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1. AmaBhungane is hiring a digital coordinator!

   We are an independent non-profit newsroom that develops investigative journalism – a public interest task that promotes free, capable media and open, accountable, just democracy. We do so via: Investi

2. State of procurement disaster: Wide powers and vague rules for emergency procurement under the State of Disaster threaten a new license to loot

   When President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the State of Disaster on the energy crisis in his SoNA speech, he lauded the benefits of the declaration. He explained that it would “enable us to accelerate e

3. Property mogul flips R86.25-million land parcel to Gauteng housing department for R244.95-million

   The Gauteng department of human settlements (GDHS) bought three land parcels on 13 March 2019, handing an instant paper profit of R158.7-million to Landworth, a company owned by real estate mogul&#160

4. Construction mafias, corruption and your water — how government is looking to the courts to get the taps running

   In March last year, minister of water and sanitation Senzo Mchunu admitted to Parliament that many municipalities were failing to deliver on their most basic function: access to water. “The situa

5. NPA reveals why it declined to prosecute in Karpowership case, but decision raises new questions

   The state will not prosecute Karpowership’s environmental consultants because the case hinges on a single witness, according to advocate Sibongile Mzinyathi, the director of public prosecutions in Pre

6. The Moti Files: Red flags in police hunt for former Moti Group employee

   As controversial businessman Zunaid Moti’s sprawling multi-billion rand conglomerate scrambles to contain a leak of sensitive company information, questions have been raised about the role of the Sout

7. When crises collide: Water is South Africa’s next ‘perfect storm’

   South Africa is, by some accounts, already “out” of water. In an already water-scarce country, demand outstrips supply, while water treatment plants falter and the country’s climate continues to warm

8. MMSEZ: the battle to stop Limpopo’s climate-bomb

   Limpopo’s plans for a giant industrial development could cause an ecological disaster in a province where water shortages are already a regular occurrence for rural communities. The environmental auth

9. NPA will not prosecute Karpowership case

   The Director of Public Prosecutions in Pretoria has declined to bring charges against the environmental consultants who helped Karpowership SA bypass environmental regulations. The post NPA will not p

10. Newsletter: Welcome back to the chaos and our first newsletter of 2023

    This last weekend I went out and bought myself a camping shower – a black PVC bag that you can fill and leave in the sun to warm before hanging it from a tree and squatting under the nozzle.I need thi

11. Aisha Abdool Karim

    Aisha is a freelance science and health reporter. She is joining the amaB team to work on a project about […] The post Aisha Abdool Karim appeared first on amaBhungane.

12. Laura López González

    Laura is an independent health journalist and has spent more than 15 years covering the intersection of science, policy, and […] The post Laura López González appeared first on amaBhungane.

13. Suzgo Chitete

    Suzgo is an award-winning Malawian Investigative Journalist with over 15 years’ experience in both broadcast and print media. He is […] The post Suzgo Chitete appeared first on amaBhungane.

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16. Canadian company exploring for oil in Namibia in battle for credibility

    ReconAfrica, a start-up oil exploration company with interests in Namibia and Botswana, is fighting for survival as its auditors resign, a cash crunch looms and a New York court battle with disgruntle

17. Canadian company exploring for oil in Namibia in battle for credibility

    Descending upon Namibia’s environmentally sensitive Kavango East region in 2015 was the easy part for junior Canadian oil and gas company ReconAfrica. After all, the company was valued at R141-million

18. Newsletter: 2022 – the democratic project under threat

    As we get to the end of another tumultuous year, it’s becoming tough to keep faith in the democratic project. The post Newsletter: 2022 – the democratic project under threat appeared first on am

19. THE LAUNDRY Part Two: the front, the accountant and the lawyer

    South Africa has emerged as a hub for alleged regional money-laundering operations of staggering proportions. Armies of fly-by-night front companies obscure the networks, but missteps seem to have exp

20. THE LAUNDRY Part Two: the front, the accountant and the lawyer

    In April 2019, a mysterious shelf company called Actinic Holdings sprung to life. In barely a week it opened several accounts at different local banks including Sasfin, Bidvest, Habib Overseas Bank an

21. Prasa botches critical R7.5bn train repair tender

    Prasa’s decision to award multibillion-rand train maintenance tender to companies who had no capacity, facilities or finances could keep the entity off the rails. The post Prasa botches critical R7.5

22. Join amaB as an intern for 2023!

    We are looking for an intern to join our team. The post Join amaB as an intern for 2023! appeared first on amaBhungane.

23. Prasa botches critical R7.5bn train repair tender

    The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) faces the threat of total collapse after shedding millions of customers and haemorrhaging revenue over the past four years. Now its handling of a R7.5

24. No holds barred: Controversial businessman Zunaid Moti locked in a vicious legal battle with former cage-fighter

    An irate investor who partnered with Zunaid Moti on a platinum venture has dragged the controversial businessman to court over allegations of fraud in connection with a platinum venture . Frederick “F

25. No holds barred: Controversial businessman Zunaid Moti locked in a vicious legal battle with former cage-fighter

    In a bitter legal battle pitting two controversial businessmen against each other, former cage-fighter Frederick Lutzkie has levelled numerous damaging allegations of criminality and fraud against Mot

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28. Comment: Secrecy on Public Procurement Bill betrays the process and the people

    The National Treasury has veiled its public participation process on procurement reform in secrecy. That undermines the integrity of the process and risks perpetuating the disasters of government’s cu

29. SA doctors stall Glencore’s mega-settlement over alleged DRC ‘bribe’ by Gertler associate.

    Two South African doctors are fighting to piggyback on the commodity trading behemoth’s $1,1-billion corruption settlement with American authorities, claiming R860-million related to a bizarre saga in

30. Comment: Secrecy on Public Procurement Bill betrays the process and the people

    In 2014, recognising a crisis in public procurement, the department began preparing a new Public Procurement Bill. After years of delays, in 2020 a draft was released for public comment. At the time,

31. SA doctors stall Glencore’s mega-settlement over alleged DRC ‘bribe’ by Gertler associate.

    In 2010 a powerful fixer in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) allegedly organized a $500 000 bribe for a local judge to make a $16-million lawsuit against Glencore subsidiary Katanga Copper Compa

32. How Siyaya TV took advantage of Bakgatla Ba Kgafela’s fortune

    When the Bakgatla Ba Kgafela traditional council financed a pay-TV channel in 2014, council chair Kgosi John Pilane promised it would create jobs and “change the face of broadcasting”. Now a forensic

33. How Siyaya TV took advantage of Bakgatla Ba Kgafela’s fortune

    More evidence has emerged suggesting leaders of the Bakgatla Ba Kgafela abused their position to support ill-considered investments of the tribe’s mineral wealth – seemingly to the benefit of private

34. Comment: Rushed legislation to strengthen financial oversight betrays a weakened law-making regime

    The risk of greylisting from the Financial Action Task Force has triggered the drafting of laws to strengthen South Africa’s financial accountability regime. But a rushed law-making process has result

35. Caroline James

    Caroline joined amaBhungane in 2022. As a lawyer Caroline’s interests are in freedom of expression, access to information and state […] The post Caroline James appeared first on amaBhungan

36. The collapse of old king coal: the war over the future of coal begins (part 3)

    Eskom plans to spend at least R170-billion in a bid to maintain and restore the coal fleet. Will this solve the energy crisis or are we just throwing good money after bad? The post The collapse of old

37. Corruption in the ABC Motsepe League – internal report lifts the lid on SAFA intrigue

    The South African Football Association (SAFA) uncovered a match-fixing syndicate in the 2016 ABC Motsepe League play-offs. Now an internal report exposes the cheating, names names ahead of a long-dela

38. Lindiwe Sisulu’s attack is an abuse of public office

    The amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism is calling on government to retract an official press release – issued by the office of the Minister of Tourism – which calls Sam Sole, amaBhungane’

39. THE LAUNDRY: how shape-shifting “money launderers” infiltrated SA banks (part one)

    Over the past decade Johannesburg banks have been fair game for a group of alleged money launderers tied to luminaries in the gold and tobacco sectors. The cash flow was enough to transform a small ba

40. Sisulu insiders warn: appoint Lindiwe and you get her controlling advisor thrown in

    Tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu has positioned herself as the battering ram for the RET campaign to unseat Cyril Ramaphosa and advertised her own presidential ambitions. But multiple sources in Sisulu

41. Newsletter: Today is South Africa’s Media Freedom Day

    Today is South Africa’s Media Freedom Day, marking the events of 19 October 1977 and what became known as “Black Wednesday”, when the apartheid regime banned The World, Weekend World and The Voice new

42. Shaky ground: Property magnate embroiled in police investigation of R70m alleged ‘land flip’.

    The Gauteng government bought a Midvaal farm for more than ten times the price it was sold for only a few years prior. The R70-million transaction was a windfall for the middleman, property tycoon Ral

43. Timo Shihepo

    Timo Shihepo is an investigative freelance journalist from Namibia. He currently writes investigative stories for Namibia’s biggest daily newspaper called The […] The post Timo Shihepo appeared

44. The collapse of old king coal part 2:how unrealistic targets created an energy crisis

    How a toxic mix of politics and optimism led us into the current energy crisis, and why we risk repeating a disastrous history. The post The collapse of old king coal part 2:how unrealistic targets cr

45. UPDATE: Nurses’ union linked to Tembisa Hospital CEO faces deregistration

    Last week amaBhungane reported on the role of a little-known nurses’ union in the Tembisa Hospital saga. The post UPDATE: Nurses’ union linked to Tembisa Hospital CEO faces deregistration appeared fir

46. The collapse of old king coal (part 1)

    How did Eskom hit energy bankruptcy? To quote Hemingway: “Gradually, then suddenly.” We explain how a toxic combination of politics and blind optimism led us into an energy crisis. Now we must face th

47. “Hijacked” nurses union sides with embattled Tembisa hospital boss

    A power struggle over control of a nursing union and its finances has left the wife of suspended Tembisa hospital chief executive Ashley Mthunzi in control. The Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union has sin

48. The Durban whistleblower, the deadly hit and the dodgy R30m ‘debt’

    Ethekwini municipality’s attempt to hand a dubious R30-million “settlement” to a tenderpreneur — and punish the whistleblower who exposed its questionable origins — is unraveling thanks to a bungled c

49. Sasfin pursuing millions in “odious” school debts

    Seemingly questionable debts hobbling a poor school in Soweto have found their way into the investment bank’s vast securitisation programme, with apparently scant attention paid to the dubious underly

50. EDITORIAL: Manufactured dissent

    “Anti-imperial” clique makes common cause with right wing. The post EDITORIAL: Manufactured dissent appeared first on amaBhungane.