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Legal tug-of-war shutters one of SA’s richest chrome mines
18 December, 2020
A chrome-rich Limpopo mine remains shuttered while court cases rage on, leaving community members frustrated by the lack of work opportunities.
Be a torchbearer with amaB
16 December, 2020
A difficult year is ending, but the fight for democratic accountability continues.
McKinsey capitulates (again), will pay back Transnet and SAA R650m
9 December, 2020
The world’s most powerful consulting firm will return roughly this amount in consulting fees to Transnet and SAA, according to a statement released by the Zondo commission.
Update: Sars freezes R2.8-billion from Chinese rail company that paid Gupta kickbacks
The tax collector can breathe a sigh of relief after the court ordered a last-minute halt to the release of funds linked to state capture.
At a minute to midnight, Sars attempts to secure R4bn state capture loot
4 December, 2020
Days before the Reserve Bank must release funds it quietly froze to Chinese rail group CRRC, the taxman goes to court to preserve them and prepares to claim billions from CRRC based on evidence that it paid kickbacks to the Guptas.
How Geoff Makhubo lied to amaB
2 December, 2020
Johannesburg’s embattled mayor was grilled by the state capture commission last week after it was confirmed that his company received millions from a city contract – despite his earlier denials to amaBhungane.
At Zondo, EOH plunges ANC and Joburg mayor Makhubo into tender kickback scandal
25 November, 2020
New information at the Zondo commission has unearthed evidence that executives of the tech giant channelled questionable payments to the ANC – before and after it landed significant contracts with the city – and to a company controlled by current Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo.
EOH’s Mackay doled it out to Zizi Kodwa and other ANC officials, Zondo hears
Flamboyant tech firm executive Jehan Mackay made repeated payments to ANC functionaries over three years, the Zondo commission heard today [Wednesday].
How Lotteries officials tried to stop the rot — but were shut down
18 November, 2020
An explosive 2015 report reveals how the National Lotteries Commission’s chief risk officer flagged key governance issues that have since come back to haunt the commission.
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3 November, 2020
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After state capture, Guptas and friends are flying high
22 October, 2020
Since the Guptas fled to Dubai, some members of the family have kept busy.
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