fraud

In a significant turn of events, the former Chief Financial Officer of Steinhoff, Ben la Grange, has been handed a prison sentence of 10 years, with half of that time suspended. This sentence comes after La Grange pleaded guilty to a singular fraud charge linked to a staggering amount of R367 million. The stipulation for the suspended sentence mandates that La Grange must stay clear of any future fraud convictions during this period. Additionally, he is required to serve as a witness for the state in any upcoming…

Isabel dos Santos, daughter of Angola's former president and once Africa's richest woman, must return to Angola her shares in Portugal's Galp energy company worth 422 million euros ($ 500 million), an international arbitration tribunal has ruled.…

The Tanzanian Electoral Commission declared John Magufuli, a candidate for another five-year term, the winner of Friday night's presidential election. But the opposition accuses the authorities of massive fraud. Several observers have also harshly criticized these oppressive choices. The new president of Zanzibar, Hussein Ali Mwinyi, on the podium, said he was ready to work for reconciliation with the opposition. With 76% of the vote, a president of the semi-autonomous region with such a high score had never been elected,…

Following Ceni's proclamation of the preliminary results of the presidential election that gave the outgoing president the winner, the vice president of the electoral body, Bano Sow, who is from the opposition, signed a statement proposing Partial or Total "resumption" of the vote due to a number of irregularities . as reported…

African screens mentioned on Tuesday that Guyea's weekend elections had been carried out correctly, however the political opposition to the established Alpha Condé, which has already claimed victory, dismissed it as fraudulent. Preliminary outcomes for 4 of the nation's 38 constituencies launched by electoral commissioner…