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The McKinsey dossier part 3 – Eskom tells McKinsey and Trillian to #PayBackTheMoney
6 October, 2017
Eskom moves to reclaim R1.
After six years, M&G can spill the beans on Mac Maharaj
Zuma's artful dodger may be beyond criminal accountability but the NPA, and its contradictions, is not.
Botswana: State official under scrutiny over gravel business and under-serviced loans
5 October, 2017
Public administration minster Eric Molale is quarrying gravel seemingly without permission from the state development agency he owes P4-million.
Millions in fertiliser debts from Joyce Banda’s administration dog Malawi government
The government is reluctant to pick up the tab for the former president's cheap loans programme which it claims flouted procurement procedures.
The McKinsey dossier part 2 – contract to pay McKinsey and Trillian R1.6-bn ‘invalid’
3 October, 2017
Eskom could have saved a billion rand or more had it not settled with consultants on the basis of a contract that never was.
Whistleblower: How Trillian scored big by connecting officials and consultants
27 September, 2017
Bianca Goodson, the former chief executive of a Gupta-linked consulting firm, has broken her silence 18 months after resigning in dismay.
#GuptaLeaks: A third Gupta-Transnet ‘kickback’ contract unearthed
18 September, 2017
A contract shows Transnet bought seven hugely expensive port cranes because its Chinese state-owned supplier inflated the price to pay off the Guptas.
The McKinsey dossier part 1 – how McKinsey and Trillian ripped R1.6bn from Eskom
14 September, 2017
Part one of an investigative series into the power utility's multibillion-rand consultancy contract with the global firm and its Gupta-linked partner.
Comment: Media, accountability & governance
13 September, 2017
Media and journalism are facing a crisis locally and globally.
Transnet school head suspended amid claims of ‘inadequate’ training
8 September, 2017
The principal of Transnet's Maritime School of Excellence has been suspended after students complained of mismanagement.
#GuptaLeaks: How Anoj Singh sang for his supper
6 September, 2017
Eskom's suspended CFO has been at the centre of alleged Gupta corruption for six years.
US-based multi-national accused of skewing financials to avoid paying Lesotho gov
4 September, 2017
Sources claim that Seaboard Overseas and Trading Group - Lesotho Flour Mills' main shareholder, uses offshore tax havens to misrepresent profits.
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