Joburg’s R280-million ‘crime scene’ (part one) amabhungane.org/stories/211109… via amaBhungane

PART TWO: The R280m Joburg ‘crime scene’ — Strategic friends amabhungane.org/stories/211110… By Susan Comrie Susan Comrie amaBhungane

cc WWF Verdens naturfond Miljøpartiet De Grønne (MDG) Miljøstiftelsen ZERO

South Africa needs to be praised, offered whatever support is needed & acknowledged for the quality & speed of the public health & genomic science in SA, sharing the data immediately, supporting the region & the world. Not criticised, have sanctions or other restrictions imposed

To keep sane these days one needs to laugh... Please see this 20sec video on the travel ban to Southern Africa

Very concerning — a likely reflection of the inherited institutional incapacity and rot that have made it so hard to launch state capture prosecutions. businesslive.co.za/bd/national/20…

A study of #omicron clusters in #Botswana suggests the variant is at least 2 months old, and could have emerged "somewhere in the world" as early as September. (SA scientists confirm similar pattern with Beta).

South Africa's tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu launches a remarkable attack on the rule of law and constitutionalism - signalling her clear intent to challenge Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 for the Presidency by aligning herself with Zuma/RET faction: iol.co.za/dailynews/opin…

She must go.

A 100-page #DMRE #GasMasterplan report paints a shiny picture of a gas-powered future reliant on our supposed vast offshore and onshore gas deposits, but is light on detail and barely touches on the risks. amabhungane.org/stories/220128… BY Susan Comrie amaBhungane #GwedeMantashe

There are just 4 DAYS LEFT for the public to comment on the DMRE’s #GasMasterplan basecase report. DEADLINE MONDAY: 31 January 2022 dmr.gov.za/news-room/post…

SCORPIO: The other Vrede scandal: Zuma Inc’s cash flows from Free State RDP housing project dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-0… By PIETER-LOUIS MUBURGH Pieter-Louis Myburgh

Evidence file… Vikash Narsai’s VNA Consulting got R100m Free State gig for houses in Vrede. Paid R345k to “MaKhumalo” #Zuma’s foundation, R6m to companies with invoices bearing name of foundation’s director. Daily Maverick dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-0…

MANY of these investigations started life at the amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism: Our first, in 2015, looked at Neotel and millions paid to mysterious company called Homix: amabhungane.org/stories/kickba… #StateCaptureReport #ZondoCommission

At the time, there were murmurs that Regiments Capital, a connected consulting firm, was squeezing millions out of Transnet: amabhungane.org/stories/how-to… #StateCapture #ZondoCommission #StateCaptureReport

The unfit deciding on the fitness of judges. The mess we’re in.

Meet The Mustafa’s in Dubai aka The Buffalo Man . On My Guest Tonight I interview Hafiz Mustafa, the man who bought #President Ramaphosa’s buffalo. And his wife Bianca. An hour long special on eNCA at 8 pm and @etv at 9:30 pm Thursday 22 Dec

Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter did this interview with me at great personal cost - soon after his poisoning. He is brutally frank and his testimony is astonishing. R1 billion “lost” to the utility every month. Watch on @etv on Tuesday at 10 pm . #MyGuestTonightWithAnnikaLarsen

As if De Ruyter cares. The beauty of not having any F#%@s to give!

EXCLUSIVE: First seen CCTV footage of #ThaboBester and an accomplice escaping from the Mangaung Correctional Centre at 2:59” am on 3 May 2022 . See far right hand corner. Blink and you miss them . Exclusive to #MyGuestTonightWithAnnikaLarsen on @etv Annika Larsen