Taxi bosses, the construction mafia and political murder: the violence entrepreneurs challenging business and the State

Greg Ardé

9 October, 2023

On 11 September 2022, Mnqobi Molefe, 35, was shot dead while in hiding on the KZN south coast, where he was councillor for the outlying eThekwini ward 99, which stretches inland from the town of Umkhomaas.

Karpowership: failed interdict unearths ‘State Capture on steroids’ agreement

Susan Comrie

6 October, 2023

In November 2022, with its R218-billion deal hanging by a thread, Turkish powership company Karadeniz decided to ditch its black empowerment partners Powergroup SA – an incredibly risky move that put the entire deal in jeopardy.

The many “grey areas” of Cricket South Africa’s Pink Day

Njabulo Ngidi

28 September, 2023

Cricket South Africa (CSA) appears to be taking advantage of the goodwill around Pink Day with a misleading public relations campaign that oversells their contribution to the fight against breast cancer.

#MotiFiles: Zunaid Moti’s grand lithium “sting”

OCCRP and AmaBhungane Team

21 September, 2023

*This article was produced in collaboration with the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.

The family cashing in on government dysfunction

Susan Comrie

12 September, 2023

Every year government spends billions of rands hiring heavy machinery from private companies.

Karpowership to buy government a game farm

Susan Comrie

7 September, 2023

In order to get its 540MW Richards Bay powerplant off the ground, Karpowership will buy government a game farm.

Flawed Procurement Bill risks State Capture 2.0

Caroline James and Sam Sole

5 September, 2023

There were many moments from the State Capture era that stood out; moments that – in a sea of shocking events – were so outrageous that they have entered the lexicon and common memory of all South Africans.

Procurement Bill Fails to Address Systemic Vulnerability to Corruption

Caroline James

31 August, 2023

One of the earliest stories amaBhungane published – in April 2010 – was about the suspicious awarding of a tender to a company linked to the then-Minister of Communications.

Tembisa Hospital to Masakhane: How Gauteng Health’s procurement failures cleared the way for a “bid-rigging” businessman

Tebogo Tshwane

23 August, 2023

A Johannesburg businessman whose companies were flagged as seeming beneficiaries of irregular contracts at the infamous Tembisa Hospital appears to have been engaged in similar suspicious behaviour at another Gauteng health institution.

Moti and the media: amaBhungane’s fight for the future

Sam Sole | AmaBhungane Managing Partner

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.

Banyana Banyana exposes SAFA’s house of cards

Njabulo Ngidi

3 August, 2023

Two weeks before the FIFA Women’s World Cup, Banyana Banyana players found themselves embroiled in a fight with SAFA over tournament bonuses – a dispute that highlighted the association’s financial woes.

Are things getting worse at Eskom?

Susan Comrie

2 August, 2023

The lights are going out, literally and figuratively.