WEBINAR: The Oil and Gas Majors: Corporate Power and the Climate Crisis
Register here to join Open Secrets and Currency for the launch of Open Secrets’ new report: The Corporations and Economic Crime Report Vol. 4: The Oil and Gas Majors.
Simelane ‘loan’ debacle piles pressure on Ramaphosa – Justice minister’s explanation ‘not convincing’, say NGOs
Pressure is mounting on President Cyril Ramaphosa to act against minister of justice & constitutional development Thembi Simelane, after she admitted to soliciting a loan from a company that facilitated payments from the Polokwane municipality to the now defunct VBS Mutual Bank.
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 Month through a Listening Cinema; we released our 2023/2024 Annual Report; and Open Secrets Radio has two new episodes…
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) to roll.
‘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 provide documentation to prove that.
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…
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.
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, the owner of a company that controversially secured “exclusive” Starlink distribution rights in Zimbabwe.
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.