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#EarthCrimes — Limpopo’s dirty great white elephant
7 April, 2020
Government’s plan to develop a R40-billion Chinese-controlled energy and metallurgical industrial complex at the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone is founded on quicksand.
Advocacy: New privacy rules for Covid-19 tracking a step in the right direction, but …
3 April, 2020
After the vague and worrying policy on phone-tracking, officials have tightened the regulations significantly.
Advocacy comment: Digital privacy in the time of pandemics
31 March, 2020
The state's first move to use phone tracking to fight covid-19 lacks key details and safeguards against abuse.
Police use sjamboks and rubber bullets to enforce Hillbrow lockdown
As more reports of police and army brutality roll in, we witness the blatant use of force, no questions asked.
Community Work Programme agent gave 300 contracts to brother’s company
30 March, 2020
Gabsie Mathenjwa, chair of Umgeni Water and a former director of Denel, says she did not know she needed to declare the relationship when her company dished out contracts on behalf of government.
Broken trust at the Mvula Trust
In "Community Work Programme agent gave 300 contracts to brother's company", we reveal how a Community Work Programme agent handed R32-million in government contracts to her brother's company.
Poor patient “denied critical healthcare over Covid-19”
25 March, 2020
Yesterday, March 24, was World Tuberculosis Day.
Deloitte agrees to #PayBackTheMoney to Eskom
20 March, 2020
A member of the Big Four backs down in its court battle with Eskom over “ill-gotten” consulting fees, and agrees to R150-million settlement.
10 years of digging: amaB’s decade in the dung
19 March, 2020
How a little faith, a little sacrifice and perhaps more than a little endurance have helped us beat the odds and build a unique South African solution to the malaise afflicting media worldwide.
Shades of SAA as new Zambia Airways prepares for take-off
While the South African national carrier teeters in business rescue, there is a controversial attempt to relaunch its northern counterpart.
Advocacy release: CR17 – court kicks transparency question into touch
10 March, 2020
Ruling in president versus protector matter a setback, but the game’s not over.
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