Corruption
Jozi FM chair arrested over missing lottery millions
Rapitse Montsho is accused of theft and fraud in connection with lottery grants totalling R34.8-million
Brief | 3 December 2025
Alfred Nevhutanda used Lottery money to build a holiday mansion
The SIU did not seek a preservation order to seize the house of the former chair of the Lottery as it had been sold in 2021 to an “innocent party”
By Elmon Tshikhudo and Raymond Joseph
Brief | 2 December 2025
Head of Special Tribunal quits after one year
Judge Margaret Victor’s resignation is effective end of November, yet a replacement has not been named
Brief | 28 November 2025
Part Two: Dodgy Nguni cattle deals uncovered at Fort Hare
A forensic investigation of a research farm found cattle sold for below market prices
By Raymond Joseph, Johnnie Isaac, Nathan Geffen and Daniel Steyn
Feature | 28 November 2025
Fort Hare’s cattle projects were supposed to help Eastern Cape farmers. Instead they are a lesson in bad governance
Forensic reports uncover arithmetical errors, unaccounted-for assets and absent oversight, probably resulting in the loss of tens of millions of rands for the university
By Raymond Joseph, Johnnie Isaac, Nathan Geffen and Daniel Steyn
Feature | 27 November 2025
Millions in Jozi FM lottery grants have gone missing
Board chair of holding company says funds were spent on documentaries, but the station CEO says there is no proper accounting for the money
By Raymond Joseph and Kimberly Mutandiro
News | 17 November 2025
Official implicated in corruption appointed head of KZN social development
Onkemetse Edwin Kabasia is implicated by multiple forensic investigations into procurement irregularities in Gauteng
News | 5 November 2025
Investigation into R17-billion rail signalling tender complete, says PRASA board
But a more recent whistleblower report alleges a corrupt cabal within the PRASA board
News | 4 November 2025
Lesotho’s asset recovery unit shut down after implicating top officials
The task team had begun exposing questionable state land allocations and widespread corruption
News | 31 October 2025