S. African newspaper apologises for 'tainted' scoops
The Sunday Times is one of South Africa's 主要な newspapers
One of South Africa's 主要な newspapers 認める Sunday it had run "tainted" scoops during the 大統領／総裁などの地位 of Jacob Zuma which turned out to be 大部分は 誤った, but 主張するd it had been the 犠牲者 of political 巧みな操作.
"We 収容する／認める here today that something went wrong in the 過程 of 集会 the （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） and 報告（する）／憶測ing" of several 最高の，を越す stories, Sunday Times editor Bongani Siqoko wrote in a column.
"What is （疑いを）晴らす is that we committed mistakes and 許すd ourselves to be manipulated by those with ulterior 動機s... We apologise."
の中で the stories was an 排除的 published in December 2011 about an 申し立てられた／疑わしい rogue police 部隊 （刑事）被告 of 得点する／非難する／２０s of extrajudicial 殺人，大当りs in the 沿岸の 州 of KwaZulu-誕生の.
The paper said at the time that it had 暴露するd 証拠 of a "殺し屋集団" operating in the town of Cato Manor on the 郊外s of the 州's 資本／首都 Durban.
Dozens of police officers from the 最高の，を越す anti-罪，犯罪 部隊 were 逮捕（する）d and 一時停止するd in 2012 in the 影響 of the Sunday Times 調査. While some have been （疑いを）晴らすd and all 結局 許すd 支援する to work, 27 still remain on 裁判，公判 over the （人命などを）奪う，主張するs.
The 告発する／非難する d have 否定するd the 主張s, arguing they were 的d because they had been 調査／捜査するing high-profile individuals with political 関係.
On Sunday, the Sunday Times 定評のある it "failed to 現在の (（警察などへの）密告，告訴（状）) in a 目だつ way that would have resulted in a balanced and fair piece of journalism that 反映するd both 味方するs".
Besides the Cato Manor スキャンダル, the paper also 認める that it had 誤って 報告（する）／憶測d on an 申し立てられた／疑わしい rogue 秘かに調査する 部隊 inside the South African 歳入 Service (SARS) in 2014 that surveilled 政治家，政治屋s 含むing Zuma.
"While we were interrogating, 調査／捜査するing and 報告（する）／憶測ing these stories, there was 明確に a 平行の political 事業／計画（する） 目的（とする）d at 土台を崩すing our democratic values and destroying 明言する／公表する 会・原則s, and 除去するing individuals who were seen as 障害s to this 事業／計画（する）," the paper's editor said.
"We 収容する／認める that our stories may have been used for this 目的."
Siqoko said the paper would return awards won for these stories.
In 力／強力にする since 2009, the 汚職-tainted Zuma was 軍隊d out of office by his 判決，裁定 African 国家の 議会 (ANC) in February.
His 後継者 Cyril Ramaphosa has 約束d to turn the page on the political and 財政上の スキャンダルs that have （海，煙などが）飲み込むd the 政府.
