skiti
  • Thanduxolo Jika
  • Sipho Masondo