The Tenderpreneur and the Printing Firm: Wicknell Chivayo and Renform
In this episode of Open Secrets Radio, host Mamello Mosiana dives deep into Zimbabwe’s latest corruption scandal involving the Zimbabwean Electoral Commission
Annual Report 2023-2024- Fighting the fires that must be stopped!
In 2023/24, the Open Secrets team bravely took on some of the biggest rogues in our midst. We did this with zest and zeal and in partnership with other civil society organisations.
South African company, Ren-Form, and Wicknell Chivayo embroiled in R570m Zimbabwe corruption scandal
Leaked documents and voice notes suggest that SA company, Ren-Form, inflated a tender for the Zimbabwean Electoral Commission by 235%, while its politically connected partner, Wicknell Chivayo, made payments to mystery officials.
The Shocking Role of Willem ‘Ters’ Ehlers in Arming the Rwandan Genocide| Open Secrets report
Explore the global connections that fuelled one of history’s most devastating genocides. Learn how arms dealers and financial institutions played crucial roles, making profits at the expense of human lives.
Open Secrets Petitions The NPA To Prosecute South African Willem Ehlers For Aiding And Abetting The Rwandan Genocide
Open Secrets submitted a memorandum to the NPA motivating for the prosecution of Willem “Ters” Ehlers, a South African currently residing in Pretoria, for the offence of aiding and abetting the Rwandan Genocide.
Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change
Open Secrets and the Access to Information Coalition for the Energy Sector (ATIC) submitted a crucial report to the UN Special Rapporteur for Climate Change.
Unaccountable Case File: Rwanda’s Genocide Arms Dealers
This is the repository of documents and primary source material cited in Unaccountable 40 and 41 focussing on Ters Ehlers and BNP Paribas.
Swazi Secrets part 3: How to capture a bank
by Hennie van Vuuren and Abby May Published in the Financial Mail Eswatini central bank red-flags Farmers Bank licence Eswatini finance minister Neal Rijkenberg projects an air of ordinariness. His sensible suits, likely bought off the rack, are only rarely swopped out for Swazi traditional dress. But Rijkenberg is far more colourful than his looks…
Swazi Secrets part 2: The construction kingpin
In part 2 of the Swazi Secrets investigation we expose, Mitchelo Shakantu who has built a business empire with stakes across the Eswatini economy.
The Swazi Secrets leak — part 1
Swazi Secrets leak exposes the violence and corruption of eSwatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy