State-owned PetroSA is desperate to keep the inner workings of its diesel trading business a secret. The details that amaBhungane managed to extract show why.
AMABHUNGANE: Dirty fuels: Inside PetroSA’s shambolic diesel trading empire
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May 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
State-owned PetroSA is desperate to keep the inner workings of its diesel trading business a secret. The details that amaBhungane managed to extract show why.
AmaBhungane recently exposed the ludicrous deal that PetroSA officials signed with Nako that saw it go from being R227-million up, to potentially losing R1.4-billion instead.
October 4, 2026 at 6:01 AM
AmaBhungane recently exposed the ludicrous deal that PetroSA officials signed with Nako that saw it go from being R227-million up, to potentially losing R1.4-billion instead.
How did the JSE’s biggest broker allegedly capture billion-rand companies ‘on the cheap’? The full amaBhungane analysis lands tomorrow morning. Don’t miss it.
September 29, 2026 at 5:07 PM
How did the JSE’s biggest broker allegedly capture billion-rand companies ‘on the cheap’? The full amaBhungane analysis lands tomorrow morning. Don’t miss it.
The Wedela shooting has again put South Africa’s illegal gold mining economy in focus.
But what happens to the gold once it leaves the shafts?
In #TheLaundry: City of Gold, @DewaldvanRensb1 traced the trade into refineries, companies and financial networks above ground.
But what happens to the gold once it leaves the shafts?
In #TheLaundry: City of Gold, @DewaldvanRensb1 traced the trade into refineries, companies and financial networks above ground.
The #Laundry: City of Gold Archives - AmaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism
Money laundering is the organised crime enabling all other organised crime, though it sometimes occupies a legal grey zone. AmaBhungane has embarked on a major series to pierce the secrecy and obfuscation that are central to the enterprise.
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September 29, 2026 at 6:02 AM
The Wedela shooting has again put South Africa’s illegal gold mining economy in focus.
But what happens to the gold once it leaves the shafts?
In #TheLaundry: City of Gold, @DewaldvanRensb1 traced the trade into refineries, companies and financial networks above ground.
But what happens to the gold once it leaves the shafts?
In #TheLaundry: City of Gold, @DewaldvanRensb1 traced the trade into refineries, companies and financial networks above ground.
AMABHUNGANE: Scam Empire (Part Three): Money in, money out
AMABHUNGANE: Scam Empire (Part Three): Money in, money out
www.dailymaverick.co.za
April 14, 2025 at 5:47 AM
AMABHUNGANE: Scam Empire (Part Three): Money in, money out
Great investigative work from Amabhungane exposing the links between March and March and Zuma’s MK party, and how this movement is using the 2021 unrest playbook. South Africans are being played. Terrifying how easy this stuff is to astroturf.
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Analysis: March and March and the shadow of 2021
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June 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Great investigative work from Amabhungane exposing the links between March and March and Zuma’s MK party, and how this movement is using the 2021 unrest playbook. South Africans are being played. Terrifying how easy this stuff is to astroturf.
amabhungane.org/analysis-mar...
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AmaBhungane has traced links between March and March, figures close to Jacob Zuma and organisers behind the planned 30 June shutdown.
June 28, 2026 at 4:02 AM
AmaBhungane has traced links between March and March, figures close to Jacob Zuma and organisers behind the planned 30 June shutdown.
Eskom made the concession after an amaBhungane investigation showed how the utility awarded contracts potentially worth R21-billion to five suppliers then channelled R3-billion in apparent prepayments to the smaller and more obscure suppliers who were already struggling to deliver enough diesel.
October 2, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Eskom made the concession after an amaBhungane investigation showed how the utility awarded contracts potentially worth R21-billion to five suppliers then channelled R3-billion in apparent prepayments to the smaller and more obscure suppliers who were already struggling to deliver enough diesel.
AmaBhungane is deeply concerned by reports that our former colleague, South African journalist Micah Reddy, and his local fixer, Kooki Mahmoud, are missing in Djibouti.
September 20, 2026 at 4:47 AM
AmaBhungane is deeply concerned by reports that our former colleague, South African journalist Micah Reddy, and his local fixer, Kooki Mahmoud, are missing in Djibouti.
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Untraceable: Correctional services can’t locate tens of thousands of absconded parolees
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September 27, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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[ICYMI] How does a parolee disappear from the system? AmaBhungane traced the breakdown inside South Africa’s parole monitoring system, from missed check-ins to failed police coordination.
Untraceable: Correctional services can’t locate tens of thousands of absconded parolees
amabhungane.org
September 27, 2026 at 3:04 PM
[ICYMI] How does a parolee disappear from the system? AmaBhungane traced the breakdown inside South Africa’s parole monitoring system, from missed check-ins to failed police coordination.
A great night for amaBhungane at the Sanlam Financial Journalist of the Year Awards last night.
July 24, 2026 at 4:51 AM
A great night for amaBhungane at the Sanlam Financial Journalist of the Year Awards last night.
AmaBhungane is close to prying open the books of all South Africa’s political parties using the Public Access to Information Act.
July 19, 2026 at 4:01 AM
AmaBhungane is close to prying open the books of all South Africa’s political parties using the Public Access to Information Act.
Eskom doesn’t normally make the station-by-station data public, but it agreed to provide it to amaBhungane in 2022 and ever since has kept up the tradition in the spirit of transparency.
February 11, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Eskom doesn’t normally make the station-by-station data public, but it agreed to provide it to amaBhungane in 2022 and ever since has kept up the tradition in the spirit of transparency.
Stay strong 'Murica...
I don't know how you tolerate that.
At least our's get fact-checked rigorously by some very tenacious investigative journalists.
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#AmaBhungane
#VryeWeekblad
I don't know how you tolerate that.
At least our's get fact-checked rigorously by some very tenacious investigative journalists.
#DailyMaverick
#AmaBhungane
#VryeWeekblad
October 10, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Stay strong 'Murica...
I don't know how you tolerate that.
At least our's get fact-checked rigorously by some very tenacious investigative journalists.
#DailyMaverick
#AmaBhungane
#VryeWeekblad
I don't know how you tolerate that.
At least our's get fact-checked rigorously by some very tenacious investigative journalists.
#DailyMaverick
#AmaBhungane
#VryeWeekblad
AmaBhungane has been named a finalist for the 2026 African Investigative Journalist of the Year Award.
Our investigation, The Great Capture Train, is one of just five finalists selected from 204 entries from across Africa.
Our investigation, The Great Capture Train, is one of just five finalists selected from 204 entries from across Africa.
September 21, 2026 at 9:19 AM
AmaBhungane has been named a finalist for the 2026 African Investigative Journalist of the Year Award.
Our investigation, The Great Capture Train, is one of just five finalists selected from 204 entries from across Africa.
Our investigation, The Great Capture Train, is one of just five finalists selected from 204 entries from across Africa.
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This week the FSCA provisionally withdrew the licences of Astrix/IGM and The Grand Trading, both featured in @DewaldvanRensb1’s reporting on the network’s South African operations.
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October 4, 2026 at 10:02 AM
This week the FSCA provisionally withdrew the licences of Astrix/IGM and The Grand Trading, both featured in @DewaldvanRensb1’s reporting on the network’s South African operations.
Revisit the investigation:
Revisit the investigation:
Procurement is the ground-zero of corruption and State Capture – that’s why we are heading for the Constitutional Court.
AMABHUNGANE OP-ED: AmaBhungane bids to challenge the Public Procurement Act
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August 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Procurement is the ground-zero of corruption and State Capture – that’s why we are heading for the Constitutional Court.
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AmaBhungane is proud to have three journalists named as finalists in this year’s Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards.
Congratulations to @sajournalist, @DewaldvanRensb1 and @A_AbdoolKarim, whose investigations and audio storytelling have been recognised across three finalist mentions.
Congratulations to @sajournalist, @DewaldvanRensb1 and @A_AbdoolKarim, whose investigations and audio storytelling have been recognised across three finalist mentions.
June 17, 2026 at 9:51 AM
AmaBhungane is proud to have three journalists named as finalists in this year’s Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards.
Congratulations to @sajournalist, @DewaldvanRensb1 and @A_AbdoolKarim, whose investigations and audio storytelling have been recognised across three finalist mentions.
Congratulations to @sajournalist, @DewaldvanRensb1 and @A_AbdoolKarim, whose investigations and audio storytelling have been recognised across three finalist mentions.
We believe it’s unconstitutional, and we’re challenging it.
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AmaBhungane bids to challenge the Public Procurement Act
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August 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
We believe it’s unconstitutional, and we’re challenging it.
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