Open Secrets Newsletter | May 2025
May was a month of fierce truth-telling and collective courage—from the stirring voices at our second People’s Hearing on Energy Profiteers to our legal showdown with the NPA and Hawks over PRASA corruption…
BREAKING: Open Secrets Takes the Hawks and the NPA to Court for Failing to timeously hold the PRASA looters to account
Open Secrets files court action against the Hawks and NPA over years-long delays in prosecuting PRASA corruption.
ZINE | We Can’t See the Sunset
“We Can’t See the Sunset” Zine is a powerful multimedia publication inspired by the 2024 People’s Hearing on Energy Profiteers. Featuring testimonies, activist guidelines, artwork, and reflections on climate justice, the zine amplifies the voices of communities most impacted by environmental harm and energy profiteering. It’s a creative call to action for a just transition…
RSVP| People’s Hearing on Energy Profiteers- We Can’t See the Sunset
Join us for a powerful day of art and activism at We Can’t See the Sunset: A People’s Hearing on Energy Profiteers. This immersive event creates a platform to confront the climate crisis and demand a just energy transition.
Open Secrets Newsletter | A luta continua!
Our March newsletter reflects Open Secrets’ unwavering commitment to speaking truth to power, loudly and courageously, in honour of those who fought for justice.
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.
Open Secrets Newsletter | We will not be #Shutdown
February was a landmark month for South African politics, both on the home front and on the international stage. From the State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2025, the heated debate over the (very lukewarm) Expropriation Bill, the postponed budget speech, and becoming a favoured target of the Trump regime—South Africa was in the global spotlight.
Open Secrets demands answers from Home Affairs Minister Dr Schreiber regarding the granting of South African citizenship to alleged war criminal Christoph Huber
Open Secrets has called on Home Affairs Minister Dr. Leon Schreiber to explain why South African citizenship was granted to Christoph Huber, a Swiss national under investigation for alleged war crimes in the DRC, including resource pillage and mineral smuggling.
NPA has to investigate looted Congolese funds stashed in South African properties.
Open Secrets, PPLAAF and Congo is Not for Sale demand that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) immediately address a criminal complaint involving potential international money laundering offenses by Francis Selemani.
Zondo Recommendations Tracker | Who Implements the Recommendations of the State Capture Commission?
Join us for an insightful preview of the Zondo Recommendations Tracker designed by the Civil Society Working Group on State Capture.