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EXCLUSIVE: How Brian Molefe ‘helped’ Gupta Optimum heist
16 May, 2017
New evidence that Molefe helped the Guptas grab a mine – and how Jacob Zuma shafted the then mining minister after, he says, he refused to play along.
Malawi oil contracts under probe
15 May, 2017
Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau is investigating agreements on petroleum blocks awarded under the presidencies of Bingu wa Mutharika and Joyce Banda.
EXCLUSIVE: Eskom funding may be muffling dissenting voices on nuclear
28 April, 2017
The lure of millions in Eskom funding appears to have gagged two research institutions previously critical of the utility’s nuclear procurement plans.
Namibia’s defence spending shrouded in secrecy
25 April, 2017
Following sanctions US banking authorities forced the Namibian government to recall N$156-million it transferred to a Chinese state-owned arms dealer.
R10bn in 15 days – another massive Eskom boost for the Guptas
22 April, 2017
Despite Treasury's warnings a Gupta-Zuma owned company got a R7-billion contract by Eskom to supply coal to a soon to be mothballed power station.
Advocacy: Surveillance — silent killer of journalism and democracy
20 April, 2017
We are mounting a legal challenge to the way in which the state spies on us - and on you.
The minister, the middleman, the mansion and the new corporate kid
13 April, 2017
JSE‐listed firm’s executive for government business in tangle with minister’s confidante.
Journalists threatened while investigating Botswana’s ‘Nkandla’
11 April, 2017
Botswana security agents outside President Ian Khama's rural residence told three journalists they would be shot if they came that way again.
How Net 1 flouts the financial rules
4 April, 2017
The Financial Services Board is probing Net 1 over allegations that it abuses its clients – mostly social grant beneficiaries.
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