(June 17, 2002) International sanctions-busting banks and companies could be faced with legal claims amounting to billions of rands following legal claims launched on Monday by apartheid victims against institutions which propped up the racist system.
Apartheid victims to launch class action against Swiss banks
(June 16, 2002) An American lawyer representing victims of South Africa’s former Apartheid regime is set to launch a class action against Swiss banks.
Apartheid victims sue Western banks and firms for billions
(June 16, 2002) The American lawyer who won compensation for Holocaust victims is about to launch legal claims for billions of pounds against companies, many of them British, that benefited from apartheid.
Africa’s leaders ‘stole $140bn’
(June 14, 2002) Corrupt African leaders have stolen at least $140bn (£95bn) from their people in the decades since independence, says the Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo.
Water board boss jailed for taking bribes
(June 6, 2002) The former chief executive of a water board has been jailed for 18 years for corruption, making him the first official in the southern African country to be punished for taking bribes from multinational companies.
Lesotho takes on corruption analysis
(June 6, 2002) The thing about corruption that really sticks in one’s throat is the arrogant self-righteousness of those, convicted of corrupt activity, who unashamedly deny they have engaged in criminal conduct.
Acres expects acquittal in bribery trial
(June 6, 2002) Acres International Ltd., one of Canada’s best-known engineering firms, says it believes it will be acquitted of bribery in the African kingdom of Lesotho even though the official it is accused of bribing was convicted.
Engineer jailed for taking bribes
(June 5, 2002) Masupha Sole was pushed into Lesotho High Court in a wheelchair yesterday to hear himself sentenced to 18 years in prison for taking bribes from foreign contractors.
Lesotho water project executive sentenced
(june 4, 2002) Masupha Sole, the former chief executive of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, has been sentenced to a total of 57 years in prison, of which he will serve 18. This follows his conviction in May on 13 counts of bribery and fraud in the Lesotho High Court.
Highlands CEO to jail for bribe
(June 4, 2002) The former chief executive of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, Masupha Sole, was sentenced to 18 years in prison by the Lesotho High Court for taking bribes from international firms.
ANEEJ Proposal To The Ad Hoc Committee For The Negotiation Against Corruption
(June 1, 2002) What is to be done when country X has a president or authorities that are corrupt and not willing to initiate asset recovery process? ANEEJ uses questions and also proposals to respond to the situation.
New push could result in debt reduction: campaigners
(May 31, 2002) A prudential system will help both sides, campaigners say, and unlike the "Drop the Debt" campaign fronted by Bono, will avoid the problem of countries being labelled deadbeats for repudiating debts by making the role of the banks explicit.
Obasanjo’s Deal with the Abachas
(May 30, 2002) The revelations made by President Olusegun Obasanjo on his deal with the family of the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, on the recovery of monies looted by Abacha while in office has elicited sundry responses.
Acres’ reputation at risk in African bribery trial
(May 27, 2002) Acres International Ltd., one of the great names in Canadian engineering, is nearing the end of a criminal trial in an impoverished African kingdom on charges that could stain its reputation and show the risks of using far-off agents.
Letters to the editor: Weak approach to combating corruption
(May 24, 2002) Punishing these companies’ agents instead of the companies themselves is a scandalously weak approach to combating corruption on its projects.
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