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.
Where The (Mine)y Resides with Zen Mathe and Michael Marchant
In the fourth episode of the African Climate Alliance Podcast’s Cancel Coal season, Zen Mathe and Michael Marchant from Open Secrets uncover the power and money dynamics within South Africa’s energy landscape as well as the lessons that can be learned for achieving an equitable and just energy transition.
Suspected war criminal living the good life in Cape Town
The organisation Open Secrets revealed in its latest investigation that Christoph Huber, a Swiss national living in Cape Town, is suspected of having made millions from the war in the DRC.
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.
VBS affidavit leak raises questions about NPA’s security systems
Open Secrets’ Micheal Marchant says the NPA needs to look at its internal systems following the leak of an explosive affidavit on the VBS case.