Suisse Secrets: Bank financed Zimbabwean fraudster in deal that saved Mugabe
The Swiss Secrets leak reveals Credit Suisse’s role in a controversial platinum mine sale that helped to finance a wave of violence around Zimbabwe’s 2008 election
Billy Rautenbach
Rautenbach’s Zim green firm ‘holds cows for ransom’
Villagers in Zimbabwe say tycoon Billy Rautenbach’s ethanol plant is fining them heftily for their straying livestock.
Mugabe’s white ally in land-grab row
Zimbabwean peasant farmers accuse Billy Rautenbach of destroying their livelihoods.
Zanu-PF’s Green Fuel dilemma
Zanu-PF faces the difficult task of appeasing its supporters, who have been left fuming over Green Fuel’s expansion.
Zim may lose $500-million
Billy Rautenbach is tangled in a spat over land use and is said to be ready to move a multimillion ethanol project to Zambia.
Zimbabwe government ‘induced’ flooding
Human Rights Watch says 20 000 people were displaced to make way for a new game reserve.
Zanu-PF MP hits out at Rautenbach
Accused of being an extortionist, Temba Mliswa is now drawing President Mugabe into his fight with controversial businessman Billy Rautenbach.
Zim: The steep price of access to power
A Zanu-PF politician is demanding millions for introducing controversial businessman Billy Rautenbach to key state officials.
Zim: Rautenbach’s ethanol firm downgraded
The value of Billy Rautenbach’s fuels monopoly has been slashed, in spite of the state’s plan to take 51%.
Anger fuels ethanol U-turn in Zim
Zimbabwe’s government is accused of favouring sole licencee Billy Rautenbach by raising fuel’s ethanol content.
Big plans for ethanol ignore fears
A constitutional court case will test the legality of mandatory fuel blending in Zimbabwe.
Billy Rautenbach ‘scores’ ethanol increase
Zimbabwe’s government may strike a deal with Green Fuel, which is linked to controversial businessman Billy Rautenbach.
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Agliotti ‘was quite a salesman’
After years on the run controversial businessman Billy Rautenbach was keen to have a warrant quashed, but ended up feeling used, writes Ilham Rawoot.
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Rautenbach’s fast and furious ride to riches
Muller Conrad ”Billy” Rautenbach is a controversial businessman who has parlayed his closeness to the Zanu-PF government into a personal fortune.
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Rautenbach served with Hyundai papers at Selebi trial
Billy Rautenbach was served with papers related to the affairs of the Hyundai group during his appearance at the trial of Jackie Selebi on Thursday.
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Pikoli takes stand and tells of blackmail attempt
Former top cop Jackie Selebi allegedly tried to blackmail former prosecutions boss Vusi Pikoli into dropping charges against Billy Rautenbach.
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Billy Rautenbach reported to be missing
Ex-Hyundai boss Billy Rautenbach is one of three missing witnesses due to testify in the corruption trial of former police chief Jackie Selebi.
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Selebi’s woes are far from over
He was exposed as a barefaced liar, a suave scumbag with no scruples “knocking” millions off the wealthy in exchange for access to his “cash cop”.
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An ace up his sleeve?
The National Prosecuting Authority’s recruitment of fugitive Billy Rautenbach to testify against Jackie Selebi may be its intended ace-in-the-hole.
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Selebi trial: Inside gangstas’ paradise
If only a quarter of what Glenn Agliotti told the South Gauteng High Court this week is true, we live in a gangsters’ paradise.
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Agliotti paid to ‘sort out’ Rautenbach’s problems
Former Hyundai boss Billy Rautenbach allegedly paid $100 000 for his "problems" in South Africa to disappear.
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Surprises in store at Selebi trial
The corruption case against former police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi has been strengthened by the surprise inclusion of Billy Rautenbach.
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Billy Rautenbach hands himself over after 10 years
Billy Rautenbach, who has been evading local authorities for 10 years, has handed himself over and agreed to pay a R40-million fine.
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Selebi is being framed, claims lawyer
Jackie Selebi is being framed, the police national commissioner’s lawyer told the high court on Wednesday as he sought documents from the state.
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US Treasury blacklists four Mugabe cronies
The US government blacklisted four allies of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday, including Billy Rautenbach and John Bredenkamp.
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Selebi case postponed to June
Police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi was charged with three counts of corruption and one of defeating the ends of justice in the Randburg Regional Court on Friday. He also faced an alternate charge of receiving an unauthorised gratification ”by a person who is party to an employment relation”. The case was postponed to June 26.
