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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.

Robert Gumede: Tongaat-Hulett’s not-so-sweet suitor

Orrin Singh

1 April, 2026

The man who has positioned himself as a business crusader coming to the rescue of embattled sugar giant Tongaat-Hulett Limited (THL) is facing ongoing claims that he was the mastermind behind one of the most outrageous alleged procurement frauds during.

Delinquent soccer club boss seeking to revive $1.2bn gas deal with PetroSA

Susan Comrie

26 March, 2026

In December 2023, Shumani Lawrence Mulaudzi signed a $1.

EXCLUSIVE: Alleged 28s gang boss ‘captured’ mega rail project – with Prasa’s ‘help’

AmaBhungane reporters

8 March, 2026

Ralph Stanfield, the alleged head of South Africa’s notorious 28s organised crime gang, and his criminally co-accused wife, Nicole Johnson, appear to have used Prasa’s security chief Alexio Papadopulo to capture chunks of the government’s multi-billion-rand Cape Town central line.

Analysis : Mozambican group RGS ups the stakes in court battle to counter Tongaat Hulett liquidation and rival Vision consortium

Sam Sole | AmaBhungane Managing Partner

26 February, 2026

The stakes are enormous: thousands of direct jobs; tens of thousands of rural livelihoods; north-ern KwaZulu-Natal’s agricultural core, indeed, potentially the very stability of the province.

Analysis: The violation of Tongaat Hulett

Sam Sole | AmaBhungane Managing Partner

22 February, 2026

On Friday, 27 February, the Business Rescue Practitioners and their lawyers will approach the High Court in Durban to request the provisional liquidation of Tongaat Hulett Limited (THL), the company that is a crucial backbone of the rural economy in.

Invalid R263 million tanker tender rolls on as Johannesburg’s taps run dry

Buyeleni Sibanyoni

19 February, 2026

Johannesburg residents no longer look to their taps to provide water.

Update: The sobering data from inside Eskom

Susan Comrie

11 February, 2026

In April 2024, the lights stayed on – after six years of loadshedding, this was headline news.

PetroSA’s R3.5-billion ‘raid’ on student funding

Susan Comrie and Buyeleni Sibanyoni

28 January, 2026

As universities open their doors, 1 in 3 South African youth will be left behind at home.

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