How much did Mbeki and Blatter know?
Amabhungane Reporters from Mail & Guardian What did Thabo Mbeki and Sepp Blatter know about – and do to facilitate – the $10-million “bribe” allegedly to win the 2010 World Cup vote? This week, doubt faded about whether the amount…
Suspicious fund skips Mauritius for the Cayman Islands
By Tina Weavind From Business Day Live Belvedere is a confusing and murky tangle of offshore funds, but the most eyebrow raising is its Kijani fund, based in the Cayman Islands. The Kijani fund was started in 2011, and appears…
Cricketers fight for foothold in baseball-mad Cuba
By Anne-Marie Garcia From The News Tribune HAVANA — The ball bounced off the pavement and Yordeni Caballero swung, whacking it with a soft thud and hurling his bat to the side as if he’d hit a homerun. As the…
Fiji: The end of military rule and the Commonwealth’s role
By Sir Ronald Sanders The value of the Commonwealth of Nations was again evident recently as its perseverance paid off in Fiji. After eight years, Fiji returned to Commonwealth membership last week following the decision by the Commonwealth Ministerial Action…
Oscar Pistorius found guilty of culpable homicide
By BBC South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of culpable homicide after the judge found he killed his girlfriend by mistake. Judge Thokozile Masipa said the athlete had acted “negligently” when he fired shots through a toilet…