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The #Laundry: City of Gold, part two – A vertically integrated gold machine
Dewald van Rensburg
October 14, 2024
Recap: In Part One we saw how Zimbabwean pastor Frank Sadiqi managed to become one of the country’s biggest Krugerrand traders, buying a staggering R19-billion’s worth between late 2017 and 2020.
The #Laundry: City of Gold, part one
Dewald van Rensburg
October 9, 2024
This story is part of our new series The #Laundry, which explores a vast, tangled web of international money laundering networks.
The #Laundry: the ‘shadow bankers’ powering organised crime
Dewald van Rensburg
October 8, 2024
Consider this dilemma: it is Covid lockdown and cigarette sales are banned; you manage to sneak huge volumes of cigarettes into the country nonetheless, or perhaps you keep manufacturing them here and pinkie-swear they are meant for export.
Dissecting the data behind Eskom’s turnaround
Susan Comrie and Buyeleni Sibanyoni
October 1, 2024
At 5am on Tuesday 26 March, loadshedding came to an abrupt end.
All eyes on ANC bigwigs after NPA bags a witness
Greg Ardé and Sam Sole | AmaBhungane Managing Partner
September 22, 2024
In the South African state capture league, Gaston Savoi is a bit player.
Rival bidder takes PetroSA to court over Gazprom/Equator tenders
Susan Comrie
September 20, 2024
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Investec defends secret financial provisions in German tax fraud probe
Buyeleni Sibanyoni and Dewald van Rensburg
September 19, 2024
In its 2024 annual report, Investec Bank remained steadfast in providing extremely limited information on ‘formal claims’ from the German Federal Tax Office in relation to its involvement in the so-called cum-ex scandal that rocked European financial markets several years.
Ex-DG Mogajane and the alleged VBS bribe: ties to non-profit directors revealed
Tebogo Tshwane and Dewald van Rensburg
August 14, 2024
AmaBhungane can reveal that former National Treasury Director General Dondo Mogajane is a family friend of the Mkhize sisters, whose non-profit company was paid R1-million by VBS Mutual Bank.
Own goal! PetroSA’s multi-billion rand offshore gas deal thwarted by unpaid soccer player
Susan Comrie
July 26, 2024
In December 2023, PetroSA entrusted a potential R21.
Past sins come back to haunt microlenders, with Capitec on the frontline
Buyeleni Sibanyoni, Dewald van Rensburg and Magnificent Mndebele
July 5, 2024
A widespread past practice of procuring unlawful emolument attachment orders to recover debts directly from defaulting debtors’ salaries may soon result in significant restitution claims against major microlenders.
Alleged gang boss goes big: Ralph Stanfield ‘in bed’ with Old Mutual, Atterbury
AmaBhungane Team and Daily Maverick reporters
June 20, 2024
Ralph Stanfield, the alleged head of South Africa’s notorious 28s organised crime gang, and his criminally co-accused wife Nicole Johnson have raked in millions of rands after becoming embedded in the construction of the strategic R3-billion King Air Industria project.
Forensic investigator’s challenge to NPA could rock key KZN cases
Sam Sole | AmaBhungane Managing Partner
June 7, 2024
Forensic investigator Leo Saunders has thrown down the gauntlet to the NPA, uMngeni-uThukela Water and water minister Senzo Mchunu over what he alleges amounts to attempted sabotage of criminal cases.
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