For five years, the researchers of Open Secrets have been working to expose people and institutions profiting from wrongdoing in South Africa. Their new book, ‘The Unaccountables’, aims to shine more light into the dark corners of South African society.
Had there been a disaster during the 2010 Fifa World Cup, Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg was prepared and on standby to provide emergency medical services. However just months before, it was declared a fire risk by the City of Johannesburg’s Emergency Management Services. At the time not.
Regiments Capital owner Niven Pillay has gone to court for cash to pay legal fees as well as living expenses for his family in South Africa and the United States.
Criminal networks that were established during the apartheid era have remained entrenched and have continued plundering public resources throughout South Africa’s 28 years of democracy – with impunity.