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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

Media mogul Iqbal Survé. (Lerato Maduna/Gallo)

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.

Guptas sue for 27.5% of Independent Media

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.

Independent Newspapers stands by its editors’ decision to attend the ANC’s anniversary celebrations in party regalia and rejects Max du Preez’s reasons for leaving.

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.

Grants ‘monopoly’ under fire

Grants ‘monopoly’ under fire

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

AmaBhungane reporter Craig McKune will on Monday begin with the first stage of the Absa Cape Epic.

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.

Another red flag raised in Sassa tender

Another red flag raised in Sassa tender

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

Baleka Mbete Mbete headed the national task team mandated with preparing the ANCWL for the conference. (Oupa Nkosi, MG)

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.

Gold Fields itself commissioned the controversial report. (Courtesy of Gold Fields)

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.

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

Stokvel ‘lost millions’ to Mrs Block

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

People queue to collect social grants in Jo’burg. Allegations of corruption over a R10-billion social grant tender are being investigated.

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.

Standard Bank fined $12.6m for poor anti-laundering controls

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.

The department of public works wants to nullify its R137-million lease for the City Forum building in Pretoria.

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.

About 10-million South Africans receive social grants. Net1’s plan to harness them as customers with loans and insurance products could turn it into one of the largest retail banks in the country.

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.

Malema’s time of reckoning

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

Michael Hulley. (Oupa Nkosi, M&G)

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.

Michael Hulley. (Oupa Nkosi, M&G)

Michael Hulley and the R10bn tender fiasco

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

The North Gauteng High Court has ruled a R10-billion social grant tender awarded by the South African Social Security Agency is illegal and invalid.

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".

Sexwale’s African ventures court controversy

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

Tokyo Sexwale’s business interests are housed in ‘blind trusts’.

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.