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latest news & developmentsPower struggle threatens just energy transition
As we undergo the greatest economic shift of our time, we have to guard against malevolent private interests
Bill to make Investigating Directorate permanent is flawed, parliament hears
The measure cannot guarantee independency of the entity because it fails to address the reliance of the National Prosecuting Authority itself on the justice ministry
Seriti and Musi’s challenge to JSC act dismissed
The retired judges, facing a probe over the arms deal inquiry, said the act was flawed in allowing the JSC to discipline judges no longer in active service
Nedbank features negatively in state capture report; Standard Bank defends itself
So far, one of South Africa’s ‘big four’ banks faces a serious allegation levelled in the Zondo report — and more revelations may follow
Back to old habits? South African arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the UAE
Does South Africa care more about its own economic interests than the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in Yemen?
Seriti report slammed by Open Secrets and Shadow World Investigations
Last year, the high court set aside the findings of the commission of inquiry into the arms deal scandal. Now activists are calling on the judicial conduct committee to…
Apartheid criminals still at large
Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity
Pensioners lose out to ‘greedy’ firms
A recently released report reveals how big players in the pensions industry have benefited by leaving policy holders out in the cold
Bank at heart of Gambian tyranny
An investigation reveals that a key Belgian institution is again involved in money-laundering