Investigative journalist @News24. Motorcycle racing fanatic. Email me - [email protected] or visit https://xitter.gq/t.co/TMo7pwuAUn
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Garden Route readers, save the dates.
@CowansView joins @PieterDuToit and @wicks_jeff for @News24 Road to the Ballot, unpacking the investigations behind Mafia Land, The Dark Prince and The Shadow State.
Hear their insights into corruption, organised crime, political intrigue and the issues shaping South Africa today – including how national events intersect with our local realities on the Garden Route.
📍 Knysna, 29 Oct at 18:00
📍 Plett, 30 Oct at 08:30
Free tickets – registration essential: bit.ly/4hpwkZK
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News24's Azarrah Karrim and Sikonathi Mantshantsha explain why the multimillion rand NHI marketing contract really is ‘ridiculous’ | REPORTING NOTES youtu.be/9cNXaZWIRjw?si=ZU6-… via @YouTube
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The Press Ombud has dismissed a complaint against News24 concerning our reporting on AfriForum's finances. The finding is available at this link.
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Inside AfriForum’s money machine: How lobby group splurges on salaries, marketing
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ActionSA and the EFF have both lodged complaints with the Information Regulator to block amaBhungane’s access to their financial statements. This is after the Independent Electoral Commission agreed to share the financials of ALL South Africa’s political parties represented in parliament. What are they trying to hide?
Read about it here:
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Western Cape High Court Judge Andre le Grange when advocate Dali Mpofu starts his arguments: "Just remember the old saying: brevity is the hallmark of a good lawyer."
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During the Second World War, Berliners were faced with impossible choices. A recent book traces the legacies of their decisions, and illuminates their complex everyday existence. newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
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Cat Matlala is going to jail. Jeff Wicks exposed his Tembisa extraction network, his corruption of the EMPD, and the R360m SAPS contract. Matlala won’t be the last to fall from this tender. Investigative journalism at its finest.
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Exclusive on News24 at 5am tomorrow: Andrea Johnson responds to statements by Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. She talks about the rule of law, the assault on IDAC and why it reminds her of what happened to the Scorpions. “We are now cautious of our own counterparts.” @CowansView @News24
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The truth shall set you free – and might get you killed: Writing in the shadow of corruption
📍 Music Centre @KingsmeadBF Saturday 23 May, 09h30 – 10h30 | Marshalled by @bronwynwilliams (Survive The AI Apocalypse: A Guide for Solutionists), @MikeNicol (Falls the Shadow), Michael Behr (Confessor Cop: The Detective Who Persuaded Killers To Talk), @CowansView (Mafia Land: Inside South Africa’s Darkest Cartels) and @wicks_jeff (The Shadow State: Why Babita Deokaran Had To Die) uncover what those who should be leading and protecting are really doing… #KBF26
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The Mashatile network of power, influence and money is expanding. On News24 at 5am on Sunday.
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This house always wins: Lotto king Moses Tembe forms companies with Paul Mashatile’s network news24.com/investigations/th…
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In SUNDAY. | Mashatile allies’ Lotto ties, Mel might leave the US, and the ANC’s dirty 30 brnw.ch/21x2yDm
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62 year old Jeremy McWilliams on the limit at yesterday's NW200 Supertwin/Sportbike Race #roadracing #northwest200 #nw200 #jeremymcwilliams
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🚨NW200: Richard Cooper tops opening Superbike qualifying session from Paul Jordan - Michael Dunlop among non-qualifiers👇🏻newsletter.co.uk/sport/motor…
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South Africa’s arms defence industry wasn’t only an African leader, it produced world class technology. Then state capture came. And the Guptas. What’s left is a shell of what it used to be. Tomorrow on News24.
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‘Everyone has a price’: NPA investigating Hawks ‘bribes’ in R64m City Power fraud case news24.com/investigations/ev…
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There is an assault on IDAC, which, like the campaign against the SARS HRIU, and the Scorpions, seeks to destabilise SA’s best bet to clamp down on corruption. IDAC moves against corrupted structures, and this type of thing crops up. Next stop: bogus allegations and an inquiry.
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SA farmers, fuel suppliers down to two-weeks’ supply or less – survey
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National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola to be charged over ‘Cat’ Matlala’s R360m tender
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