REPORTING NOTES | Tracking AfriForum’s R1.5bn spend
Investigative journalist Kyle Cowan delves into how he analysed AfriForum’s annual reports.
Inside AfriForum’s money machine: How lobby group splurges on salaries, marketing
AfriForum earned more than R1.6 billion from members and donors between 2019 and 2024 – but spent only R2 out of every R10 donated on actual projects.
Inside IDAC’s first 700 days: Missteps, plea deals and SA’s biggest corruption cases
Less than 700 days after becoming a permanent entity, IDAC is facing a credibility crisis amid extreme pressure stemming from its handling of a single investigation into police Crime Intelligence.
SA rugby, hockey, netball reject apartheid-era Afrikaner-only tournament
South Africa’s rugby, hockey and netball federations have disavowed any affiliation with Bokkieweek, an Afrikaner-only school tournament hosted by a conservative NGO.
Khan’s George mansion, R39m property portfolio, Rolex ‘gift’, 29 cars and an Uno
Crime Intelligence’s Major General Feroz Khan has an estimated R39 million property portfolio, which includes luxury homes in George, Houghton and Umhlanga, and last year declared to the police that he owned 30 cars.
Mashazi’s R60m mansion: The palace Edwin Sodi used to call home
Former Ekurhuleni city manager Imogen Mashazi called a R60-million mansion – complete with a private lift, spa sanctuary, and a “pyjama lounge” – home. This while Madlanga Commission investigators probe her conduct managing the metro’s R50-billion budget.
Mkhwanazi to IDAC: ‘Don’t call me directly... call my support staff if you want to meet’
Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi dismissed overtures from IDAC boss Andrea Johnson for a meeting because it was not “official”.
Cat Matlala: Why the State cut a deal – and what it is, and is not
The plea and sentencing deal inked between underworld don Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala and the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption consigns the former to a cell and avoids a protracted trial. His testimony, for the State, is expected to target high-ranking cops and figures of political influence.
Arrest of CI boss: It’s not an HR matter, we learnt from state capture – IDAC’s Johnson
The June 2025 arrest of Crime Intelligence head Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo is not a simple HR issue as it has been cast, the head of the IDAC said in an exclusive interview.
WATCH | IDAC head Andrea Johnson explains Khumalo’s arrest
IDAC boss Andrea Johnson gives a step-by-step account of the events leading up to the arrest of Crime Intelligence boss Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo last year.