How South Africa lost all power to the consultants
A new report by Open Secrets, revealed here exclusively, details just how consultants have pillaged the state. So how can this disturbing trend be reversed, given the country’s skills crisis?
The Corporations and Economic Crime Report- The Consultants, Vol.3
In The Corporations and Economic Crime: The Consultants, Open Secrets profiles McKinsey & Company, Bain & Company, and, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Three companies that occupy immensely influential seats at the tables of the world’s most powerful corporations and governments.
Is South Africa Complicit in Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis?
South Africa finds itself at the centre of severe criticism for having a approved arms exports worth about R9.2-billion to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since 2015, when the two countries started their military invasion on Yemen.
Cabinet has approved a Bill to establish the NPA’s Investigating Directorate as a permanent body
Cabinet has now approved the National Prosecuting Authority Amendment Bill. Ra’eesa Pather, Investigator at Open Secrets talks to POWER Breakfast host Thabiso Tema on what this means for the return of the Scorpions
Unaccountable 00039: BCG – Consultant to Kleptocrats
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is one of the world’s largest consulting firms. Its corporate mission is to “unlock the potential of those who advance the world”. What BGC fails to mention is that this includes its clients who are kleptocrats and dodgy corporations
WEBINAR| Corporations and Economic Crime Report — The Consultants
Please join FM editor Rob Rose and the Open Secrets team for the launch of the The Consultants. We will be discussing the destructive power of BCG, McKinsey and Bain toSouth Africa, and what can be done to hold them to account.
‘No genuine attempt by COJ to educate property owners on rate hikes’
A round-up of news updates, including a look at threats by Santaco to take the City of Cape Town to court over the recent impounding of taxis.
The mystery of Lady R now allegedly tied to assassination?
Hennie van Vuuren, Director of Open Secrets, revealed information about Colonel Frans Mathipa, who was shot and assassinated by unknown killers, and an allegation there is a link to the SANDF Special Forces.
Open Secrets probe links SANDF to assassination of Hawks investigator
Hennie van Vuuren joins John Maytham to explain an Open Secrets Investigation that has aimed to uncover critical links to the August 6 murder of a seasoned investigator in the Hawks’ Crimes Against the State Unit, SANDF, Isis and the Lady R.