Khaya Koko: The looting isn’t over until the fat belly sings
/ 25 October 2021

Khaya Koko: The looting isn’t over until the fat belly sings

A song about Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane preventing looting was way off the mark in a province riddled with corruption and theft

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How the Eastern Cape blew R23m on land it could never own
/ 21 August 2021

How the Eastern Cape blew R23m on land it could never own

Land that cost less than R1m in 2007 was bought by the Eastern Cape government just six years later for R23m, despite a land claim case hanging over it. And then the building tender went sour…

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