ALL STORIES:
What happened to the Sassa food parcels?
8 July, 2020
A bungled Sassa tender left confused service providers with warehouses full of food – and failed thousands of hungry South Africans.
Advocacy release: amaB and partners ask president to broaden grounds for parliamentary review of Secrecy Bill
The president has sent the Bill back to Parliament, concerned about its constitutionality.
Comment: Should journalists do advocacy?
7 July, 2020
An investigative outfit with an advocacy programme may raise eyebrows.
Comment: Should journalists do advocacy?
An investigative outfit with an advocacy programme may raise eyebrows.
‘We must bow out with pride,’ says VBS boss Matodzi
6 July, 2020
In an exclusive interview, the man charged with orchestrating the pillage that led to VBS Mutual Bank’s ruin, claimed he is the victim of powerful political forces that conspired to destroy South Africa’s only black-owned bank and pin fictitious crimes on him.
Update: High court sets aside dodgy Tshwane fuel tender, fingers company that paid Malema ‘kickbacks’
25 June, 2020
A judge has declared constitutionally invalid a tender the city awarded to three bidders citing the “irrational” adjudication that amaBhungane exposed.
Next in line: VBS’s municipal bribery network
24 June, 2020
A second wave of arrests is widely expected, this time targeting some of the municipal officials who deposited billions in VBS Mutual Bank, allegedly often in exchange for bribes.
Audit reports show how VBS got its claws into municipalities
Two forensic investigations reveal that senior municipal officials bent over backwards to invest in VBS Mutual Bank.
Battleground social media: The gathering Twitter storm
22 June, 2020
When we say “same WhatsApp group” we normally mean people share a point of view.
Update: R13bn Community Work Programme declared ‘constitutionally invalid and unlawful’
19 June, 2020
After a two-year battle, a small non-profit is victorious as the Pretoria high court sets aside all 11 contracts in government’s flagship jobs programme.
Update: State presents case against VBS accused
18 June, 2020
Seven of the eight main suspects in the pillage of VBS Mutual Bank appeared in the Palm Ridge regional court today to hear their charges and post bail.
Breaking: VBS gang finally goes down
17 June, 2020
Eight prime suspects in the pillaging and destruction of VBS Mutual Bank were rounded up in simultaneous raids this morning.
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