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Jessica Bezuidenhout joined the Mail & Guardian as an investigative reporter in March 2016 after 20 years at the Sunday Times working on news and investigations. She has been the joint winner of several local and international journalism awards, including Nat Nakasa, Mondi, Vodacom regional journalist of the year and Misa, and runner-up for the 2003 Natali Prize.
As its last accounts are put under pressure, SA’s other first family is ever shorter on allies
Concern is growing over the threat of contagion to other state agencies if a similar scenario were to play out at a company the size of Eskom.
‘Mr Gap Housing’ Faizal Motlekar in multiple court battles to keep his construction empire afloat
Police are investigating sensational claims of “covert” bugging at the office of South Africa’s Olympic sports body and at the home of its CEO.
‘Patently false and dishonest’: A new report blows open Trillian state capture case and a last-gasp bid to halt its release by ousting Tokyo Sexwale
Nonexecutive chair Tokyo Sexwale released the report on, among other things, claims that Trillion irregularly scored millions from state contracts.
The embattled chairperson of South African Airways, Dudu Myeni, is scheduled to challenge a finding that she was in breach of the Companies Act
Compelling evidence of corruption by ministers and parastatal higher-ups can no longer be ignored
It has sought legal advice on options to remove the national carrier’s chairperson
Some say Yvonne Chetty may be a ‘scapegoat’ as more red flags emerge in nuclear-linked deal
Official quarters remain silent on the most explosive exposure since the State of Capture report
The Gupta emails revealed by the Sunday newspapers show Rajesh Naithani allegedly lobbying Tony Gupta for a board post. He is on the SA Express board.
The independent non-executive chairperson of Gupta-linked Trillian Capital Partners announced he is stepping down next month.
Gupta-linked Trillian tries to keep their ‘state capture’ dealings under wraps but a major corruption buster has stepped in to help.
The new minister says: ‘He’s not here as a spook … he was my choice … and not forced on my office’
The ex-prosecutions boss says that, contrary to the president’s claim, he never asked to leave the NPA
Executives at Trillian Capital Partners have laagered up to thwart the Gupta-linked company’s own internal probe
An audacious bid to buy Habib Overseas Bank may collapse in the next 48 hours unless Vardospan can secure a high court order.
A Soweto businessman fights back as the state lender denies him extra funds to get his mine back into operation.
It’s a high-stakes game as ‘state capture’ firm Trillian asks its former head to return a bonus, runs to the Hawks and threatens her with jail
