Iqbal Survé, specialist in media capture AND state capture
Iqbal SurvĂ©’s self-enrichment at the expense of the investors on whose behalf the PIC is supposed to work is a classic example of state capture.
Iqbal SurvĂ©’s self-enrichment at the expense of the investors on whose behalf the PIC is supposed to work is a classic example of state capture.
When Iqbal Survé bought Independent Newspapers with the help of the Public Investment Corporation, questions were asked on how independent the newspaper could be with that kind of help.
Like the English schoolboy who picked up the soccer ball and ran, Ed Herbst breaks unquestioned rules, prompting vital debate and perhaps even, an entirely new game.
A spying scandal involving former president Jacob Zuma and Russia has erupted, with accusations that Zuma’s friends were spying on businesspeople and others who were critical of state capture and graft.
Dynamite expose’ by an SSA insider who provides the names of 38 high profile South Africans who were illegally monitored by Russian-provided surveillance equipment – including Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, his former deputy Dikgang Moseneke and outspoken anti-corruption personalities Sipho Pityana, Tito Mboweni, Thuli Madonsela and Magda Wierzycka.
The inner-workings of the Public Investment Corporation are being disclosed for all South Africans to see, thanks to a commission of inquiry into the institution.
Former Naspers Chairman Ton Vosloo has donated R3.5m towards an investigative journalism unit positioned within Media24.
Veteran journalist Ed Herbst in this article unpacks the latest revelations involving Independent Media boss, Dr Iqbal Survé.
Cyril Ramaphosa always knew he had a tough job on his hands when it came to cleaning up corruption within the ANC.
A reading of the numbers in this sturdy review of the State of the PIC (and thus the nation), requires smelling salts close to hand.