SERIES: #MotiFiles
In 2023 AmaBhungane came into possession of documents leaked from within the Moti Group of companies belonging to the flamboyant and controversial businessman Zunaid Moti. What emerged was a tale of political patronage and corporate intrigue that Moti tried so hard to quash it resulted in a landmark court ruling on media freedom.
Behind the meltdown: Miller v Moti, McGowan and the JSE
13 November, 2025
A seemingly suicidal corporate crusade by upstart miner Mike Miller has thrown up evidence suggesting controversial businessman Zunaid discussed cutting dodgy backroom deals with the erstwhile CEO of property group Rebosis.
#MotiFiles: Moti and the money men PART 2
17 October, 2023
This article was produced with the assistance of The Sentry.
#MotiFiles: Inside VBS’s R1.3-billion gold-fuelled “hawala”
16 October, 2023
UPDATE: APOLOGY TO MR MOTI Mr Zunaid Moti lodged a complaint against amaBhungane with the South African Press Ombud.
#MotiFiles: Moti and the money men
Zunaid Moti’s business empire worked with alleged underground financial operators channelling vast sums through his mining and property companies using complex smoke-and-mirrors transactions.
#MotiFiles: Zunaid Moti’s grand lithium “sting”
21 September, 2023
*This article was produced in collaboration with the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.
Moti and the media: amaBhungane’s fight for the future
14 August, 2023
Last week amaBhungane and our lawyers were scrambling to submit our legal papers opposing Zunaid Moti’s attempt to take his case against us to the Constitutional Court.
Countering the Moti Group’s misrepresentations – a summary for those following and covering the story.
10 July, 2023
Judge Sutherland handed down judgment in the Johannesburg High Court on Monday, 3 July 2023, in our case with the Moti Group.
Victory! A massive vindication for amaBhungane and journalism
4 July, 2023
Judge Roland Sutherland issued a scathing rebuke for the Moti Group and its lawyers in a judgment yesterday which overturned the earlier gag order obtained against amaBhungane in a secret ex parte hearing.
HIGH COURT BATTLE: Moti Group vs amaBhungane
27 June, 2023
Today, amaBhungane appear in the High Court to set aside the Moti Group’s unprecedented gag order against the #MotiFiles.
Comment: Zunaid Moti’s war on amaBhungane and on journalism
26 June, 2023
“When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you are only telling the world that you fear what he might say.
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