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Shaun’s new job: Murder in Lesotho
23 November, 2018
Shaun Abrahams, the controversial former NPA head has been asked by the Lesotho government to prosecute a highly politically sensitive case.
The PIC’s ‘Dr Dan’ offers to go
21 November, 2018
After allegations, Public Investment Corporation boss Dan Matjila offers to resign .
Cradle of conflict
16 November, 2018
In the Cradle of Humankind, a landless community divided over property rights is running out of options as it fights for space and belonging in a "landowner's paradise".
AmaB wins!
14 November, 2018
AmaBhungane reporters recognised for their work in the 2018 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Regional Awards.
Guptas ‘tried to use front’ to extract Sahara assets
12 November, 2018
An attempt to sell two aircraft seems to have exposed the Gupta son-in-law as one of their patsies.
Advocacy: AmaBhungane condemns Tanzanian authorities’ harassment and detention of Angela Quintal and her CPJ colleague, Muthoki Mumo
8 November, 2018
Quintal is the Africa Program coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and an amaBhungane board member.
Chinese business tycoon reveals how he helped fund politicians in Lesotho – but denies claim of state capture
1 November, 2018
Yan Xie has lifted the lid on his extensive generosity to Lesotho’s political elite, saying that he helped fund the prime minister's lavish 2017 wedding and has donated money to ‘almost every party in the country’.
Steinhoff’s secret history – How Markus Jooste’s scam began
For years, former CEO Markus Jooste and his inner circle wove an intricate web of opaque deals hidden from shareholders.
McKinsey scandal widens to SAA
26 October, 2018
McKinsey and Regiments were already earning huge fees together at Transnet, but the SAA contract would become a trial run for a new way of doing business: the “100% at risk” model.
The insider: Booze, bogus invoices and a Range Rover Sport
25 October, 2018
Emails reveal the seduction of Acsa, SAA and Transnet treasury boss, Phetolo Ramosebudi.
Numsa cornered by capital?
16 October, 2018
Intrigue and internal divisions are dogging South Africa’s largest union and threatening to destabilise the federation to which it belongs.
Crime watchdog shines light on the man the PIC entrusted with R1bn
12 October, 2018
Global Initiative researchers first heard about Momade Rassul, the man from whom the PIC bought 70% of a palm oil refinery, “when researching the heroin route that traverses several countries along Africa’s East Coast”.
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