Flawed Procurement Bill risks State Capture 2.0

Caroline James and Sam Sole

5 September, 2023

There were many moments from the State Capture era that stood out; moments that – in a sea of shocking events – were so outrageous that they have entered the lexicon and common memory of all South Africans.

Procurement Bill Fails to Address Systemic Vulnerability to Corruption

Caroline James

31 August, 2023

One of the earliest stories amaBhungane published – in April 2010 – was about the suspicious awarding of a tender to a company linked to the then-Minister of Communications.

Tembisa Hospital to Masakhane: How Gauteng Health’s procurement failures cleared the way for a “bid-rigging” businessman

Tebogo Tshwane

23 August, 2023

A Johannesburg businessman whose companies were flagged as seeming beneficiaries of irregular contracts at the infamous Tembisa Hospital appears to have been engaged in similar suspicious behaviour at another Gauteng health institution.

Moti and the media: amaBhungane’s fight for the future

Sam Sole | AmaBhungane Managing Partner

14 August, 2023

Last week amaBhungane and our lawyers were scrambling to submit our legal papers opposing Zunaid Moti’s attempt to take his case against us to the Constitutional Court.

Banyana Banyana exposes SAFA’s house of cards

Njabulo Ngidi

3 August, 2023

Two weeks before the FIFA Women’s World Cup, Banyana Banyana players found themselves embroiled in a fight with SAFA over tournament bonuses – a dispute that highlighted the association’s financial woes.

Are things getting worse at Eskom?

Susan Comrie

2 August, 2023

The lights are going out, literally and figuratively.

Delinquent departments fail ‘disposable’ school

Magnificent Mndebele

26 July, 2023

Major questions remain around how the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) and Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development (GDID) managed to dispose of a major asset in 2000, including a functioning school, and why they have failed to rectify the situation.

Countering the Moti Group’s misrepresentations – a summary for those following and covering the story.

amaBhungane

10 July, 2023

Judge Sutherland handed down judgment in the Johannesburg High Court on Monday, 3 July 2023, in our case with the Moti Group.

NPA and Magistrates Commission asked to probe KZN magistrate’s murky immersion in spying and politics.

Sam Sole and Greg Ardé

7 July, 2023

Controversial magistrate Ashin Singh’s charmed life of dabbling in spying, provocation and politics while simultaneously occupying high magisterial office may be coming to an end.

Victory! A massive vindication for amaBhungane and journalism

Sam Sole

4 July, 2023

Judge Roland Sutherland issued a scathing rebuke for the Moti Group and its lawyers in a judgment yesterday which overturned the earlier gag order obtained against amaBhungane in a secret ex parte hearing.

HIGH COURT BATTLE: Moti Group vs amaBhungane

AmaBhungane Team

27 June, 2023

Today, amaBhungane appear in the High Court to set aside the Moti Group’s unprecedented gag order against the #MotiFiles.

Statement on Professor Tawana Kupe

AmaBhungane Team

26 June, 2023

On Saturday 24 June amaBhungane accepted the resignation of its chairperson Professor Tawana Kupe.