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Update: The sobering data from inside Eskom
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
28 January, 2026
As universities open their doors, 1 in 3 South African youth will be left behind at home.
Analysis: JSE gets a whipping at the Information Regulator
16 January, 2026
This year started with a slap-down for the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) as the Information Regulator laid down the law on disclosure.
In 2026 we need less Nazis, more Mkhwanazis
19 December, 2025
Dear amaB supporters, The decline and fall of empires is not for sissies – but fortunately, neither is South Africa.
Health director general, IDT clash over critical R1.6-billion hospital programme as contractor seeks minister’s intervention
18 December, 2025
The National Department of Health (NDOH) has launched a sweeping “due diligence investigation” into a series of hospital refurbishment projects that have already burned through millions in what may amount to irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure.
SA’s gambling crisis: facilitators, criminals and money launderers
12 December, 2025
The online gambling industry, which is fast reaching catastrophic proportions in South Africa, does not exist in a vacuum.
A lotto trouble: marketing firm’s claims against new lottery operator land on Minister’s desk
3 December, 2025
UPDATE: On 2 April amaBhungane was forwarded a formal retraction from Social Pro Media (Pty) Ltd in which the company states that it “retracts and withdraws statements and allegations previously made concerning Sizekhaya Holdings (RF) (Pty) Ltd.
AmaBhungane is hiring! The role: Production and digital engagement coordinator
1 December, 2025
Role description At its core, this role is about driving, creating and managing amaBhungane’s publishing, promotion and engagement.
Buses face escalating attacks as police struggle to maintain safety in Eastern Cape hotspots
30 November, 2025
The Eastern Cape Division of the High Court has granted long-distance bus operator Intercape urgent interim relief compelling the South African Police Service (SAPS) to escort its buses and maintain visible policing in two towns where the company says its.
Calling all muckrakers, dung beetles and fearless investigative journalists: amaBhungane is hiring!
21 November, 2025
Join South Africa’s leading investigative journalism team Investigative journalist: mid to senior level AmaBhungane has a position available on its small but driven team of investigative journalists.
DEADLY WATER (Part 5): A zombie in the water industry
18 November, 2025
CMS Water Engineering was built up like a house of cards — shaky, precarious and one wrong move away from complete collapse.
A rare glimpse of accountability: the Information Regulator orders SARS to release Zuma’s tax records
14 November, 2025
In February 2019, amaBhungane and Warren Thompson, then a journalist at the Financial Mail, filed requests under the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) for access to former President Jacob Zuma’s tax records.
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