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Another two charges have been added to the case against three men accused of being part of the ‘Grindr Gang’ which allegedly kidnaps users of the dating app and extorts money from them, the Cape Town Magistrate's Court heard yesterday.

The Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) has seized a luxury Jaguar SUV and two plush homes in Zimbali outside Durban – valued at R25.5m – in connection with the corruption case against former eThekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede.

Yesterday marked exactly a year since members of the VIP Protection Unit attached to Deputy President Paul Mashatile were caught in a widely circulated 57-second video that appeared to show them punching and kicking the occupants of a car they had stopped on a Gauteng highway, reports the Daily Maverick.

Police Minister Bheki Cele has lost an appeal against a damages claim that was awarded to Thandekile Sabisa, a former deputy mayor of the OR Tambo District Municipality; and former mayoral committee member Lawrence Mambila – who were unlawfully arrested, assaulted and ‘tubed’ following the attempted murder of the municipal speaker and the murder of his bodyguard.

After nearly three years of investigation into the theft of R103m from an Absa bank account, allegedly stolen by the bank's IT specialist, Xolela Masebeni, the case is now ready for trial.

Three more suspects joined Ralph Stanfield and his wife Nicole Johnson in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court yesterday in a case that has grown to include the ‘construction mafia’ murder of government housing official Wendy Kloppers, a hit on a policeman, and the shooting of an alleged gang leader from Kraaifontein.

SA national Neil Phillips yesterday avoided a US prison term for manipulating an exchange rate in order to trigger a $20m barrier option.

BHI Trust fraudster Craig Warriner has a phone in his cell, which he shares with about 35 other inmates, and continues to trade a large portfolio.

A group of 80 pensioners from the Western Cape, Gauteng and Northern Cape claim to have been ‘cruelly deceived’ out of a trip of a lifetime by a Strand travel agent, reports News24.

As the financial woes mount for fugitive pastor Shepherd Bushiri, a Pretoria-based company has joined the long queue of entities seeking to liquidate the Shepherd Bushiri Ministries to recoup more than R1m he owes.

Former President Jacob Zuma says the State Attorney and Presidency committed financial misconduct when they unlawfully agreed to fund his corruption trial legal costs and insists he cannot now be expected to pay the R28.9m bill he racked up, reports News24.

A group of men who tried to forcefully gain entry to an IEC warehouse where ballot boxes were stored had earlier interfered with the handling of the boxes and followed the truck carrying the materials to its destination.

Losing your temper with a nagging and provoking wife is no defence for assaulting her, a judge found in confirming the husband’s conviction and subsequent suspended jail sentence on appeal.

EFF leader Julius Malema insists he had no live weapon with him on the day he has been accused of firing a gun at a stadium, reports EWN.

The UDM says its deputy president, Nqabayomzi Kwankwa, was kidnapped yesterday while travelling to Cape Town International Airport, reports News24.