Unaccountable 00043|Shell: Prioritising Profits over People and the Planet
Explore how Shell’s operations have prioritized profits over environmental and human rights, with a focus on its controversial activities in Nigeria and South Africa.
Unaccountable 00040| Willem ‘Ters’ Ehlers – apartheid’s secretary turned genocide arms dealer
Explore Open Secrets’ investigation into Willem Ters Ehlers, a former apartheid secretary turned arms dealer, whose weapons fueled the Rwandan genocide. Part of the Unaccountable series, this exposé uncovers how impunity enables profiteers of violence.
The Shocking Role of Willem ‘Ters’ Ehlers in Arming the Rwandan Genocide| Open Secrets report
Explore the global connections that fuelled one of history’s most devastating genocides. Learn how arms dealers and financial institutions played crucial roles, making profits at the expense of human lives.
Open Secrets Condemns Israel’s War on the Palestinian people
Open Secrets stands with the Palestinian people. We call for an immediate ceasefire by the Israeli occupation forces and an end to Israeli apartheid.
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 country’s story of capture and plunder. Organisations including Open Secrets, Corruption Watch, Right2Know and the…
United States Agencies Stick with Secrecy on Apartheid Crimes
Today the United States celebrates its “Freedom of Information Day”. It is supposed to provide an occasion to focus on issues of public access to information and transparency in the US government. Given the extensive capacity of United States agencies, particularly their intelligence and law enforcement agencies, the US possesses considerable information about the…
Media Statement: Open Secrets intervenes in PP’s apartheid corruption case
Address all apartheid-era economic crimes Open Secrets, through its attorneys the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) at Wits University, has filed papers to intervene as a friend of the court (amicus) in the review of the Public Protector’s ‘Absa-CIEX’ report. The review proceedings, brought by Absa, the South African Reserve Bank, and Treasury, will…
People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime – Call for Information
The People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime in South Africa invites members of the public to submit information to be presented at the first hearings.
Press Release: SAHA goes to court to access apartheid-era records
Why, after more than two decades of democracy in South Africa, is the apartheid archive still kept under lock and key?