By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on IOL
South African businessman Suliman Carrim will remain in custody until Monday after his bail hearing was postponed. Arrested at OR Tambo International Airport after missing hearings of the Madlanga Commission, he is due to appear again, according to IOL.
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South African businessman Suliman Carrim appeared before a court in Pretoria after his arrest at OR Tambo International Airport, where he had allegedly missed a summons from the Madlanga Commission. His bail application was postponed to 19 October 2026, according to IOL.
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South African prosecutors say businessman Sulliman Carrim was travelling to Saudi Arabia via Dubai when he was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport. He is charged with failing to appear before the Madlanga Commission, while a separate investigation concerns suspected fraud and corruption, IOL reports.
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Zambian police have arrested a 41-year-old man in Kitwe on suspicion of involvement in the theft of 5 million kwacha from the bank account of Coretech Supplies Limited. The funds were allegedly transferred electronically to several accounts after the company director reported the matter, according to the Copperbelt police commissioner quoted by Diggers.
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South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has been declared fit for the second Test against Australia after missing the first match with a hamstring injury. His selection remains to be confirmed ahead of Sunday’s match in Gqeberha, following South Africa’s 214-run defeat in Durban, according to Reuters.
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Hill-Lewis calls for lifestyle audits of senior South African police officersDemocratic Alliance leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has called on national police commissioner Fannie Masemola to subject senior South African police officials to lifestyle audits. He also called for officers compromised by corruption to be removed, according to remarks reported by SABC after Masemola resumed his duties.
Malawi Parliament speaker calls for corruption system to be dismantledMalawi’s National Assembly Speaker, Sameer Suleman, says institutionalised corruption will continue to impoverish the country unless it is dismantled. He accuses officials of misappropriating, among other things, fertiliser funds intended for poor households and calls for prosecutions, according to Mwnation.The week in Africa
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