PetroSA was owed R227m. It may end up losing R1.4bn instead.

Susan Comrie

17 September, 2026

When state-owned fuel company, PetroSA, walked into the boardroom at its Parow head office, it was owed R227-million.

Investigation into IGI alleged misconduct stalled, as secret fund millions remain without scrutiny

Orrin Singh

31 August, 2026

More evidence has emerged of a seemingly chaotic scramble by South Africa’s intelligence apparatus to neutralise the now-suspended Inspector General of Intelligence (IGI), Imtiaz Fazel.

UPDATE: Eskom admits to R3-billion in payments “outside of contractual terms”

Susan Comrie

28 August, 2026

In a seven-page press release on Thursday night, Eskom conceded it had made R3-billion in irregular payments to its diesel suppliers.

Eskom paid hundreds of millions for diesel that ‘didn’t exist’

Susan Comrie

21 August, 2026

Last month, a group of investigators turned up at the gates of Burgan Terminal, a massive fuel import and storage depot in Cape Town harbour.

Online gambling: Look who’s knocking at the door

Dewald van Rensburg

14 August, 2026

In February this year a regulator, the Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board (WCGRB), announced the planned sale of a bookmaker license to a newly formed company called Bet777.

Inside the SAPS investigation into former PRASA security chief Alexio Papadopulo

AmaBhungane Team

7 August, 2026

An urgent application by former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) security chief Alexio Papadopulo has lifted the veil on details of a Commercial Crime Unit investigation into his dealings with alleged gang boss Ralph Stanfield.

Eleven years on, the Department of Agriculture’s R26m mobile vet clinics remain undelivered – and accountability has stalled

Buyeleni Sibanyoni

5 August, 2026

In July 2015, Centurion Bus Manufacturers (CBM) scored a R31-million contract to buy and convert seven buses into mobile veterinarian clinics for the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD).

Right of reply | Minister Senzo Mchunu: I referred matters to IGI in lawful exercise of statutory authority, without any ulterior purpose

Senzo Mchunu

23 July, 2026

On 20 July 2026, an article was published under the title: “Explosive affidavit by IGI shows how Mchunu drew him into Crime Intelligence wars.

Explosive affidavit by Inspector General of Intelligence (IGI) shows he was drawn into fight over Crime Intelligence by then police minister Senzo Mchunu

Orrin Singh, Graeme Hosken and Sam Sole

20 July, 2026

An explosive high court application by suspended Inspector General of Intelligence (IGI), Imtiaz Fazel confirms how central former police minister Senzo Mchunu’s office was to the series of investigations and leaks that led both to the Madlanga Commission and to.

Analysis: What are Mashaba and Malema hiding?

Dewald van Rensburg

19 July, 2026

Who is paying for our fragile democracy? And what are political parties actually doing with the money we see coming in through the immensely imperfect disclosure system (which most parties want to dilute further)? AmaBhungane has been fighting for the.

Ralph Stanfield: How SARS fumbled its chance to take him down, ‘Al Capone’-style

AmaBhungane Team

16 July, 2026

In early 2019 Ralph Stanfield, the putative head of South Africa’s notorious 28s organised crime gang, was facing a seemingly slam-dunk criminal complaint from SARS after the taxman uncovered what it believed to be a scheme to use fraudulent tax.

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.