State Capture and the failure to implement the Zondo Commission’s recommendations
State-owned petroleum company PetroSA has revealed the extensive potential corruption risks in the murky world of oil and gas.
The R74bn MTN lawsuit – a litmus test for corporate accountability
In April, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) delivered a landmark judgment against the MTN Group, giving the green light for South African courts to hear allegations that it acquired a telecommunications licence in Iran through bribery and corruption.
Nibble the rich? A case for taxing the wealthiest South Africans
Despite loud claims to the contrary, some form of wealth tax in South Africa — especially of the very wealthiest — is both the right thing to do, and possible to achieve.
Injustice and Impunity: Crime and corruption in austerity’s wake
The ongoing failure of South Africa’s investigative bodies and prosecuting authority to secure accountability for high-level corruption and economic crime is one of many serious risks to the country’s future.
Democracy dies behind closed doors — open the Lady R inquiry
Open Secrets has challenged both the South African Presidency and the US government to make public details of the mysterious cargo of the Russian vessel Lady R which docked in Simon’s Town in December 2022.
How Not to Fight State Capture
South Africans must send a clear message to multinational companies around the world: you can no longer bribe your way to contracts, enable corrupt political elites, kill off domestic competitors and destroy our institutions.
Social grant payments are a mess – and the public needs answers from Sassa, Sapo and Postbank
With a reputation of being incapable of managing the technical constraints of its internal systems, it must be questioned why the South African Social Security Agency and the South African Post Office would make Postbank the preferred partner to take over the administration of social grant payments.
When the media lets state capture rogues peddle falsehoods
By Luvo Mnyobe Published in City Press This is how democracy dies. These were my thoughts as I scrolled through Twitter and saw a shameful video of Hlaudi Motsoeneng trying to humiliate senior SABC News journalist Francis Herd. Motsoeneng was appearing on Full View, a prime-time news programme, to give his view of the Judicial…
Prasa’s legacy of whistle-blower victimisation and corruption cover-ups is off the rails
Whistle-blowers continue to be targeted within Prasa, and there is little evidence of effective reform. The result is that working-class commuters continue to be let down by failing infrastructure and almost non-existent rail services.
New dawn or false dawn?
The ANC’s devotion to its policy of cadre deployment is an indication that it values its own power more than the public interest.