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Analysis: has the South African Reserve Bank gone rogue?
2 May, 2025
An extraordinary multi-billion-rand battle is raging between the South African Reserve Bank and the surviving rump of the Steinhoff group, now named Ibex.
IDT Mistrust: Beleaguered IDT paid R33m to company belonging to CEO Tebogo Malaka’s family member
15 April, 2025
The beleaguered Independent Development Trust (IDT) paid a company directed by an apparent family member of CEO Tebogo Malaka over R33 million – mainly for school building projects – between 2011 and 2017.
Scam Empire Part 3: Money in, money out
13 April, 2025
This investigation is based on a large leak of data originally provided to Sveriges Television, the Swedish national broadcaster, to which amaBhungane has gained access as part of a global consortium of media organisations coordinated by the OCCRP.
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