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Simone Haysom
Simone Haysom is an independent researcher and writer.
Dangerous liaisons: PIC, Rassul and the Port of Nacala
The Mozambican link to the Public Investment Corporation deal reflects how business, politics and crime intersect
Scapegoat for a desperate community
In 2012, Rowan du Preez was kidnapped and necklaced, dying later in hospital. Police said his last words implicated a local social justice activist
Sars, Krejcir and the destruction of state capacity
Researcher Simone Haysom delves behind the spin to trace the crucial role played by the Sars investigative unit in just one case – Radovan Krejcir.
Sars, Krejcir and the destruction of state capacity
Researcher Simone Haysom delves behind the spin to trace the crucial role played by the Sars investigative unit in just one case – Radovan Krejcir.
Lack of trust cripples fight against crime
A commission of inquiry has highlighted the massive task facing the SAPS and the community.
Democracy’s children
The youth at Morris Isaacson High School in Soweto are still talking about politics, more than a quarter of a century after the march that began the June 16 1976 uprising was led…