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Advocacy: Company shareholders’ information: Privacy vs public’s right to information
3 March, 2016
A potentially precedent-setting dispute on the right to access information on unlisted firms' shareholdings came before the Supreme Court of Appeal.
Advocacy: Unqualified public access to the ownership of companies is a vital tool in the fight against corruption, and is vital to upholding transparency.
29 February, 2016
AmaBhungane joins Supreme Court appeal for company ownership transparency.
Gordhan’s battle with Zuma
26 February, 2016
Pravin Gordhan pulled into Hawks investigation of Sars, in what seems to be a proxy war between the president and the finance minister.
Krejcir could have reason for an appeal
Convicted Czech Radovan Krejcir could argue his rights were infringed over legal representation.
Desperate Malawians flock to SA
Malawian immigrants come in the hope of finding jobs - but if they don’t have the proper papers, they face arrest, detention and repatriation.
Sars threatens M&G over story
Sars has threatened to sue the M&G over the publishing of an amaBhungane story that lawyers say was "clearly in the public interest" and "lawful".
High court evacuated during Krejcir sentencing after bomb scare
22 February, 2016
Sentencing of the gang boss and five others has been disrupted as the Johannesburg high court was evacuated after a bomb threat.
Sars wars: Moyane’s empire strikes back
19 February, 2016
Revenue service insiders tell of a power grab of key levers by an influential "new guard".
Zuma Jnr hits the big time with Optimum deal
Duduzani Zuma will be a major winner in the multibillion-rand deal involving the takeover of Eskom supplier Optimum Coal by a "Gupta" company.
We will die for our land, say angry Xolobeni villagers as dune mining looms
12 February, 2016
As leaders clash and government weighs an application for mining on the Wild Coast, anti-mining locals report a fresh outbreak of violence.
Food crisis hits Malawi’s refugees
Prohibited from working, refugees at the overcrowded Dzaleka camp have been surviving on minimal food rations due to donor cutbacks.
Key witness fears Krejcir’s reach
The witness protection programme has been hacked, says a man who fears for his life.
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