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The R280m Joburg ‘crime scene’: Strategic friends (part two)
10 November, 2021
This is part two of a three-part series that looks at the sale of erf 575 – three hectares of prime land above the Sandton Gautrain – to a consortium with deep connections to the ANC.
Joburg’s R280-million ‘crime scene’ (part one)
9 November, 2021
The City of Johannesburg's tainted sale of Kgoro Central, the “most important piece of undeveloped real estate in South Africa”, cheated municipal coffers of at least R280-million but seems to have made some politically-connected people rich.
Investec’s multi-billion Euro backing for legendary ‘tax evader’ — cum-ex part three
28 October, 2021
The South African investment bank provided billions to one of the alleged pioneers of the alleged tax fraud dubbed “cum-ex” despite their client facing tax evasion investigations in four different countries.
Hawks investigating ‘Malema-linked’ fuel tender
Dodgy payments, first revealed by amaBhungane in September 2019, were at the time the strongest indication of the EFF taking kickbacks in metros where it emerged as kingmaker after the 2016 local government elections.
Advocacy Comment: The Companies Amendment Bill should unlock a new era of corporate transparency
25 October, 2021
The real owners of some companies hide their identities behind opaque legal mechanisms which may mask political corruption, money laundering or terrorist financing.
How Investec was a player in the world’s largest tax fraud – cum-ex part two
22 October, 2021
The investment bank has been named in criminal investigations of its alleged involvement in a number of the infamous German “cum-ex” tax scam transactions.
Investec implicated in investigations into the world’s largest tax fraud – the cum-ex files part one
21 October, 2021
A massive leak of German prosecutors’ documents has revealed how the investment bank took part in the epic European “cum-ex” scam out of its small Irish office.
You knew, Ekurhuleni! Community waste collectors ‘ripped off’
14 October, 2021
The City of Ekurhuleni repeatedly dodged claims by amaBhungane that a waste collection programme to empower the city’s poorest instead short-changed them.
Advocacy release: The Access to Information Network and PAIA
11 October, 2021
Access to information in 2021: Is our signature statute fit for purpose?.
Advocacy release: The Access to Information Network and PAIA
Access to information in 2021: Is our signature statute fit for purpose?.
Pandora Papers: Inside Zimbabwean tycoon Billy Rautenbach’s offshore family trust
4 October, 2021
Records from a massive offshore data leak have provided the most detailed account yet of buccaneering mining and fuel magnate Billy Rautenbach’s family empire.
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