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Sihle Manda is a senior reporter at the GCIS. He previously covered local government and investigations at The Mercury, The Star and the Mail & Guardian.

Capture: Trillian planned to infiltrate the department of corporate governance and traditional affairs

Trillian’s plans for local government

New whistle-blower reveals how the Guptas tried to capture Des van Rooyen’s department

“We must never give him space; we gave Zuma space for nine years and look what he did.”

World Cup probe dogs Mojapelo

He quit during a probe and red flags were raised when he was rehired by Ekurhuleni

Worldwide, the study estimates that a total of $2.4-billion was lost because of internet clampdowns. (Getty)

Ex-KPMG man in new Gupta probe

The auditor who botched the Sars rogue unit report has links going back to Shaik

Ekurhuleni.

Metro probes official in tender

Ekurhuleni’s head of transport is friendly with the directors of a company awarded the contract

Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises Ben Martins

IDC loan of R60m ‘gone in one year’

The development finance entity says it wasn’t aware of a beneficiary’s connection to a minister

Mourners carry the coffins of the men who were burnt alive in broad daylight through Ibrahim Babangida Square in Benue. The men were burnt to death allegedly because they looked like Fulani herders.

Police mum on kidnap syndicate

As more businesspeople go missing, private investigators tell of a sophisticated global network.

This is the time for the South African financial sector to step forward and help all citizens to develop their full potential

Bank, treasury face off over director

He declared his job with Land Bank Insurance when his family company won a contract

Strictly professional: Pearl Bhengu

I can steady the Sassa ship, says Bhengu

The new chief executive says she’s independent, despite being seen as a ‘friend’ of the social development minister

The Glencoe prison on fire in KwaZulu-Natal.

Fire-damaged KZN prison up and running again despite not being fixed

Glencoe wardens are fearing prisoner escapes after the department demanded that they return to duty despite the jail’s near-derelict state

Hair-raising: Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini

Bathabile Dlamini’s daughter has business registered with Sassa’s new CEO

Alarm bells are ringing over the minister’s close ties with the agency’s new chief executive

Bulldozed: Special Investigating Unit head Jan Mothibi maintains that Kwane Capital was not the true owner of equipment it promised to hand over to the Amahlathi municipality.

SIU and finance company face off over R92-million tender

The Special Investigating Unit claims fraud but the company’s owner says this is defamatory

False: Mxolisi Nxasana challenges Jacob Zuma’s version of his sudden departure as NPA head that startled the nation.

Who’s lying? Nxasana vs Zuma

Central to the case is whether the former NPA boss jumped or was pushed out of his job

Green engineer Vere Shaba.

​Slice of Life: Green is the new black

As a 28-year-old green engineer, I stood up in front of hundreds of professionals at a conference and was asked to contextualise green-building principles in Nigeria. One of the…

Lands and Agriculture Minister Perrance Shiri said that Zimbabwean authorities wanted to address “?injustices” committed during the country’s land reform exercise.

Sassa grants mega-tender during Hawks probe

Azande Consultin, under investigation by the Hawks for alleged payment irregularities with an earlier Sassa contract, was granted a new R400m tender.

The Municipal Finance Management Act is a potential lever for citizens. High court action targeting the municipal manager or other leaders will send a message that mismanagement is not acceptable.

AG berates municipality leaders

Irregular expenditure ballooned by billions of rands as municipal leaders looked elsewhere

The quality of the water in Khayelitsha’s RR section is highly questionable

Umgeni Water boss suspended over jobs for pals, tender rigging claims

The utility’s board places Cyril Gamede on precautionary suspension while a forensic audit is carried out regarding the allegations.

Red Ants evicting the residents of Castel Blyney near Hillbrow

Metros pay millions to ‘Red Ants’

NGOs highlight the major legal issues that are disregarded when evictions take place

The populism politics adopted by the ANC mask a strategy to deflect attention from the party’s policy failures and to hide its many scandals.

NEC showdown: More than half are now against JZ

The NEC meeting promises to be fiery with half its members lining up against Zuma

Up for grabs: the rules of the court still do not permit the setting of a reserve price to stop people’s homes being auctioned for trifling amounts.

East Rand RDP houses sold illegally

Ekurhuleni metro admits in court papers that there has been ‘corruption, fraud and/or bribery’

Run away: The protest in Ivory Park

Violence spirals as Ekurhuleni metro destroys shacks

The rumour of killings was false, the authorities said, but by then it was too late.