Open Secrets Newsletter | May 2025
May was a month of fierce truth-telling and collective courage—from the stirring voices at our second People’s Hearing on Energy Profiteers to our legal showdown with the NPA and Hawks over PRASA corruption…
Open Secrets Newsletter | A luta continua!
Our March newsletter reflects Open Secrets’ unwavering commitment to speaking truth to power, loudly and courageously, in honour of those who fought for justice.
Open Secrets Newsletter | We will not be #Shutdown
February was a landmark month for South African politics, both on the home front and on the international stage. From the State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2025, the heated debate over the (very lukewarm) Expropriation Bill, the postponed budget speech, and becoming a favoured target of the Trump regime—South Africa was in the global spotlight.
Open Secrets Newsletter | July/August 2024
As we step into Spring, let’s take a moment to reflect on the highlights of July and August. We celebrated Dulcie September’s remarkable life and honored Women’s Month through a Listening Cinema; we released our 2023/2024 Annual Report; and Open Secrets Radio has two new episodes…
Open Secrets Newsletter | June 2024
We are seeking accountability for a key player in the Rwandan Genocide, we launched the Gupta Tracker, and made a submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change.
Open Secrets Newsletter | May 2024
From in-depth investigative reporting on the potential profiteers of a Basic Income Grant, to our relentless pursuit of legal accountability for those implicated in State Capture in Zimbabwe, Open Secrets continued to pursue accountability in May.
Accountability and Peace in South Africa, Eswatini, and the DRC
Newsletter: April 2024 Accountability and Peace in South Africa, Eswatini, and the DRC We are continuing to broaden our reach. This month our pursuit of justice and accountability for economic crime took us from South Africa to Eswatini and the DRC. #AllEyesOnCongo: Peace, Justice and Accountability in the DRC On the 11th of April 2024…
2023 Round-up | What’s New in 2024
2023 was a busy year for Open Secrets. Our team of investigators, campaigners, and lawyers challenged powerful – and in some instances dangerous – profiteers and human rights abusers. We published four new investigative reports – including our first on climate profiteers – and continued the fight for justice and accountability for perpetrators and enablers of economic crime and human rights violations.
Accountability, not impunity: We are putting up Wanted posters!
Our efforts to bring accountability for state capture conspirators.
With Digital Profiteers: Nothing is Mahala!
Newsletter: April 2022 By Mamello Mosiana Nothing is mahala! The same holds true for “free” social media platforms like WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook – they have turned us into products. We call these category of corporations – digital profiteers. Do you recall how the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) allowed companies like Net1 and…