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Another nuclear safety scare at Pelindaba as management fumbles
20 June, 2018
Whistleblowers have accused the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation of sidelining qualified staff in favour of inexperienced technicians.
Forensic probe fingers CEO at Sedibeng Water
A lifeline to the driest parts of SA's north west has been wracked by allegations of tender fraud, leading to the suspension of two of its officials.
A total train-smash: the R16bn ‘Gupta premium’
3 June, 2018
Analysis: How the Transnet locomotive acquisition went from R38.
Gupta link in R647m train deal
20 May, 2018
Evidence now shows that Salim Essa helped two locomotive manufacturers to secure benefit in the largest locomotive acquisition in Transnet’s history.
Namibian fishing industry cries foul as quota handed to international interests
14 May, 2018
A deal between Namibia's state-owned fishing corporation and a foreign company contradicts a commitment to “Namibianise” the industry critics say.
PIC’s dodgy oil investment going down the tube
26 April, 2018
A R4-billion Public Investment Corporation investment could be wiped out as Texan oil firm files for bankruptcy.
The Nkonki Pact Part 3: Eskom funded Essa’s capture of audit firm
23 April, 2018
Two weeks ago Nkonki's CEO resigned after we revealed that Gupta lieutenant Salim Essa funded his buyout of the firm.
Survé’s listing ship
21 April, 2018
The intended listing of Sagarmatha Technologies was a mirror image of a deal in which the PIC was used to massively underwrite the Survé fortune.
Mashaba fiddles as roads agency burns
20 April, 2018
Mismanagement and dodgy contracts at Joburg city’s roads agency, and a lack of political will to tackle those problems, are only making matters worse.
Challenge damns Lesotho water project
Basotho companies claim they are being prejudiced and want the high court to intervene.
“Those graves were our title deeds”
18 April, 2018
Hundreds of poor black families, stripped of their landowning rights by colonialism and apartheid, have been evicted from Joburg's suburb of Fourways.
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