“Large-scale fossil fuel projects offer significant opportunities for corruption and short-term profit taking while the environmental, human, and economic costs will be borne by the public.” Michael Marchant
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'The South Africans have a responsibility for enabling the abuse of power, enabling the powerful to retain their position undemocratically in other countries where they play along and are in cahoots to make cash', says Hennie van Vuuren on #SwaziSecrets
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Open Secrets April Newsletter | Accountability and Peace in South Africa, Eswatini, and the DRC

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Audience member Abby May of Open Secrets, said that people are in long lines at Shoprite, spending their grant money there. “They are banking at Capitec and FNB.” She asked, “When a BIG is implemented in this country, who will profit from it?” #BIGdebate

Deadline approaching! We are hiring a legal unit head.
This is an opportunity to contribute to efforts to hold corporations & individuals profiting from economic crime to account & use the law to challenge private sector impunity.
Deadline: 28 April 2024
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LISTEN | IEJ Senior Policy Specialist Neil Coleman was on SAfmRadio 📻 yesterday with Ashraf Garda to make the case for a #BasicIncomeGrant . 'The need is immediate, the need is now, & we need interventions that can change people's lives now.' 🧵
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This week ICIJ and seven media partners, including  Open Secrets, publish #SwaziSecrets , based on more than 890,000 leaked documents that originate from the Eswatini Financial Intelligence Unit.

#SwaziLeaks

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Global military expenditure skyrocketed to $2.4 trillion in 2023 - a record high and the sharpest increase since 2009. The top 10 spenders were spearheaded by the USA, China and Russia, while the DRC and Sudan held the largest percentage increases.

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Who was convicted of fraud in 2005? Shauwn Mkhize says it was her company. But internal police records - leaked to Carte Blanche by several sources - tell a different story. #CarteBlanche Govan Whittles 🇿🇦

Treasure trove of leaked documents reveal institutionalised financial fraud involving Eswatini’s king, former Zambian head of state Edgar Lungu, South African banks and gold trade between Zimbabwe and Dubai.

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All that glitters isn't gold. eSwatini's economic growth relies on two phantom gold refineries. Africa’s only absolute monarchy reigns with power monopolies

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EXPLORE | The tool covers donations worth over R100K made since the Party Funding Act became law. The data includes who donors are, what they do, and through which channels they fund parties. This doesn’t include galas, merch sales, and event tickets etc.
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ON PARTY FUNDING | We have an interactive tool that tracks where political parties get their money from. The tool, called Whose Vote Counts, aims to make that data accessible to voters, activists, and journalists. Read about it here 👇🏿
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Unveiling #SwaziSecrets : Dive into this intriguing read on the conmen capturing a bank in Eswatini.
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A new leak exposes the violence and venality of Africa’s last absolute monarchy.

#SwaziLeaks

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One of the most puzzling cases to coincide with much of Neal Rijkenberg’s tenure as finance minister is the effort by Canadian brothers John and Alexander Asfar to establish a “Farmers Bank” in Eswatini. Open Secrets reports

#SwaziLeaks

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Today we publish part 3 of our #SwaziSecrets leaks stories. In a world of bad bankers - meet the most bizarre ‘bankers’ Open Secrets has yet come across. Connected to the Minister of Finance and supported by the King - this story has consequences for Swazilands people.

#Elections2024 : What the major political parties say about hunger

We sent questions to African National Congress, Democratic Alliance, Economic Freedom Fighters, #VoteIFP, VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS / FREEDOM FRONT PLUS, ActionSA, Patriotic Alliance, uMkhonto WeSizwe Party and RISE Mzansi

Read their responses here: groundup.org.za/article/electi…. Photo: Maryatta Wegerif