ALL STORIES:
How State Capture Inc funded the ANC
13 August, 2019
Regiments Capital’s attempts to convert its political connections into contracts shows how money subverted the party.
Advocacy: Q&A with AmaB’s Karabo Rajuili on party funding transparency
12 August, 2019
AmaBhungane advocacy coordinator Karabo Rajuili recently addressed the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on draft regulations for the Political Party Funding Act.
Analysis: Turmoil in Africa’s ‘model democracy’
2 August, 2019
Everywhere you look, there is back-stabbing, defections, grandstanding and chaos.
Analysis: The Public Projectile
26 July, 2019
The public protector has launched multiple warheads against President Cyril Ramaphosa and his allies.
Cash cows and computers — Ace Magashule’s laptop deals with Guptas’ Vrede dairy man; Joemat-Pettersson’s Saxonwold meetings
23 July, 2019
#GuptaLeaks info implicates ANC secretary-general in a computer deal that ran parallel to the Vrede dairy scam — and suggests the then-national agriculture minister also played a role.
Update: Protests at Malema buddy’s mine turn deadly
18 July, 2019
A school pupil was shot and killed during a conflict which allegedly erupted between mine security guards and local community members.
Malema buddy’s mine leaves community reeling
A mine linked to Adriano Mazzotti, the controversial businessman and associate of Julius Malema, has left a rural Limpopo community reeling from infighting and violent protests.
Another Gupta wedding brings shadowy in-laws into the fold
12 July, 2019
The infamous family’s latest mega-wedding has cemented ties with another clan already implicated in one of the Gupta’s more memorable ventures in South Africa.
News analysis: Battle for Cape’s police chief post intensifies in midst of turmoil
11 July, 2019
Major General Andre Lincoln is a contender to take over as Western Cape police chief.
Iqbal and friends
5 July, 2019
Iqbal Survé’s businesses seem uncomfortably incestuous, given that the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) is investigating possible share manipulation at all three of his listed companies.
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