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AMABHUNGANE’S TIP-OFFS ARE A LOUD KNOCK ON THE FOURTH ESTATE’S DOOR
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
10 May, 2026
In 2024, Minenhle Mavuso (24) was living two separate lives.
Advocacy: Why we are challenging the Public Procurement Act
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
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
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?
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
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
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’
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
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
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
19 February, 2026
Johannesburg residents no longer look to their taps to provide water.
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