CYANRE IN THE NEWS

NEWS24: 'Child sex' sites e-mailed

Pretoria - Pretoria advocate pair Cezanne Visser and Dirk Prinsloo, accused of an array of sex crimes, appear to have had e-mail correspondence with websites dealing in child sex and bestiality, the High Court heard on Tuesday.

A folder marked "naughty mails" on their personal computer, seized during the couple's arrest, contained 177 sex and pornography related e-mail messages, former police computer expert Danny Myburgh testified.

Some of the e-mails, at least one addressed to "Teen Beast", dealt with problems the couple were apparently experiencing in gaining access to certain sites. Read Full Article

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Computer expert confirms the encrypted Thomson-CSF fax came from Alain Thetard

A computer specialist on Friday gave weight to evidence in the Schabir Shaik fraud trial that the notorious fax detailing the alleged bribe agreement between Deputy President Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thomson-CSF is genuine.

With the aid of detailed reports and diagrams on an overhead projector, Bennie Labuschagne presented evidence to the Durban High Court supporting secretary Susan Delique's claim that she typed and faxed the letter to Thomson-CSF's head office in Paris, under the instructions of her boss, Alain Thetard.

Delique told the court that Thetard, who was the director of Thomson-CSF in South Africa, gave her the letter to send as a encrypted fax. Read Full Article

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Lots of Drama - and Detail - in Shaik Case

The trial of Schabir Shaik started amid intense interest in a packed court in Durban. By the time it broke this week for the seasonal recess there were only a few die-hard journalists and a single member of the public.

It was on October 10 that a defiant Shaik pleaded not guilty to charges of corruption and fraud. His pleadings were preceded by a bout of confident handshakes and smiles. He was flanked by brothers Mo, Chippy and Yunis. His plea explanation was long and comprehensive.

In short he asserted that the State had the wrong end of the stick. Yes, there was a financial relationship between him and Deputy President Jacob Zuma, he said, but it was not a corrupt one. The payments he made to Zuma were loans made in friendship. Read Full Article

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SABC suspends its head of French news

THE SABC has suspended the head of its newly-established French News project in the wake of a damning work permits scandal in which some journalists obtained illegal documentation allegedly through him and a "contact" at Home Affairs.

Executive producer Stan Tossou was suspended on May 3 pending an investigation into his alleged role in the work permits saga, after a City Press expose on March 26 detailing the fraud in which the journalists were asked to pay between R8 000 and R10 000 each for the documents.

A genuine work permit costs only R1 500, but the journalists were not aware of this, having arrived in the country for the job interviews on temporary residence permits, and having been offered contracts. Read Full Article

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