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Aviation couple milked millions from the National Skills Fund

Buyeleni Sibanyoni

8 July, 2026

In 2024, the National Skills Fund (NSF) awarded R148-million in funding to Wonderboom based Flyfofa Aviation Training to train Gauteng residents from impoverished schools.

Analysis: March and March and the shadow of 2021

AmaBhungane Team

28 June, 2026

The shadow of former President Jacob Zuma hangs over the anti-immigrant movement and its leading protagonists in the run up to their planned 30 June shutdown – just as it hung over the coordinated 2021 unrest that broke out after.

Analysis: Treasury’s procurement monster

Caroline James

25 June, 2026

AmaBhungane recently reported that Eskom awarded three diesel-supply contracts, each worth roughly R4-billion, to: –       a group that is under investigation for allegedly bribing Transnet officials;–       an obscure company which also received a large.

Analysis | Tongaat Hulett business rescue: Brinkmanship on steroids in the service of a dubious Zimbabwean elite

Sam Sole

14 June, 2026

It seems both unjust and ironic that, while poor South Africans are mobilising against Zimbabwean migrants (among others) who are mostly just seeking refuge from their own predatory mafia-state, SA power-brokers appear poised to open the door for a Zimbabwean-dominated.

Betting battle joined: the SA Reserve Bank probes Betway

Dewald van Rensburg

12 June, 2026

In the middle of a snowballing gambling epidemic, industry leader Super Group (Betway and Jackpot City) has quietly made it known that it faces an investigation by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB).

Untraceable: Correctional services can’t locate tens of thousands of absconded parolees

Orrin Singh

28 May, 2026

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) can’t account for almost 28,000 (27,797) high risk parolees who have absconded.

AMABHUNGANE’S TIP-OFFS ARE A LOUD KNOCK ON THE FOURTH ESTATE’S DOOR

Mbalenhle Dhlamini

15 May, 2026

A long standing social and academic debate has been around whether the media holds up the mirror to society or whether society holds up the mirror to the media.

Inside Eskom’s dodgy R21-billion diesel contract

Susan Comrie and Sam Sole

10 May, 2026

In 2024, Minenhle Mavuso (24) was living two separate lives.

Advocacy: Why we are challenging the Public Procurement Act

Caroline James

24 April, 2026

In early 2024, the absurdity of the Public Procurement Act legislative process was laid bare to me.

Public Procurement Act Challenge Court Documents

amaBhungane

23 April, 2026

AmaBhungane Notice of Motion AmaBhungane Founding Affidavit AmaBhungane Consolidated Founding Affidavit Part 1 AmaBhungane Consolidated Founding Affidavit Part 2 AmaBhungane Replying Affidavit AmaBhungane’s Heads of Argument.

The fashion icon, her husband, the NSF and the SIU: the plot thickens

Buyeleni Sibanyoni

19 April, 2026

In May 2019, a group of young learners from Protea Glen, Soweto wrote a letter to the Gauteng government.

Comment & analysis: Who will save Tongaat-Hulett?

Sam Sole

14 April, 2026

Insolvency practitioners and their lawyers are the hyenas of the economic system that our laws attempt to regulate.

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