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Advocacy comment: World Press Freedom Day 2021
3 May, 2021
Thoughts from amaBhungane’s advocacy coordinator.
Millions out, Billions in part I: Majola’s investment in ANC and EFF kept everyone sweet
Some days Thulani Majola gave generously to the ANC; some days he gave to EFF leader Julius Malema .
Powerships: Losing bidder claims ‘blatant corruption’, fingers Mantashe ‘associate’
29 April, 2021
A jilted firm is asking the high court to overturn government’s appointment of preferred bidders for the supply of emergency power, claiming the tender process was “grossly and blatantly flawed, corrupt and procedurally unfair”.
Red Cross at war with itself
23 April, 2021
Acrimonious disputes among past and present directors of the Red Cross have disrupted the organisation, despite repeated attempts to root out corruption and mismanagement.
Update: Another bank abandons Iqbal Survé
16 April, 2021
FNB has followed Absa’s cue and cut ties with Survé.
Absa does a Gupta on Iqbal Survé
1 April, 2021
The bank has cut ties with 24 companies directly or indirectly controlled by Iqbal Survé’s Sekunjalo Investment Holdings.
Steinhoff’s Billion-Dollar Game of Chicken
25 March, 2021
The disgraced group’s global settlement proposal hangs in the balance, as claimants clash in court over questions of legality and fairness – including whether the big boys like Christo Wiese are unfairly advantaged.
A great big birthday thank you – we’re almost there!
24 March, 2021
We’re celebrating our 11th birthday.
VBS indictment lifts lid on Danny Msiza’s money machine
18 March, 2021
A 206-page indictment of suspects in the VBS Mutual Bank case has blown the lid off the patronage system beneath the scheme that destroyed the bank as well as the alleged shameless bribery that went with it.
Funder vs funder in R500m pots fiasco
12 March, 2021
Astonishing sums of public money were poured into a cooking-pot factory project which quickly sank under the weight of mismanagement.
Breaking: Court asked to cancel 1064 loco contracts, scene of the Guptas’ greatest heist
9 March, 2021
Finally, Trasnet and the SIU ask the high court to overturn R54-billion worth of locomotive contracts – the most expensive known to have been affected by state capture.
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