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Lindiwe Sisulu accused of flushing out officials blocking her advisor’s pet project
8 May, 2020
In separate affidavits, the heads of two water utilities allege that the human settlements, water and sanitation minister is behind a campaign to oust them.
Betting on the banks in a time of Covid-19
5 May, 2020
Government’s major stimulus measures rely on the financial sector – banks in particular – to support real economic activity in exchange for unprecedented (temporary) deregulation and other support.
Gone phishing: Business owner almost scammed by fake Covid-19 government tender
4 May, 2020
Fraudsters claiming to be health department officials are peddling tenders for a non-existent sanitiser machine.
Wild West Web: the return of the scam
It takes less than a weekend for a blocked website to reinvent itself and go after the same target audience.
Hot metal flies in printing ‘shootout’
24 April, 2020
Caxton challenges Novus with claims of extraordinary commission payments for securing massive education department tender.
Covid-19 exposes sanitation failures
17 April, 2020
Grandstanding about a Cuban Covid-19 “vaccine” allowed mayor Mzwandile Masina to avoid hard questions about getting his water and sanitation house in order.
#EarthCrimes — The dirty white elephant part 4: Caution, environmental hazard!
10 April, 2020
The development of a coal-burning, water-guzzling industrial zone is a potential threat to the roughly 18-million people in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique who depend on the Limpopo river watershed.
Update: In the wake of Eskom scandal, two Deloitte directors resign
9 April, 2020
In January, amaBhungane published a two-part series on Deloitte’s consulting exploits at Eskom.
#EarthCrimes – The dirty white elephant part 3: Limpopo – the weakest link
Conflicted Limpopo agencies charged with policing a proposed Chinese-run industrial zone are not up to the task.
#EarthCrimes — Limpopo’s dirty white elephant part 2: the dodgy designation
8 April, 2020
How a Chinese company hijacked the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone.
Comment: Digging dung in the time of Corona
7 April, 2020
In the midst of one disaster we are launching our focus on another.
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