22 March 2023 | 09:14 AM

Listen: Susan Comrie discusses the latest corruption allegations against Transnet

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Radio 702’s Bongani Bingwa spoke to amaBhungane’s Susan Comrie about a forensic report published by City Press that implicates junior staff and senior executives at Transnet allegedly involved in corruption at the state-owned enterprise worth billions.

Comrie said the report was over, “R6-billion paid on contracts that went to China South and China North rail”.

She added: “If you go back, amaBhungane started covering these stories back in 2014, and it is one of the meticulous parts of investigative journalism where you are just scratching at the surface, but it is not apparent until you see the big picture.”

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Aisha Abdool Karim

Aisha is a freelance science and health reporter. She is joining the amaB team to work on a project about water and sanitation. Aisha’s passion for long-form narrative and investigative journalism was sparked while doing her master’s degree at Columbia University in New York. After graduating in 2018, she returned to South Africa and began working as a general beat reporter for the Daily Maverick. Aisha joined the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism in 2020 to focus on science reporting. During her time there, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic extensively — from fact-checking harmful medical misinformation to unpacking the science behind vaccine development. Aisha’s special interests include analysing health systems and in-depth coverage of public health issues and infectious diseases. She also loves spreadsheets and digging through data.