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CORRUPTION

‘Hall of Shame’: R53m spent on a community structure that remains incomplete 14 years later

An ANC-led municipality in KwaZulu-Natal has spent over R50 million on a community hall that remains incomplete after 14 years, sparking outrage among residents who face severe…

  • Sandile Motha
5 min read
Moo-ving money: A Special Tribunal heard that former health minister Zweli Mkhize, his wife May and their son Dedani concealed R11.5 million redirected from the Digital Vibes company during the Covid pandemic. Photo: File
CATTLE SALES

R11.5m Digital Vibes funds laundered through bogus cattle sales, SIU says

New evidence in the matter suggests that former health minister Zweli Mkhize and his family received funds funnelled through the sale of cattle and the purchase of a farm

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
6 min read
South African citizens queue to vote in the first democratic election in 1994. (David Turnley/Getty Images)
CORRUPTION

You’re fired: We must drain public sector bloat

The public sector in South Africa is staffed with people – from professions to civil service and bureaucrats – who make citizens dread interacting with their government

  • Zakhele Mthembu
4 min read
The 2021 July riots were the most widespread, coordinated, and visible instance of looting in South Africa.
ZUMAUNREST

The effects of the recent looting on South Africa’s young democracy

Rebuilding is crucial, but democracies cannot allow themselves to be held to ransom by the destruction of anarchists in dictating where public funds should be spent

  • Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane
7 min read