by i6204 | Feb 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
A trove of documents obtained by amaBhungane show how the Independent Development Trust (IDT) appointed a contractor embroiled in bribery allegations involving director general of the Department of Health Dr Sandile Buthelezi, despite obvious warning signs in the...
by i6204 | Jan 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
It was Cabinet – not PetroSA – who announced, in December 2023, that Russia’s Gazprombank had been selected to restart Mossel Bay’s gas-to-liquids refinery. The choice of a sanctioned Russian bank was seen as risky by some and suicidal by others, but with Cabinet’s...
by i6204 | Jan 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
Meet Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu, the well-connected military contractor and prosecution witness who was primed to nail a big fish: Parliamentary Speaker and former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu is the star witness in the case that was meant...
by i6204 | Jan 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
Former defence minister and Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is back in court today for an application by her lawyers to try to force the disclosure of parts of the prosecution docket the State says are confidential. Mapisa-Nqakula, who is charged with corruption and...
by i6204 | Jan 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
In the early 2000s, Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu led an ordinary life. An SAA flight attendant who had studied to be a nurse, she was involved in nothing that would draw public attention. However, she eventually rose to become chair of African Aerospace, Maritime and...
by i6204 | Jan 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Azarrah Karrim is a multi-award winning investigative journalist with interests in social justice issues, government corruption and the criminal justice system. After obtaining an Honours in Journalism, Azarrah went on to work as a junior journalist with the Wits...
