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. Wed did this with zest and zeal and in partnership with other civil society organisations.
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 to profit? Tune in as Open Secrets investigators Abby May, Zen Mathe, and Michael Marchant dive into the concept of a basic income grant as a form of social protection; its potential to address poverty and inequality; and concerns around the digitization of South Africa’s grant system.
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.
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, published here for the first time, has tracked him down to the picturesque southern tip of Africa, where he lives in million-rand homes.
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 Newsletter | June 2024
We are seeking accountability for a key player in the Rwandan Genocide, we launched the Gupta Tracker, and made a submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change.
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.
Open Secrets Newsletter | May 2024
From in-depth investigative reporting on the potential profiteers of a Basic Income Grant, to our relentless pursuit of legal accountability for those implicated in State Capture in Zimbabwe, Open Secrets continued to pursue accountability in May.
Universal Basic Income Grant: What should a payment system look like?
In the first two instalments of this series, we examined the weakening of the social grants payment system in South Africa and how private companies are entering the space looking to profit from access to a still largely untapped market.
Access to online platforms for grant application and payments can reduce the time and money recipients spend applying for and accessing their grants and make it safer to do so.