According to documents seen by the BBC program ‘Panorama‘, British American Tobacco’s (BAT) private spies were caught spying on Savanna Tobacco’s factory, in Zimbabwe in 2012. After paying for talks with high-ranking Zanu PF members, about a donation of up to half a million dollars, the 3 spies were released. BAT is the manufacturer of Lucky Strike cigarettes and is one of the largest companies in the UK, where the multinational tobacco monopoly is headquartered in London.
Did Tobacco Giant BAT Give Mugabe Up to $500,000 to Release Their Private Spies in 2012? – Leaked Documents
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Ex-SANDF colonel William Endley on death row not well
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It has been more than a month since former South African National Defence Force (Sandf) colonel William Endley was sentenced to death in South Sudan.
The 55-year-old was charged with espionage and conspiring to overthrow the government.
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Former SA soldier sentenced to death in South Sudan
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A former South African soldier was sentenced to death in South Sudan on Friday for attempting to overthrow the government.
Ex-colonel William Endley, 55, was “sentenced to death by hanging” for espionage and conspiring to overthrow the government, said judge Lado Eriminio Sekwat at a court in the capital Juba.