April 2021

21 Apr 2021, 11:00

Posts for April 2021 1 April 2019 The 2009 Special Investigating Unit report on facilities management company Bosasa was compromised by a court interdict in the early stages of the probe in 2007 that prohibited investigators from interviewing material witnesses. SIU’s Bosasa investigation hamstrung from start 9 April 2021 Former minister of state security David Read more >

STATE CAPTURE COMMISSION

May 2021

21 Apr 2021, 10:56

Posts for May 2021 3 May 2021 Former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana used his appearance before the state capture commission on Monday to throw the ANC under the bus for its fundraising strategies, some of which he says come at a great cost to state-owned entities (SOEs). Montana said there is a long-standing culture in Read more >

STATE CAPTURE COMMISSION

June 2021

21 Apr 2021, 10:43

Posts for June 2021 1 June 2021 Lucky Montana has been accused by two of his former subordinates of fabricating evidence he submitted to the state capture commission. The former CEO of Prasa told the commission during his appearance last month that former legal head Martha Ngoye and current head of strategy Tiro Holele were Read more >

STATE CAPTURE COMMISSION

July 2021

21 Apr 2021, 10:40

Posts for July 2021 5 July 2021 Former president Jacob Zuma used the opportunity of a media briefing at his Nkandla home on Sunday evening to take a swipe at both the judiciary and the current administration, likening the state of affairs to apartheid-type rules of persecuting people because of who they are and not Read more >

STATE CAPTURE COMMISSION

August 2021

21 Apr 2021, 10:35

Posts for August 2021 10 August 2021 Former South African Airways CEO Siza Mzimela has stuck to her guns on the conduct of Malusi Gigaba during what appeared to be an attempt to bully the national airline into relinquishing a flight route between Johannesburg and Mumbai, India. Gigaba was minister of public enterprises between 2010 Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Financial secrecy – dangerous, destructive, and enabling corruption

21 Apr 2021, 10:21

In our new mini-series we’ll delve into the issue of financial secrecy – what it is, who enables it, how does it affect economies, which are the big culprits, and what role does corruption play? The series is based on two reports released by the Tax Justice Network (TJN) – the biennial Financial Secrecy Index, Read more >

STATE CAPTURE COMMISSION

October 2021

20 Apr 2021, 10:18

Posts for October 2021 22 October 2021 Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has dismissed allegations by the former director-general of the State Security Agency, Arthur Fraser, against him claiming that he blocked crucial evidence from being heard before the state capture commission. Zondo released a media statement on Thursday in his capacity as chairperson of Read more >

STATE CAPTURE COMMISSION

January 2022

20 Apr 2021, 10:11

Posts for January 2022 6 January 2022 Former South African Airways (SAA) chairperson Dudu Myeni and her fellow board member and counterpart at the airline’s subsidiary SAA Technical, Yakhe Kwinana, oversaw a state-owned entity riddled with corruption during their terms, and fuelled a culture of bullying, fear and purging of executives who did not agree Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

SAPS dragging heels in building promised Khayelitsha police station

19 Apr 2021, 13:34

Image: Mary-Anne Gontsana By Mary-Anne GontsanaFirst published on GroundUp Khayelitsha residents have raised their concerns over the long wait for an additional police station. But the South African Police Service (SAPS) says it cannot provide a timeframe for when the station will be built or when it will be fully operational. Delivering his budget speech Read more >