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New Joburg mayor could dig up dirt on Mashaba fleet deal
6 March, 2020
When we reported 15 months ago that fleet company Afrirent scored a big contract with the City of Johannesburg after paying an EFF slush fund, then mayor Herman Mashaba announced an investigation.
Businessman who captured Tshwane fleet department had a man on the inside
26 February, 2020
A tenderpreneur who paid apparent kickbacks to EFF leaders won a rigged Tshwane fuel tender, amaBhungane previously reported.
The IJ Hub is hiring!
25 February, 2020
Be part of a new initiative to support investigative journalism regionally.
Advocacy: Open letter to Bheki Cele, Rica victim
The minister of police is in the odd position of upholding the same spying system that targeted him.
Unisa turns a baleful eye on complaint of sex abuse
21 February, 2020
The woman at the centre of the David Masondo imbroglio is suing the university over a sexual abuse case, highlighting institutional failure.
Masondo’s ex-lover demands R1m for ‘wrongful arrest’
20 February, 2020
Decision not to prosecute raises new questions about abuse of state resources in deputy minister’s feud.
Advocacy release: Concourt to hear amaB’s Rica challenge
19 February, 2020
Our challenge to the abuse of the state’s surveillance capacity is coming to a head.
How Survé ‘robs Peter to pay Paul’
18 February, 2020
Iqbal Survé’s embattled businesses have quietly redirected money scored from the PIC, apparently to pay Independent newspapers’ staff, pay off luxury properties and channel millions to an ostensibly “unrelated” company whose directors give their addresses as one of his apartments.
Mkhwebane intent on destroying office of the public protector, senior official tells Parliament
17 February, 2020
A veteran public protector official is the latest to make damning disclosures over Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s conduct.
Questions over contractors in Lesotho’s R2.4-billion stadium deal
10 February, 2020
Were political supporters favoured in a deal that was pushed through despite red flags?.
Lesotho cancels ‘irregular’ multi-billion-rand guarantees for AU games stadium
Lesotho ministry of finance cancels R2.
Grissag behind Lesotho’s R2.4-billion loan guarantee rumpus
Moneylender caught up in SA’s state capture inquiry is behind controversial Lesotho loan.
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