Investigations Thembi Simelane threatens journalists with litigation, legal costs for reporting on her spending February 16, 2026 Daddy Minister threatens to sue over an investigative series detailing her lavish spending on luxury goods. The series was published in the wake of revelations around a VBS-linked loan used to…
Investigations The Mkhize farm debacle – what else lurks in Ithala’s loan books? February 16, 2026 Daddy The SA Reserve Bank’s Prudential Authority wants to liquidate KZN-based Ithala SOC amid major concerns over the state-owned lender’s finances. In this piece, Scorpio unpacks the recent court application before…
Investigations Macpherson calls for lifestyle audits into IDT bosses, gives update on delayed oxygen plants probe February 16, 2026 Daddy Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson wants the Independent Development Trust’s new board to order lifestyle audits into the entity’s senior management. The ongoing investigation into the R836m oxygen…
Investigations Inside Collen Mashawana’s ‘political connections’ February 14, 2026 Daddy Collen Mashawana, the ‘philanthropreneur’ at the heart of Daily Maverick’s investigative series on the Independent Development Trust, frequently mingled with top politicians. Were these innocent encounters, or do the optics…