Sipho Masondo
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 27, 2026
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- Jul 5, 2026
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SIU exposes alleged ‘cabal’ rigging SA’s lucrative liquidation system (opens the original)
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An explosive Special Investigating Unit (SIU) investigation has uncovered evidence that a “cabal” of master’s office officials, liquidators and insolvency practitioners allegedly captured South Africa’s lucrative liquidation system, rigging appointments, engineering creditor support and, in some cases, committing fraud and corruption to channel lucrative insolvencies to a favoured few. The details of the SIU’s investigation, which the Sunday Times is making public for the first time, are documen
How a ‘cabal’ allegedly rigged liquidation appointments (opens the original)
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An explosive Special Investigating Unit (SIU) investigation has uncovered evidence that a “cabal” of master’s office officials, liquidators and insolvency practitioners allegedly captured South Africa’s lucrative liquidation system, rigging appointments, engineering creditor support and, in some cases, committing fraud and corruption to channel lucrative insolvencies to a favoured few. The details of the SIU’s investigation, which the Sunday Times is making public for the first time, are documen
Foskor accused of ‘fronting’ in worker share deal (opens the original)
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The B-BBEE Commission has accused state-controlled phosphate miner Foskor of fronting, finding that the company established a sham employee ownership scheme that it used to bolster its BEE credentials and obtain regulatory advantages, including a mining right. In a devastating finding, the commission concluded that the Kopano Foskor Employee Share Ownership Plan (Esop) was structured to circumvent the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Act, enabling Foskor to claim black ownership c
Monuments to disaster: R1.2bn spent on housing with no end in sight (opens the original)
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After 12 years and R1.2bn, the Free State human settlements department is trapped in a huge low-cost housing development disaster, with a revolving door of failed contractors and no end in sight. Costs have ballooned so much that at one development in Bloemfontein, the 118 flats completed so far have cost an average of R3.6m each — based on money already spent on the site — when the initial planned cost was R233,000 a flat. What started as a R450m cluster of housing projects in 2014 has spiralle
More unlawful Prasa security contracts exposed (opens the original)
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The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) appointed six security contractors and potentially channelled several billions of rands to them through an unlawful backroom procurement process. This took place despite repeated warnings from the auditor-general (AG) that the parastatal was barred from buying goods and services through “piggybacking”. Last week, the Sunday Times exposed how Prasa channelled roughly R1bn to politically connected companies Reshebile Aviation and Protection Service
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