Sunday, July 6, 2025

Wednesday Morning Spice

Bring bribery back: Trump halts enforcement of US law banning bribery, McKenzie tells EFF ‘Toy Soldiers’ to go fight in the DRC, The men who built South Africa’s most valuable bank, Black Sabbath fans gobsmacked at ‘insane’ ticket prices, and No, Koos Bekker isn’t running a Telegram ‘investment’ group.

Jack Warner Is About To Be Arrested

The man who sits front and centre in the accusations against South Africa’s 2010 World Cup bid is in a world of trouble. There’s now more forces hot on his heels.

Sextortion Is The New Online Blackmail – You Could Be Next

Ladies beware, Karen “Gary” Kazaryan is blackmailing over 350 woman after hacking into their Facebook, Skype and email accounts where he finds their nude or semi nude pictures, and uses them  against them. After illegaly obtaining the pictures from their personal accounts, he contacts them and forces the women to undress for him via webcam, or […]

BREAKING: Hawks Launch Corruption Investigation At MTN

South Africa’s elite police unit, the Hawks, have opened an investigation into allegations of corruption at MTN. This follows news reports yesterday of a senior former MTN Group executive admitting to bribing South Africa’s former ambassador to Iran following a successful license purchase.

FHM Model Boasts On Twitter About Speeding, Bribing Traffic Cop

After boasting on Twitter that she got out of a R2 500 fine “for going 140 in a 60 zone” by paying a traffic cop R30, FHM model Sabina Essa received a call from Justice Project SA CEO Howard Dembovsky.

She then confessed to him that she merely sent the tweet for “some attention” from her followers. I honestly don’t know which of the two possible scenarios is worse.

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Heartland Institute Paid Scientists To Discredit Climate Change Research

A bunch of emails have been leaked from the Heartland Institute, the think tank vaguely infamous for being at once massively skeptical of climate change and funded by billionaire global warming deniers, the Koch Brothers. The emails suggest that the Institute has been paying scientists and bloggers to discredit climate change research.

TV Presenter Catches Out Corrupt Cops

You may never have heard of TV celebrity and author Zanele Mbokazi. It would mean you’ve never watched SABC1’s Gospel Gold show, for which she used to be presenter, but anything’s possible. However all of that is beside the point. Because Zanele is now even more famous for something else: helping to bust some very naughty SAPS officers on Sunday.