Cold War-type intimidation beggars belief

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

Bugging of executives' cellular devices and offices suggests battle for the soul of Sekunjalo.

SA's water sector 'untransformed'

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said this week transformation in the water sector was still a pipe dream, characterised by an outdated ...

Minister on a mission to root out corruption

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

In an exclusive interview with Independent Media, Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu laid bare how a sophisticated patronage network ...

KZN family-run business in hot water over failed R230m deal

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

A leaked report into the financial affairs of the Amatola Water Board has revealed how its suspended CEO was involved in the alleged manipulation of tender pricing ...

Covid-19 funds must be shared with black-owned hospitals serving poor communities

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

Part of the R20 billion health-care budget set aside by President Cyril Ramaphosa to fight Covid-19 must be used to support the growth of black-owned hospital groups ...

Ferial Haffajee, Daily Maverick, lies and a ghost media mogul….

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

If it's in the public?s best interest to know where money that supports media houses comes from, then surely it's in our interest to know who is supporting Daily ...

Senior officials suspended over ‘illicit’ procurement

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

Several senior executives suspected of being involved in illicit procurement at the Gauteng Department of Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture have been suspended. ...

Fresh calls for removal of Eskom board, CEO

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

Numsa and an NGO are demanding the removal of the entire Eskom board for gross mismanagement, incompetence and for plunging the SOE into a corporate governance crisis. ...

DA member 'joins FSCA to deal with ANC'

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

DA member Brandon Topham is the director of investigations at the Financial Sector Conduct Authority and was allegedly placed there to “deal” with members of opposing ...

Media entities should be used to inform the masses

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

SA is full of journalists who like to throw stones while living in glass houses and when they get their comeuppance are the first to cry victim.

Holomisa’s burden of proof

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

Why is Bantu Holomisa cagey about report he says implicates former PIC boss in VBS Bank scandal?

Superb wheeling and dealing the mark of a great leader

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

Hated he may be, but former chief executive Dan Matjila made the Public Investment Corporation the greatest asset manager in South Africa.

Malema accuses Trevor Manuel of 'serving white capital'

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

EFF leader Julius Malema accused Old Mutual Chairman Trevor Manuel of being a servant of White Monopoly Capital.

SA must embrance and monetise the new frontiers of journalism

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

Print media needs to redefine its role in maintaining its readership base while expanding and appealing to new international markets, says the writer.

EFF accuses ANC politicians of using PIC to settle scores

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

The EFF has accused ANC politicians of using the PIC to enrich themselves or settle political and personal vendettas.

PIC, AYO seek to interdict CIPC

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

The PIC and the JSE-listed company Ayo Technology Group are taking the Companies and Intellectual Properties Commission to court.

Avis under scrutiny over illicit R1. 2bn contract

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

Avis Fleet is accused of using dirty tricks in an effort to usurp a R1. 2billion Fleet Management contract from a smaller black-owned competitor appointed by the ...

Calls for deputy minister to fall on his sword at Treasury

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

Mondli Gungubele has been accused of corruption by a whistle-blower at the PIC.

Inside the nepotism and patronage network at the PIC

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

Sibusisiwe Zulu, a Board member at the PIC has been revealed by a whistle-blower to be the main figure at the centre of intricate nepotism.

Steering Malawi from corruption and cronyism toward sustainability

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

In an exclusive interview with Independent Media in Blantyre this week, Malawi President Arthur Mutharika revealed how he is turning around a bankrupt state.

SABC board embroiled in R183m contract dispute scandal

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

The interim board of the SABC, appointed between March and September last year, is embroiled in a dispute over the awarding of a contract.

Root out businesses that fed at Nkandla frenzy

Ayanda Mdluli|Published

The failure of opposition parties to impeach the president in Parliament this week has presented an opportunity for action to be taken on a grander scale, writes ...