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European Banks Called To Answer For Apartheid Crimes
Fatima Moosa | The Daily Vox | 25 April 2018 From 24 to 27 April, civil society organisation Open Secrets along with the University of Witwatersrand’s Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) will take a complaint to banks in Belgium and Luxembourg regarding their…
Court order could bankrupt South African History Archive
Ra’eesa Pather | Mail & Guardian | 03 April 2018 | A high court judgement has left the South African History Archive (SAHA) reeling following a cost order which could put the organisation out of business. Protecting and preserving historical…
People’s Tribunal To Open Floodgates On Capture, Corruption And Economic Crime
Marc Davies | Huffington Post | 02 February 2018 | Crimes of the “rich, powerful and politically well-connected” in South Africa, beginning Saturday, will come under intensified scrutiny as civil society groups rally to ‘join the dots’ in the…
Hennie van Vuuren On Absa: Be Careful Of The Bounty Hunters
Amil Umraw | Huffington Post ZA | 21 June 2017 | An expert on apartheid-era looting says South Africans should be wary of bounty-hunters. Hennie van Vuuren, Director of Open Secrets and the author of “Apartheid Guns and Money: A…
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@MikeMarchant13 @hennievvuuren @NPA_Prosecutes Well done to @TreasuryRSA.
It really shows up @UCT_news who allow Bain to recruit on campus.
Emarrassing.
Despite repeated attempts to ask ethics teacher and Council member @JacquesR, the VC and @e_transitions to explain their policy, they remain quiet.
@OpenSecretsZA Ban the directors as well… What’s stopping these folk from just doing it again under a different entity? If corruption and fraud is confirmed - ban, jail, fine them.
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