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PIC’s dodgy oil investment going down the tube

Article Craig Mckune - 26 Apr 2018

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

Survé’s listing ship

Article Sam Sole And, Craig Mckune & Sam Sole - 21 Apr 2018

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.

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Guptas sue for 27.5% of Independent Media

Article Craig Mckune - 15 May 2016

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.

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

Article Sam Sole & Craig Mckune - 28 Aug 2014

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

Grants ‘monopoly’ under fire

Article Craig Mckune - 1 May 2014

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

Absa Cape Epic: The Prologue in Meerendal

Article Craig Mckune - 23 Mar 2014

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

Another red flag raised in Sassa tender

Article Craig Mckune - 27 Feb 2014

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

Was Baleka Mbete crucified?

Article Drew Forrest & Craig Mckune - 20 Sep 2013

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

Gold Fields deal: Key witness ‘recants’

Article Craig Mckune - 13 Sep 2013

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

Stokvel ‘lost millions’ to Mrs Block

Article Craig Mckune - 25 Jan 2013

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

Banks bent over backwards for Zuma

Article Craig Mckune - 7 Dec 2012

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

Property mogul Roux Shabangu in BEE fronting case

Article Craig Mckune - 12 Oct 2012

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

Social grant contractor’s sideline plan

Article Craig Mckune - 28 Sep 2012

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

Malema’s time of reckoning

Article Sam Sole Author, Craig Mckune & Sam Sole - 21 Sep 2012

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

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