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Shady deals: The PIC wants to recover the R1.06-million it lent to Independent’s Iqbal Survé, but he is heading up a loss-making group of 20 print and digital news outlets. (Delwyn Verasamy)

Gamechangers: The morphing landscape of South Africa’s media

Two books on two media outlets, Daily Maverick and Independent newspapers, tell stories of success and failure

Senzo Meyiwa was shot dead in October 2014, while he was at a party at the home of his then girlfriend, Kelly Khumalo, in Vosloorus at the East Rand.

How much does South Africa spend on VIP funerals?

Each province gets over R3m a year to spend on the last rites of its latest and greatest – but if they spend it all in one go, that’s their funeral.

The Gupta family’s Saxonwold home is a high-pressure environment where the security detail always had to be armed

[Archives] What the Gupta guards saw: VIPs and bags of cash

They used to provide muscle for the family. Now they’ve opened up about trips to Zuma’s guesthouse, visiting dignitaries and bags of cash.

Military veteran Nkutsoeu Motsau

War veterans left without benefits

Despite the law, many ex-servicemen have not been able to enjoy the housing, pension and medical care benefits promised by government.

Cyril Ramaphosa says a state capture inquiry should simultaneously be broad and focused.

Jonas’s claims ‘totally false’, say Guptas

The Guptas say Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas’s claims that they offered him the position of Finance Minister are "totally false".

Apartheid-era crimes: High court bid for Reserve Bank records

The SA History Archive is seeking evidence of economic crimes involving Wouter Basson, Vito Palazzolo and others during the apartheid years.

Vito Palazzolo was useful to apartheid-era politicians. He was arrested in Thailand in 2012.

SA History Archive seeks apartheid financial records in court

The archive wants access to Reserve Bank financial records that’d serve as a starting point for how the apartheid regime pulled off economic crimes.