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
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.
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.
Fronts, Fakes, Façades| Our letters to regulators and law enforcement agencies
We are pursuing accountability for the facilitators of state capture in Zimbabwe. This includes a Mauritian management company agent, UK based company administrators, South African law firms and lawyers and South African registered companies.
Webinar | Fronts, Fakes, and Façades
Daily Maverick Investigative journalist, Pauli van Wyk will be hosting Prize-winning journalist, Nick Donovan, Head of Investigations at Open Secrets, Michael Marchant & Executive Director of the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development, Janet Zhou to discuss Open Secrets and The Sentry’s latest investigative report: “Fronts, Fakes and Façades”.
Zimbabwe: Biti Lays Into Mnangagwa, Tagwirei Following the Sentry Exposé
Published in New Zimbabwe and AllAfrica Sentry and Open Secrets exposé has confirmed that Zimbabwe has become a mafia state, run and controlled by cartels and syndicates, Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said. In a publicised joint investigative report titled ‘Fronts, Fakes, and Facades: How South African and Mauritian Enables Helped Move Million from…
How Zim political bigwig illegally moved funds to London
Michael Marchant explains the findings of Open Secrets and The Sentry’s latest investigative report on state capture in Zimbabwe, Fronts, Fakes and Façades.
Fronts, false invoices and offshore financial façades raise questions about Tagwirei’s Zimbabwean mine purchases
By The Sentry and Open Secrets Published in the Daily Maverick A joint investigative report by The Sentry and Open Secrets exposes how Zimbabwean presidential adviser and business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei – the subject of numerous corruption allegations – was able to move suspect funds from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to the City of…
Sentry and Open Secrets new report on Zimbabwe’s politically-connected oil tycoon
Mike speaks to Peter Ndoro about our Zimbabwe state capture investigation.
Channel Africa | The Sentry and Open Secrets new report on Zimbabwe’s politically-connected oil tycoon
Channel Africa’s Peter Ndoro speaks to Michael Marchant to find out more about Open Secrets and The Sentry’s latest report, Fronts, Fakes, and Façades.