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Telling the truth punishable by death
8 February, 2018
Asking questions about the Free State dairy farm project came at a price for two whistleblowers - one lost his life and another suffered harassment.
#GuptaLeaks: How Bank of Baroda’s misadventures dragged it into SA’s political crisis
7 February, 2018
An investigation reveals a long list of potential violations, and an apparent disregard for banking ethics and regulations by BoB's executives.
Catholic Church sent a priest accused of child abuse to work with children in Malawi
An investigation suggests the church's St John of God order covered up Brother Aidan Clohessy’s continued involvement with children in Malawi.
Is a nuclear success story about to be snuffed out?
5 February, 2018
Cash-strapped Necsa has set its sights on a subsidiary's rainy day fund despite the subsidiary, NTP Radioisotopes's own need for the cash.
Statement: #GuptaLeaks named 2017 National Press Club Newsmaker of the Year
28 January, 2018
Local media collaboration showed the value of journalists co- operating across commercially and personally competitive boundaries.
Security firms under scrutiny over plague of violence and death at Glebelands hostel
19 January, 2018
Residents have accused private guards hired by the municipality of failing to act against those responsible for killings and of “spying for hit men”.
#GuptaLeaks: Meet the money launderers
The Guptas used an international network of scrap metal dealers to launder hundreds of millions in kickbacks between China, India, UAE and SA.
#GuptaLeaks: Liverpool company owns 49% of Indian firm implicated in kickback scheme
The network reaches back to the UK.
#GuptaLeaks: Indian politician’s deal with Gupta partner
The Guptas chartered Cricket World Cup flights and bankrolled a luxury hotel stay for the family of Kapil Sibal.
Prisoners of injustice
8 January, 2018
For asylum-seekers, imprisoned at Botswana's Francistown Centre for Illegal Immigrants, assault and rape are part of the daily struggle to survive.
#GuptaLeaks: The confidence game
15 December, 2017
How professionals missed the colossal fraud at the heart of Oakbay’s listing.
#GuptaLeaks: A tale of two captures – Alexkor, Gupta Inc and ‘WMC’
13 December, 2017
Then came the Guptas.
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