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Malefactors of Mossack Fonseca: Meet The Dutchman, the Queen of the South and the Boss of Bosses
9 May, 2016
Meet some of the convicted felons and alleged wrongdoers who use secretive offshore companies found in the Panama Papers database.
Panama Papers include dozens of Americans tied to fraud and other financial misconduct
Mossack Fonseca's files include offshore firms linked to at least 36 Americans accused of financial wrongdoing, including fraud and racketeering.
The revolution will be digitised
6 May, 2016
Source known only as John Doe says income inequality "one of the defining issues of our time" and calls on governments to address it.
Anti-mining activists in Melmoth, KwaZulu-Natal are living in fear of their lives in a scenario that echoes the Xolobeni unease on the Wild Coast.
3 May, 2016
Anti-mining activists in Melmoth, KwaZulu-Natal are living in fear of their lives in a scenario that echoes the Xolobeni unease on the Wild Coast.
Obit: The master story-teller who unearthed Inkathagate
David Beresford, the Guardian correspondent who died in Johannesburg last week, leaves a remarkable legacy.
Guptas “backed” Maine’s R140k-a-month bond
1 May, 2016
Evidence suggests that ANC Youth League president Collen Maine received a generous helping hand from the Gupta family to afford his golf estate home.
Panama Papers info to be made public
26 April, 2016
Details of more than 200 000 entities will be searchable by the public, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has announced.
Arms deal gets a coat of whitewash
25 April, 2016
Few foresaw just how comprehensively the Seriti commission's report bleaches out the slightest taint of government wrongdoing, writes Drew Forrest.
US probes DRC oil deal with Khulubuse Zuma tie
An oil deal originally fronted by Khulubuse Zuma is being probed by US authorities as part of a wider investigation into Och-Ziff Capital Management.
Limpopo’s Aubrey Langa fights to keep Ivanplats project out of town
22 April, 2016
The Mokopane shopkeeper has laid at least 7 environmental and anti-corruption charges against the platinum mine and the state to halt the project.
Namibia’s top cop linked to drug dealer
19 April, 2016
Namibia’s efforts to crack down on its growing hard drugs problem have been severely compromised by turmoil in the police narcotics unit.
SAPS suspends colonel who blew whistle on Phahlane
15 April, 2016
The head of East London’s local criminal records centre, Colonel Sandragasen Moonsamy, has been formally suspended.
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