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The BizNews tribe has spoken: “Expose them!”
By Courtney van der Walt The key question from this cracking interview with forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan is whether Cyril Ramaphosa’s appointment of SA’s “very high risk” police commissioner...
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A new book on corruption and its inextricable link to the corporatocracy
The Unaccountables: The Powerful Politicians and Corporations who Profit from Impunity is a new book shedding light on how corruption in the political sphere is primarily fuelled by corporate and...
View ArticleGlencore: dirty business provides an embarrassment of riches
Glencore's recent agreement on a multimillion dollar payment to the Democratic Republic of Congo appears to show movement away from the big commodities group's shady history. This article is exclusive...
View ArticleSA deputy president Mabuza rejects corruption allegations
By Paul Richardson South African Deputy President David Mabuza rejected allegations brought against him in a complaint under the nation’s organized crime laws. The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse, a...
View ArticleBLSA: Andre de Ruyter’s resignation met with great disappointment
It is with great disappointment that the BLSA learns of André de Ruyter’s resignation as CEO of Eskom. He was operating under extremely difficult conditions. These include crippling debt, insufficient...
View ArticleIt’s absurd to blame De Ruyter for Eskom’s failure
Andrew Kenny argues that what ruined Eskom was the failure to build power stations in the 1990s, destructive racial policies such as affirmative action, BEE, cadre deployment, employment equity and...
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Best of 2022: SA no country for rich people – Heystek vs Gore
This article was first published on the 31st of March 2022 You could argue that if enough people see the glass as half full, the storm clouds will gather, and the rain will come pelting down to fill...
View ArticleEskom: the epitome of all that has gone wrong in South Africa
Loadshedding seems to be our new norm and is bleeding our country’s economy dry. Corruption is rife, incompetence is widespread and the coal-produced electricity issues seem to be multiplying. South...
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Our community speaks out: ANC’s “what’s in it for me” policy
By Carmen Mileder South African political analyst and historian, RW Johnson, offered insight into whether the ANC still has the will to govern. His article delved into the ANC conference of December...
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Institutional collusion and corruption runs DEEP – Prof Noakes on Keys’...
In Part Eleven of Professor Tim Noakes’ ‘Ancel Keys’ Cholesterol Con’ series, Noakes picked up in 1979, when the first results of the Helsinki Policemen Study were published, emphasising how, as the...
View ArticleEskom’s current situation – It wasn’t always like this – Andrew Kenny
The problems at state power company Eskom Holdings are the biggest threat to the South African economy. For as many as eight hours a day, traffic lights are out, factories and offices are shut down...
View ArticleDodgy tenderpreneur register still empty
First published on Daily Friend The Register for Tender Defaulters, a database of suppliers guilty of criminal offences and intended as a mechanism to curb corruption, has not recorded a single name,...
View ArticleThe ANC and nuclear power – as much about incompetence as corruption – Andrew...
In the 1980s, South Africa built an enrichment plant at Pelindaba near Pretoria and made enough highly enriched uranium for several bombs. The six Hiroshima-type bombs all would have worked. But...
View ArticleSouth Africa falls in global corruption rankings as anti-graft efforts stall
South Africa has slipped one point in Transparency International’s 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) to rank 43. The CPI measures perceptions of public sector corruption in 180 countries based...
View ArticleProf Jonathan Jansen: Chronic dysfunction in SA universities; consequences of...
Prof Jonathan Jansen’s insights highlight the issue of eroded trust among university managers in South Africa, leading to conflict and fatal consequences. Jansen argues that the lack of institutional...
View ArticleSA’s growing organised crime epidemic: is it becoming a “Mafia State?”
South Africa has become a hub of organised crime, according to a report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime. Organised networks, both inside and outside the state, are...
View ArticlePowerless SA: stark reminder of turmoil inflicted on Eskom by state capture
South Africa’s energy crisis due to rolling power cuts by state-owned power utility Eskom is a result of years of state capture. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s efforts to recover stolen funds and fix the...
View ArticleThe ANC’s cadre deployment policy has come back to haunt them
The ANC has governed South Africa since the end of apartheid in 1994. One of its policies, cadre deployment, has been a contentious issue in the country. Cadre deployment is the practice of placing...
View ArticleHelen Zille: Inside out – how corruption and crime have infiltrated SA’s...
Helen Zille reflects on the state of South Africa’s institutions and how they have ceaselessly been vulnerable to corruption and criminal syndicates. Zille draws on several examples, including the...
View ArticleCathy Buckle: A tale of Zimbabwean survival and humour amidst land scandals...
Below is a “Letter from Zimbabwe,” describing a chance encounter with nine young men washing mud off their legs and piling into a Honda Fit, which is a common mode of transportation in the country....
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