Open Secrets holds the profiteers of economic crime, human rights abuses, and war to account. We go where it’s hard to disrupt networks of power.
South Africa
Joined December 2012
- Tweets12K
- Following836
- Followers25K
- Likes3K
Open Secrets ZA retweeted
My piece in the FM today. Chivayo might be dead, but it’s still urgent for South African authorities to investigate his alleged crimes and the extensive assets he accumulated here.
@OpenSecretsZA
Following the death of Zimbabwean tycoon Wicknell Chivayo, South Africa must pursue its criminal probe into his R5bn assets and show the Financial Action Task Force it is serious about money laundering.
fm.co.za/art_01a1111e597c7cf…
Open Secrets ZA retweeted
Day 2 #ABHRF2026
Our executive director, @FlorenceShako , will today be speaking on a session titled “Transparency in the Just Transition: Towards a Sustainable Energy Future.” She will specifically be addressing whether there is a middle ground which balances the right to a clean, healthy and safe environment with economic rights.
This conversation will unpack the importance of transparency as a foundational principle of sustainable business practice.
MEET THE PANEL
Joining @FlorenceShako on this important conversation are:
Luthando Vilakazi — Lawyer, @OpenSecretsZA
@Obakeng_Ramare — Legal Practitioner, Centre for Applied Legal Studies @CALS_ZA
Marie Paule Conaré — Program Manager, Plateforme de Protection des Lanceurs d’Alerte en Afrique (Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa @PPLAAF , West Africa Office
Our appreciation to @OpenSecretsZA for the invitation and to @DanChurchAid and partners working to advance conversations that connect responsible business with meaningful human rights protection.
Responsible business. Safer communities. Stronger accountability.
📍 Dakar, Senegal
📅 30 September 2026
🕑 14:00–15:20 GMT +0
@achpr_cadhp | @unhrcpr | @globalcompact | United Nations Development Programme @UNDP | @pamoja_trust @LemuelAbishua @ZippyMusyimi @DCA_Kenya @lgesicho
#AfricanBHRForum #BusinessAndHumanRights #ResponsibleBusiness #HumanRights #Transparency #CorporateAccountability #SupplyChainResponsibility #CEPCJ #ClimateJustice #ResponsibleBusinessConduct
Open Secrets ZA retweeted
(3/3) CCT 119/25 Freedom Phuthuma Nhleko v East Asian Consortium BV, CCT 121/25 MTN Group Limited v East Asian Consortium BV and CCT 124/25 Irene Charnley v East Asian Consortium BV
Open Secrets ZA retweeted
(2/3) Does the foreign act of state doctrine prevent South African courts from determining the lawfulness of sovereign acts undertaken by Iran within its territory, and how should the doctrine operate under the Constitution?
Open Secrets ZA retweeted
1/3) Hearing on Monday, 31 August and Tuesday, 1 September 2026 at 10h00: Does Article 29 of Iran’s Tender Regulations require that disputes relative to the Regulations or call for tenders be submitted to Iranian Courts?
Open Secrets ZA retweeted
This morning's hearing on the SRD Grant in the High Court of Appeal is one of the most consequential since the dawn of democracy.
It's outcome will affect the lives of over 30 million South Africans (if you take into account the 18 million people who are legally entitled to receive the grant plus their dependents).
Siyanda Baduza @IEJ_SA researcher brilliantly sets out the issues at stake in the case.
youtu.be/JhK2bMEWzLA?si=vXUg…
Open Secrets ZA retweeted
“The El Niño on track to become the most powerful of the past 76 years is strengthening rapidly…” – Bloomberg.
This likely drought is worrying, particularly for many Southern African countries that don’t have much buffer supplies of agricultural produce.
Open Secrets ZA retweeted
(1/2)👀
Ndifuna Ukwazi has long advocated for the release of well-located public land for social and affordable housing as a way to address South Africa's deeply entrenched spatial inequality.
But what exactly is social housing?
Open Secrets ZA retweeted
Who decides whether you qualify for an SRD grant? Increasingly, it's not just the state.
Our latest investigation explores the hidden infrastructure behind South Africa's digital grants system and the accountability questions it raises as essential public services become increasingly reliant on private companies.
Drawing on internal documents, court records and interviews, Part One uncovers how commercial banks were contracted to verify the income of social grant applicants, why government turned to private financial institutions, and how flaws in the system have left vulnerable people without support.
🚨 READ PART 1 HERE: dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Open Secrets ZA retweeted
The City of Cape Town Municipal Planning Tribunal has approved an application to rezone, subdivide and consolidate land, and to amend the applicant’s “Basket of Rights”, making way for the creation of a site for Equinix’s proposed second hyperscale data centre.
Open Secrets ZA retweeted
NEW! @thraets is calling for applications for a 3-Day Hybrid #OSINT Training covering four foundational areas of open source intelligence: Digital, Evidence Collection, Content Verification, Secure Storage and Source Protection.
Apply by July 6. twp.ai/4hryb5
Open Secrets ZA retweeted
an incredible story by @OpenSecretsZA's investigator @raediology, published by @dailymaverick detailing how estate agents Pam Golding & Apple Creek & law firm Jouberts Attorneys blatantly facilitated money laundering for political exposed Mozambicans. dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Open Secrets ZA retweeted
DAY5: Ms Yasmin Sooka, the former Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission begins her testimony at the @TRC_inquiry. #TRCcases
Open Secrets ZA retweeted
@OpenSecretsZA released an analysis of private healthcare as part of its 'Who Owns South Africa' series last year. It discusses the relentless financialisation of healthcare here and around the world. Shareholders always trump care. opensecrets.org.za/investiga…
Open Secrets ZA retweeted
Discovery Health generated more than R4 billion in profit for the group last year, and the group hiked dividends, paying out millions to shareholders. But not paying for care is "not about the money". @ermbates skepticism is spot on here.
Discovery Health CEO, Dr Ron Whelan, says the scheme has paid over R3 million for @OscarChalupsky's treatments since his diagnosis. He explains why they can't pay for all cancer treatments in full. #CarteBlanche @ermbates xitter.cf/carteblanchetv/status/…
Open Secrets ZA retweeted
@TRC_inquiry
DAY4: TRC Cases Inquiry to hear evidence from Yasmin Sooka, former Commissioner of TRC. The proceedings will first complete the testimony of Lukhanyo Calata when it resumes tomorrow, Monday 16 February at 09h00. #TRCcases
Open Secrets ZA retweeted
LISTEN! Here is young person, from Khayelitsha, explaining what the real issues are with crime in Cape Town.
Stop wasting money on walls and the SANDF and deal with the real issues! Invest in young people & in poor communities!
@geordinhl @CyrilRamaphosa
#SONA
#RegisterToVote
[WATCH] A Cape Town resident says that for as long as the government fails to deal with youth unemployment, criminals will continue to recruit unemployed youth into their activities. @imanrappetti has more. #SONA2026
Open Secrets ZA retweeted
On November 27, a high court judge in South Africa dismissed the “gag order” against @OpenSecretsza — clearing the way for the watchdog to expose how a South African arms company built UAE armoured vehicles. twp.ai/9PXcF2
Full investigation: twp.ai/4isN2y
Open Secrets ZA retweeted
#AntiRepressionWeek
Together with @cals we are starting the week by spotlighting how corporate repression continues to silence communities and place activist at risk through tactics of intimidation.
🔗 Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/e……
Open Secrets ZA retweeted
🇿🇦 #RSA: Gagging orders that silence not just the story, but even who issued them and why should concern us all. This order against @OpenSecretsZA sets a dangerous precedent for press freedom and the constitutional right to know.
@PPLAAF stands in solidarity with Open Secrets.
We have been gagged! We cannot say by who or why. Attempts to silence public-interest journalism threaten everyone’s matters of public interestt. We’ll challenge this order with our attorneys at PowerLaw Africa. More information to follow.
opensecrets.org.za/
