Open Secrets Newsletter | July/August 2024
As we step into Spring, let’s take a moment to reflect on the highlights of July and August. We celebrated Dulcie September’s remarkable life and honored Women’s... Read more.
Open Secrets calls for more heads to roll following Mthimkhulu’s sentencing
Non-profit organisation, Open Secrets, is calling for – what it terms – the heads of the architects of corruption at Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa)... Read more.
‘Suspicious that Simelane can’t provide loan documents’
Head of investigations at Open Secrets, Michael Marchant says it is suspicious that Simelane claims the money she received was allegedly a legitimate loan, but cannot... Read more.
Justice Minister must act swiftly in face of VBS loan allegations
Lester Kiewit speaks to Michael Marchant about how the Justice Minister Thembi Simelane needs to respond urgently to reports she received a loan of over R500 000...... Read more.
Strange connection between South Africa’s election queue chaos and a dodgy Starlink Zimbabwe deal
The supplier of the troublesome voting management devices (VMDs) used in South Africa’s 2024 elections has been linked to convicted fraudster Wicknell Chivayo,... Read more.
Open Secrets Radio – Universal Basic Income Grant: Who stands to profit? | Q&A with Open Secrets investigators
In this episode of Open Secrets Radio, we discuss the key issues surrounding the potential implementation of a Basic Income Grant in South Africa and ask, who stands... Read more.
Where The (Mine)y Resides with Zen Mathe and Michael Marchant
In the fourth episode of the African Climate Alliance Podcast's Cancel Coal season, Zen Mathe and Michael Marchant from Open Secrets uncover the power and money... Read more.
Suspected war criminal living the good life in Cape Town
The organisation Open Secrets revealed in its latest investigation that Christoph Huber, a Swiss national living in Cape Town, is suspected of having made millions... Read more.
Christoph Huber: Accused of DRC war-profiteering but living easy in South Africa
A Swiss businessman is alleged to have found significant business opportunities in the 1990s war that killed six million Congolese. A new investigation by Open Secrets,... Read more.
VBS affidavit leak raises questions about NPA’s security systems
Open Secrets' Micheal Marchant says the NPA needs to look at its internal systems following the leak of an explosive affidavit on the VBS case.... Read more.