The private actors and middlemen in South Africa and elsewhere who profit from state capture in South Africa and other African countries.
Open Secrets unveils their latest report following a multi-year investigation into how South Africa’s luxury property sector is complicit in laundering the proceeds of grand corruption from across Africa. Lester Kiewit speaks to Ra’eesa Pather, senior investigator at Open Secrets.
Open Secrets, PPLAAF and Congo is Not for Sale demand that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) immediately address a criminal complaint involving potential international money laundering offenses by Francis Selemani.
The South African real estate agents and lawyers laundering the proceeds of corruption from Mozambique, the DRC, and Equatorial Guinea
Join us for an insightful preview of the Zondo Recommendations Tracker designed by the Civil Society Working Group on State Capture.
Pressure is mounting on President Cyril Ramaphosa to act against minister of justice & constitutional development Thembi Simelane, after she admitted to soliciting a loan from a company that facilitated payments from the Polokwane municipality to the now defunct VBS Mutual Bank.
Non-profit organisation, Open Secrets, is calling for – what it terms – the heads of the architects of corruption at Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) to roll.
Head of investigations at Open Secrets, Michael Marchant says it is suspicious that Simelane claims the money she received was allegedly a legitimate loan, but cannot provide documentation to prove that.
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…
In this episode of Open Secrets Radio, host Mamello Mosiana dives deep into Zimbabwe’s latest corruption scandal involving the Zimbabwean Electoral Commission
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.