South Africa’s democracy is under pressure from things like unchecked corporate influence, to political capture. Investigative non-profit, Open Secrets, has launched its series Who Owns SA, with part one, “The System – Money, Power and Politics”.
John Perlman chats to Michael Marchant, Head of Investigations at Open Secrets on the cheap electricity deal between Eskom and South32. They touch on the fact that some of the deals similar to this one were developed at a time when the production of electricity was not a problem.
POWER 98.7 spoke to Ariella Scher, Head of Legal at Open Secrets, about South Africa’s R1 billion Zondo Commission, whose key recommendations on prosecutions, reforms, and oversight remain largely unimplemented. Asset recoveries are minimal, and institutions show little political will.
Hawks raided Prasa’s Johannesburg headquarters in Braamfontein today over claims of irregular tenders amounting to more than R18 billion. The raid comes over a month after Open Secrets took the Hawks and the NPA to court for failing to hold Prasa ‘looters’ accountable. Open Secrets lawyer Luthando Vilakazi reacts.
Lester Kiewit speaks to Open Secrets Senior Investigator Ra’eesa Pather, about the decision by President Cyril Ramaphosa to suspend South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions, Andrew Chauke, following claims that threaten the credibility of the National Prosecuting Authority and his questionable conduct in office.
After more than a decade at the helm of prosecutions in Gauteng, Advocate Andrew Chauke has been suspended by President Cyril Ramaphosa — pending an inquiry into his fitness to hold office. Investigative journalist Ra’eesa Pather, who has closely followed Chauke’s career and the broader collapse of prosecutorial independence during the Zuma years unpacks more.
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Who Killed Frans Mathipa? Probing the SANDF, Abductions, and a Trail of Silence – Hennie van Vuuren on The View Point
John Perlman chats to Hennie van Vuuren, Director at Open Secrets on the arrest of 12 SANDF members who are currently being held for the 2023 murder of a Hawks officer.
Open Secrets has applied to the North Gauteng High Court to review the conduct of the Hawks and the National Prosecuting Authority during the decade-long investigation into corruption at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA). Ariella Scher, Head of Legal at Open Secrets speaks to Cathy Mohlahlana on The Talking Point.