The NPA – The National Postponement Authority on High-profile Corruption Published: 16 May 2022 Open Secrets: Unaccountable Questionable decision-making, poor leadership and political interference have collapsed public trust in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). The current leadership at the authority, lead by Shamila Batohi, has yet to bring about change to address the wrongdoing that has left it vulnerable to corruption.
Sfiso Buthelezi, the MP Who Derailed Prasa Published: 11 November 2021 Open Secrets: Unaccountable Who are the board members and executives at Prasa who enabled the looting of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa)? This week we turn to Sfiso Buthelezi, a former deputy minister of finance and current member of Parliament, whose six years as Prasa’s first board chairperson saw the parastatal procurement process systematically undermined and its coffers drained.
Roy Moodley: Mr Prasa? Published: 6 September 2021 Open Secrets: Unaccountable Who are the shady corporate bosses who derailed Prasa? In this instalment of Unaccountable, we shine a light on Roy Moodley, a politically connected businessman whom employees at the state-owned railway company would call ‘Mr Prasa’, according to testimony at the Zondo Commission.
PwC and Nkonki: The Auditors who Clipped SAA’s Wings Published: 2 August 2021 Open Secrets: Unaccountable The ‘Big Four’ audit firms — Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC — all play a systemic role in economic crimes and State Capture. By Michael Marchant
Ernst & Young and the scam that cost Mozambique $2.2bn Published: 8 July 2021 Open Secrets: Unaccountable The people of Mozambique have been battered by devastating cyclones and an increasingly virulent armed insurgency in the north of the country. The backdrop is a country battling State Capture. This involves a coterie of corrupt politicians, multinational corporations and international banks.
Vossloh: The German railway giant that derailed Prasa Published: 23 June 2021 Open Secrets: Unaccountable In installment 00024 of Unaccountable we focused on middleman Auswell Mashaba and his shelf company Swifambo Rail Leasing, which was used as a front by Vossloh España to secure a lucrative contract with Prasa that resulted in the SOE spending billions on trains that were too tall for SA railways. This week we turn to the German railway giant Vossloh, and its Spanish subsidiary, Vossloh España, which fraudulently secured the R3.5bn contract through a process riddled with serious procurement irregularities, fronting and suspicious payments.
VTB Capital: The Russian bank that took Mozambique for a ride Published: 19 May 2021 Open Secrets: Unaccountable The people of Mozambique have been battered in recent times by devastating cyclones and an increasingly virulent armed insurgency in the north of the country. The backdrop is a country battling state capture. This involves a coterie of corrupt politicians, multinational corporations and international banks.
Auswell ‘tall trains’ Mashaba: The middleman who derailed Prasa Published: 20 April 2021 Open Secrets: Unaccountable Who are the shady middlemen who derailed Prasa? We turn our attention to Auswell ‘tall trains’ Mashaba, whose business Swifambo Rail Leasing is one of the locomotives of corruption at Prasa.