Legal Intern Vacancy 2023
Open Secrets is hiring a legal intern to join our small, dedicated team based in Cape Town.
Michael Marchant on the Nulane Investments trial
Open Secrets Head of Investigations, Michael Marchant, weighs in on the fraud and money laundering Nulane Investments trial
2023 budget speech: Civic organisations call on Godongwana not to reduce social spending
The Budget Justice Coalition has rejected government’s maintenance of an expenditure ceiling and broad fiscal consolidation.
Unaccountable 00037: Daniel Mantsha- the slippery side of the Teflon attorney
Lawyers and law firms were instrumental in the State Capture project. From prestigious Sandton white shoe firms to crooked small-time attorneys everyone feasted. One attorney who has not been held to account for State Capture crimes is the notorious Daniel Mantsha
Webinar: What is the social cost of state capture?
Watch Open Secrets’ Zen Mathe in conversation with Moira Campbell (Corruption Watch), Devi Pillay (Public Affairs Research Institute-PARI) and Luthando Vilakazi (Open Secrets) who grapple with how we can address the social costs of state capture and seek restitution for the damage caused.
The Social Cost of State Capture Webinar
Open Secrets’ Zen Mathe will be in conversation with Moira Campbell and Devi Pillay. They’ll be exploring how South Africans can address the social costs of state captures and seek restitution for the damage caused.
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.
Marchant on the Nulane Case
The state has called its second witness in the Nulane case. Seven accused are implicated in a contract that saw R25 million worth of government money going to Nulane Investments to compile a report. Head of investigation at Open secrets Michael Marchant explains.
Annual Report 2021/2022
Annual Report 2021/2022 This year Open Secrets has achieved a milestone—this small but feisty and fearless organisation has turned five. What started as an idea has, through tenacity and dedication, become an authoritative civil society voice on the need to hold the powerful to account, especially big corporations that have profited off impunity.
Defending the right to access apartheid records
LHR and Open Secrets in Court Today defending the right to access apartheid records