Lawrence Mavundla has always been aware something may be stinking in the construction industry. “We have always suspected there is something and these cartels are colluding and fixing prices,” the National African Federated Chamber of Commerce president told m24i in the wake of the tender-fixing scandal. He says the government should blacklist companies found guilty… Read More »

Top construction industry leaders illegally fixed state and other contracts – including two World Cup stadium deals – worth billions, evidence in a major fraud and racketeering probe shows. M24i can today exclusively reveal details of a decades-long, formal kickback and price-fixing racket that allegedly involved household names among industry leaders – and which shows… Read More »

JEANNE VAN DER MERWE Statistician-General Pali Lehohla yesterday revealed that two top Statistics SA officials involved in the R3,4 billion national Census have faced disciplinary charges over alleged irregularities which could have bungled the entire survey. The admission comes amid months of criticism from some statisticians who question the validity of the final count and… Read More »

ATHANDIWE SABA and JEANNE VAN DER MERWE South Africa’s wave of service delivery protests is far greater than previously imagined with official police data revealing more than 3 000 protests in the past four years. Media24 Investigations used access to information law to ask the South African Police Service for official records showing service delivery… Read More »

THANDUXOLO JIKA LIMPOPO businessman Lesiba Gwangwa, a co-accused in Julius Malema’s corruption trial, fabricated employees to win a multi-million rand state tender, court papers claim. The allegations are contained in a PriceWaterhouseCoopers forensic report compiled by the auditing firm’s director Trevor White and presented to a judge in a recent North Gauteng High court application… Read More »

THANDUXOLO JIKA and JACQUES PAUW Nearly R12m – that’s the pile of cash the state claims Julius Malema, the former ANC Youth League leader and now corruption-accused, got from his Limpopo cronies. And, more than a month after Julius Malema was charged with money laundering in September last year, Malema still received cash payments from… Read More »

JEANNE VAN DER MERWE and THANDUXOLO JIKA THE State is flip-flopping over the release of the raw matric subject marks for the 2012 examinations. Umalusi, which is responsible for standardising the matric results prior to release, has provided unadjusted examination scores to Media24 Investigations for the past two years. But now it says this was… Read More »