Corruption
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Madlanga calls for corruption to carry a higher price
Delivering the Oliver Tambo Memorial Lecture, retired Constitutional Court justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga urged institutions to make corruption hazardous and unprofitable while…
Open justice at stake in bid to close spy trial, says CFE
The Campaign for Free Expression has raised alarms over the State Security Agency’s attempts to secure a blanket ban on public and media access during the corruption trial of…
R30 million to make Sassa CEO look good
Sassa CEO Themba Matlou faces scrutiny over a R30-million media tender where R29 million was allegedly spent in the first year to shape press coverage and shield management from…
Speaking up should not be a death sentence
Whistleblowers in South Africa risk their lives and livelihoods to save public funds from corruption. As tragedies mount, the country faces an urgent need to turn legal…
Media wins sight of SSA’s secrecy application in R12 million state capture fraud trial
Media houses have obtained a redacted version of the State Security Agency's application to keep the R12 million fraud and corruption trial of former spies Patrick Mshothola and…
Suliman Carrim arrested at OR Tambo for evading Madlanga subpoena
Former ANC regional treasurer Suliman Carrim was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport for evading a subpoena from the Madlanga Commission, just moments before boarding a…
Komani’s water crisis: When a public failure becomes private business
As taps repeatedly run dry in Komani, residents are asking uncomfortable questions about whether failing infrastructure is being sustained to enrich private water tanker…
Gupta-linked mine executives convicted of over R107.5m rehabilitation funds
Two directors and three companies connected to the Gupta-era acquisition of Optimum and Koornfontein coal mines have been convicted of fraud and money laundering after diverting…
Recording played in Sibiya bail hearing raises questions about alleged criminal connections
A recorded conversation played during Shadrack Sibiya's bail hearing has introduced explosive claims involving businessman Serge Cabonge, connections to the Madlanga Commission,…
Sibiya quits SAPS during disciplinary hearing
Suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya has resigned from the SAPS during disciplinary proceedings, earning a dishonourable discharge amid serious criminal…
IDAC withdraws R191m blue-lights case against Phahlane
The Independent Directorate Against Corruption has provisionally withdrawn the R191 million blue-lights corruption case against former acting police commissioner Khomotso…
Wicknell Chivayo’s gifts: The price of political influence
Following reports of Wicknell Chivayo's death, an incisive analysis explores the political meaning of his conspicuous philanthropy and the complex web of patronage, public…
Mabe’s escape route hits a dead end
The Special Tribunal has dismissed former ANC NEC member Pule Mabe's bid to halt the SIU's recovery proceedings regarding irregular multimillion-rand vehicle procurement tenders.
The extortionists along Moloto Road
WhatsApp messages exposed at the Madlanga Commission reveal how Mpumalanga taxi bosses Joe Sibanyoni and Bafana Sindane allegedly ran an extortion racket targeting contractors…
Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni denies corrupt Putco deal
Mpumalanga taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni has denied corrupt dealings with bus operator Putco, telling the Madlanga Commission that his talks with government officials aimed…