Open Secrets and SWISA submit Joint Report to the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry
Open Secrets and Shadow World Investigations South Africa (SWISA) have submitted a Joint Report to the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry.
The corporations and regulators who enable profiteering from grave crimes such as genocide, apartheid, and human rights abuses
From South Africa to the UAE: The Story Behind Armoured Vehicle Innovation
Luthando Vilakazi discusses Who Owns South Africa? Private Healthcare on METRO FM Talk with Faith Mangope
Fake it ’till you make it: How an SA arms company built UAE armoured vehicles
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.
PRESS RELEASE: Gag order lifted – Open Secrets victory in urgent interdict filed by armoured vehicle company Integrated Convoy Protection
The Western Cape High Court has dismissed the urgent interdict application brought by Integrated Convoy Protection (ICP) against Open Secrets. The interdict sought to silence Open Secrets and prevent the publication of an article about ICP’s contract to supply armoured vehicles to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Critical South African investigative organisation slapped with gag order
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.
Frans Mathipa murder | Open Secrets investigators probe Lt Col. Mathipa’s murder – SABC News
Open Secrets Director, Hennie van Vuuren on SABC News updating on the findings so far related to the murder of the Hawks investigator Lieutenant Colonel Frans Mathipa in August 2023 and the kidnapping of two Ethiopian nationals — Abdella Hussein Abadiga and Kadir Jemal Abotese — in December 2022.
The Dan Corder Show | Hennie van Vuuren
Star guests on The Dan Corder Show are Hennie van Vuuren from Open Secrets, talking about the high-profile arrests of SAPS, spoeks and soldiers, and Lelowhatsgood on South Africa’s vibrant queer culture.
The R74bn MTN lawsuit – a litmus test for corporate accountability
In April, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) delivered a landmark judgment against the MTN Group, giving the green light for South African courts to hear allegations that it acquired a telecommunications licence in Iran through bribery and corruption.
Russian Doll revisited: Will the SANDF’s ‘dirty dozen’ expose the top brass?
The assassination of top Hawks official Lieutenant Colonel Frans Mathipa seemed destined, until this week, to remain a cold case – another high-profile murder that is politically simply too hot to handle. This underscores the magnitude of the breakthrough in the case, led by Hawks investigators, that has culminated this week in a prosecution process targeting 12 SANDF officials. They stand charged with the murder of Mathipa, two other unnamed individuals and numerous other crimes.
Who Killed Frans Mathipa? Probing the SANDF, Abductions, and a Trail of Silence
Who Killed Frans Mathipa? Probing the SANDF, Abductions, and a Trail of Silence – Hennie van Vuuren on The View Point