In the previous article, we explained why the South African government is extending the use of banks to verify grant recipients in social grants administration and how this process works. In this arti…

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Salim Essa, a central figure in South Africa’s State Capture, evades justice in Dubai as prosecutors pursue his extradition for orchestrating massive corruption linked to state contracts.…

While the Protected Disclosures Bill is a step forward, civil society warns it must address significant gaps to offer real protection for those who expose corruption and wrongdoing.…

A vishing call is a product, not a conversation. The UK treats banks as accountable. South Africa still treats the customer as an authoriser.

391 likes, 39 comments - rightscon on April 29, 2026: It is with heavy hearts that we share: RightsCon will not proceed in Zambia or online..

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Eric Wood is emblematic of the one step forward, two steps back path to accountability for State Capture in SA. Wood – former director of Regiments and Trillian – was arrested and appeared in court on…

The volume of major arms transferred between states increased by 9.2 per cent between 2016–20 and 2021–25. States in Europe more than trebled their arms imports, making it the biggest recipient region.

Vincent Smith, once a powerful ANC MP and parliamentary committee chairperson, is headed to prison while comrades accused of similar offences walk free.…

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National Conventional Arms Control Committee has not filed record of decisions despite being ordered to do so by the High Court in 2021

US-Israeli Military Aggression Against Iran Threatens Climate Progress and Global Stability PRESS RELEASE – for immediate release 9 March, 2026 South Africa Members, the steering committee and the secretariat of the Climate Justice Coalition condemns the unlawful, unprovoked aggression of the United States (US) and Israel against Iran and the subsequent war that has broken...

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YNF Engineering was the biggest beneficiary of Prasa’s seemingly irregular R7.5 billion general overhaul contract to fix trains that were not required for service and were left to rust away after refurbishments, according to a forensic investigation by law firm Webber Wentzel.

“The government needs to tax the rich”

The president’s address shows a government that wants to manage climate impacts without fully taking responsibility for their causes.

Judge Nkosinathi Chili has dismissed Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thales’ latest appeals in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg for the stay of their corruption prosecutions – but has delayed his ruling on the State’s application to block them from using appeals to avoid their trials.

Trump complained that coal needed better PR. Then Coalie showed up.

From colonial accounting tricks to modern tax havens, Nkrumah understood how capital escapes, and why political independence was never enough.

The Corporate Tax Haven Index thoroughly evaluates each jurisdiction's tax and financial systems to create a clear picture of the world's greatest enablers of global corporate tax abuse, and to highlight the laws and policies that policymakers can amend to reduce their jurisdiction's enabling of corporate tax abuse.