Digital Profiteers (Part One): A peek behind South Africa’s digitalised grants systemAdvocacy Digital Profiteers Investigations News Print Media Online July 28, 2026 Abby May Originally published in Daily Maverick. In the past year, Open Secrets investigated the role of commercial banks in the administration of the Social Relief of Distress grant. Documents we have obtained…
Pam Golding, SA lawyers managed R110m in bribe payments to a President’s sonNews Print Media Online Graphic by Shakeelah Ismail February 17, 2026 Ra'eesa Pather Originally published in Daily Maverick. The iconic green emblem of Pam Golding Properties’ logo sits on posters at the gates of mansions sprawled across luxury neighbourhoods in South Africa…
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.
The UAE is selling well-equipped armoured vehicles to African states under a ‘Made in Emirates’ label. But documents from a whistleblower show that these are South African-designed vehicles built by the staff of Integrated Convoy Protection, a South African company. The vehicles were built in the UAE by ICP staff using parts exported from South Africa. Open Secrets can now publish this story following a three-week gag order obtained by International Convoy Protection (ICP) from the Western Cape Division of the High Court in Cape Town that prevented us from saying anything about this story.
Investigative nonprofit Open Secrets has confirmed that it is currently “unable to speak on a matter of significant public importance” due to a court-imposed restriction.
Open Secrets, an organisation which exposes economic crimes and human rights abuses, has been issued a prepublication gag order. This appears to be the most draconian prepublication interdict we have come across.
A new Open Secrets report alleges that the country’s biggest mobile firms have used political ties to protect their interests across Africa.
PRESS RELEASE | Open Secrets Reveals the Powerful Owners Behind South Africa’s Private TelecomsMedia statement News Print Media Online State Capture Profiteers Who Owns South Africa? October 28, 2025 Cape Town, South Africa Open Secrets has launched the latest volume of its incisive new Who Owns South Africa series that exposes the powerful players who…
Eskom’s secretive pricing deals with aluminium giant South32 reveal how claims of ‘commercial confidentiality’ are used to block access to information in the public interest.
A report by the non-profit Open Secrets has condemned the ‘financialisation’ of healthcare in South Africa, with researchers arguing that the private healthcare sector is being used for profit-taking by a small group of powerful actors at the expense of affordability and access for patients.