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Craig Mckune

PIC’s dodgy oil investment going down the tube
Article
/ 26 April 2018

PIC’s dodgy oil investment going down the tube

A R4-billion Public Investment Corporation investment could be wiped out as Texan oil firm files for bankruptcy

By Craig Mckune
Survé’s listing ship
Article
/ 21 April 2018

Survé’s listing ship

The intended listing of Sagarmatha Technologies was a mirror image of a deal in which the PIC was used to massively underwrite the Survé fortune.

By Sam Sole And, Sam Sole and Craig Mckune
Guptas sue for 27.5% of Independent Media
Article
/ 15 May 2016

Guptas sue for 27.5% of Independent Media

The Guptas are now legally fighting for a large stake in Independent Media due to a 2012 pact made between them and the company’s chair, Iqbal Surve.

By Craig Mckune
What’s black and white and in the red all over?
Article
/ 28 August 2014

What’s black and white and in the red all over?

Though the Public Investment Corporation has a massive stake in the struggling Independent, it has all but handed control to Iqbal Survé.

By Sam Sole and Craig Mckune
Grants ‘monopoly’ under fire
Article
/ 1 May 2014

Grants ‘monopoly’ under fire

Vodacom stands to gain millions of customers via exclusive deal with social grants contractorCraig McKune

By Craig Mckune
Absa Cape Epic: The Prologue in Meerendal
Article
/ 23 March 2014

Absa Cape Epic: The Prologue in Meerendal

After completing the trial stage of the Absa Cape Epic, nerves are beginning to kick in for AmaBhungane reporter Craig McKune.

By Craig Mckune
Another red flag raised in Sassa tender
Article
/ 27 February 2014

Another red flag raised in Sassa tender

Bidders were culled for not offering voice verification, which has not been used for two years

By Craig Mckune
Was Baleka Mbete crucified?
Article
/ 20 September 2013

Was Baleka Mbete crucified?

Whichever way you look at it, the questions about Gold Fields’s mega BEE transaction are justified, say Drew Forrest and Craig McKune.

By Drew Forrest and Craig Mckune
Gold Fields deal: Key witness ‘recants’
Article
/ 13 September 2013

Gold Fields deal: Key witness ‘recants’

Although a witness in the "bribery" case says he has been misquoted by lawyers, a slideshow containing an "unequivocal testimony" shows otherwise.

By Craig Mckune and Stefaans Brummer
Stokvel ‘lost millions’ to Mrs Block
Article
/ 25 January 2013

Stokvel ‘lost millions’ to Mrs Block

More than 1 700 people invested their savings in a scheme they now believe was fraudulent.

By Craig Mckune and Stefaans Brummer
More questions over Hulley’s role in R10b social grant tender
Article
/ 14 December 2012

More questions over Hulley’s role in R10b social grant tender

Officials differ on whether Michael Hulley, responded to critical questions about a grants tender. Craig McKune reports.

By Craig Mckune
Banks bent over backwards for Zuma
Article
/ 7 December 2012

Banks bent over backwards for Zuma

After 1994, South Africa’s biggest banks bent over backwards to accommodate Jacob Zuma, who regularly splurged on credit.

By Craig Mckune
Property mogul Roux Shabangu in BEE fronting case
Article
/ 12 October 2012

Property mogul Roux Shabangu in BEE fronting case

The public works department claims businessperson Roux Shabangu fraudulently used his empowerment credentials for a R137-million lease deal.

By Craig Mckune
Social grant contractor’s sideline plan
Article
/ 28 September 2012

Social grant contractor’s sideline plan

The controversial R10-billion tender winner, South African Social Services Agency, wants to sell financial products to 10-million state beneficiaries.

By Craig Mckune
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Article
/ 21 September 2012

Malema’s time of reckoning

As investigations approach their final stages, he has lined up a powerful defence team.

By Sam Sole Author, Sam Sole and Craig Mckune
AllPay’s bid to appeal R10bn tender ruling
Article
/ 31 August 2012

AllPay’s bid to appeal R10bn tender ruling

The losing bidder in the R10-billion social grant tender, AllPay, has filed for leave to appeal the decision not to scrap the controversial deal.

By Craig Mckune
Michael Hulley and the R10bn tender fiasco
Article
/ 31 August 2012

Michael Hulley and the R10bn tender fiasco

A court ruling that found the R10-billion social grants contract "illegal" has left many questions unanswered.

By Craig Mckune
Sassa judgment illegal but won’t be set aside
Article
/ 28 August 2012

Sassa judgment illegal but won’t be set aside

Sassa has received a lashing from the judge, who in a strongly worded judgment called its conduct "procedurally unfair" and "invalid".

By Craig Mckune
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Article
/ 24 August 2012

Sexwale’s African ventures court controversy

NEWS ANALYSIS: It is inconceivable that the minister does not know what his company does with his money

By Stefaans Brummer and Craig Mckune
Sexwale’s African ventures court controversy
Article
/ 23 August 2012

Sexwale’s African ventures court controversy

Tokyo Sexwale’s 2011 Cabinet declaration gives a glimpse of why he prefers not to make such reports, and the exotic riches behind his silence.

By Craig Mckune and Stefaans Brummer
Block in the dock: I was bribed, says N Cape hospital chief
Article
/ 26 July 2012

Block in the dock: I was bribed, says N Cape hospital chief

Hamid Shabbir’s hard-hitting statement to the Hawks has implicated Northern Cape ANC chairperson John Block in a hospital tender scandal.

By Craig Mckune
A digital first for M&G Online
Article
/ 23 July 2012

A digital first for M&G Online

The M&G Online’s Verashni Pillay, Craig McKune and Demelza Bush have won the CNN Multichoice Africa Journalism Award for digital journalism.

By Deshnee Subramany
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Article
/ 20 April 2012

Share register links Sexwale to R10bn tender bid

A who’s who of the companies behind the billion-rand social grants tender has shown a lot of contradictions, and revealed more links to Tokyo Sewale.

By Craig Mckune
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Article
/ 13 April 2012

Grant-tender beneficiary flouts the law

BEE firm that will reap rewards from huge payout tender refuses to reveal its shareholders

By Craig Mckune
Tokyo Sexwale’s prints all over R10-billion tender
Article
/ 23 March 2012

Tokyo Sexwale’s prints all over R10-billion tender

The BEE consortium that is part of the winning bidder for a massive social grant tender has many links to Mvelaphanda, Tokyo Sexwale’s company.

By Craig Mckune and Stefaans Brummer
Zuma’s lawyer and the mega tender
Article
/ 9 March 2012

Zuma’s lawyer and the mega tender

President Jacob Zuma’s lawyer Michael Hulley has played various roles in the drawn-out awarding of a disputed multi-billion rand contract.

By Craig Mckune
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Article
/ 2 March 2012

Open-chequebook bribe unreported

Adjudicators of a previous social-grants tender failed to tell the police about the bribe.

By Craig Mckune
Bombing Kogelberg
Article
/ 20 January 2012

Bombing Kogelberg

Every December a large group of enthusiastic skateboarders catch the downhill action, writes <b>Craig McKune</b>.

By Craig Mckune
Sweet deals and sugar daddies
Article
/ 23 December 2011

Sweet deals and sugar daddies

<b>Craig McKune</b> takes a look at all the hands that were caught in the cookie jar this year.

By Craig Mckune
Underworld boss Beeka’s murder mystery deepens
Article
/ 23 December 2011

Underworld boss Beeka’s murder mystery deepens

The unofficial identification of the man present with Cyril Beeka when he was shot in a drive-by assassination has deepened the mystery of his murder.

By Sam Sole Author, Sally Evans and Craig Mckune
Shabangu ‘misleads’ public works
Article
/ 15 December 2011

Shabangu ‘misleads’ public works

The lease for the ICD building was signed by Roux Shabangu, even though the building was owned by his former partner, Japie van Niekerk.

By Craig Mckune
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Article
/ 15 December 2011

Tender row rocks fisheries department’s boat

Dispute over R1-billion contract award set for court.

By Craig Mckune
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