WHO OWNS SOUTH AFRICA?
Meet the landlords of your democracy.
VOLUME 1: THE SYSTEM
This first profile in Open Secrets’ new series, Who Owns South Africa, explores the deep structural divide between the fragile “bottom” and the powerful corporate “top.” The System: Money, Power and Politics reveals how concentrated private wealth, oligopolies, and corporate dominance continue to shape South Africa’s economy and politics, and asks what this means for the struggle to end inequality.
South Africa faces 33% unemployment and record corporate profits. Open Secrets’ new investigation, Who Owns South Africa reveals how money, power and politics fuel inequality.
VOLUME 2: PRIVATE HEALTH
South Africa’s healthcare sector is marred by deep rooted inequalities, with millions relying on an overly strained and under resourced public healthcare system. In this instalment of Who Owns South, Open Secrets turns the spotlight on to the role of private players in the health care system and shows how the concentration of private shapes the sector.
South Africa’s healthcare sector is marred by deep rooted inequalities, with millions relying on an overly strained and under resourced public healthcare system. In this instalment of Who Owns South Africa, Open Secrets turns the spotlight on to the role of private players in the health care system and shows how the concentration of private power shapes the sector.
VOLUME 3: PRIVATE TELECOMS
At the heart of our report is the argument that telecoms services should be a public right instead of a private privilege for corporate benefit. In South Africa, at least 90% of households own a working mobile phone, which has helped almost 80% of people access Internet services. Without mobile telecoms, most of these Internet users would not have access to needed communication and information services.
Discover how MTN, Vodacom, Telkom & Cell C dominate South Africa’s telecom industry in Volume 3 Open Secrets’ Who Owns South Africa series. This volume reveals how these players impact the rights of people around the world, their relationships with powerful politicians, and the growing role they play in selling financial services.
VOLUME 4: PRIVATE PENSIONS
The fourth volume of Open Secrets’ Who Owns South Africa? (WOSA) series shines the spotlight on financial services companies that administer South Africa’s pension funds. It shows how the management and investment of these funds reflects both historical and ongoing patterns of inequality and injustice.
South Africa’s healthcare sector is marred by deep rooted inequalities, with millions relying on an overly strained and under resourced public healthcare system. In this instalment of Who Owns South Africa, Open Secrets turns the spotlight on to the role of private players in the health care system and shows how the concentration of private power shapes the sector.
VOLUME 5: PRIVATE MEDIA
Private media plays a vital role in protecting press freedom, promoting access to information and holding those in power to account. But when media is treated primarily as a commercial enterprise, the pursuit of profit can undermine its responsibility to serve the public interest.
South Africa’s healthcare sector is marred by deep rooted inequalities, with millions relying on an overly strained and under resourced public healthcare system. In this instalment of Who Owns South Africa, Open Secrets turns the spotlight on to the role of private players in the health care system and shows how the concentration of private power shapes the sector.
