8:14 CAT | 18 Oct 2017  DW A new report based on the Panama Papers reveals how Africa’s politicians, generals and business leaders are systematically siphoning off billions of dollars and parking the…
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BY KHADIJA SHARIFE, APRIL 14 2016, 07:42 Low-tech mining: Questions over profits made. Picture: GALLO IMAGES/AFP/ISSOUF SANOGO Koidu mine, Sierra Leone: Government gave the mine in return for mercenary services. Picture: GALLO IMAGES/AFP/ISSOUF SANOGO Low-tech…
While no African official has yet resigned as a result of the Panama Papers, African journalists involved in the investigation say they have given Africans a wake up call and could even lead to government…
Posted 07 April 2016Written by Ciaran Ryan and Moonofalabama Category Corruption Several South Africans were fingered in the so-called Panama Papers expose which detailed how “the rich and powerful hide their money in off-shore tax…
Who is who on the list? Notable Africans in the leaked ‘Panama Papers’ 04 APR 2016 15:50THE INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS, M&G AFRICA ONLINE REPORTER Either for privacy, security, or convenience, president’s relatives, ministers…
The president’s nephew has been named in the scandal due to his links with a company in the DRC. The South African Revenue Service says it’s watching developments around the Panama Papers closely. Picture: Sars….
By Frederik Obermaier, Bastian Obermayer, Vanessa Wormer and Wolfgang Jaschensky Over a year ago, an anonymous source contacted the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and submitted encrypted internal documents from Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm that…
Published on Sunday, April 03, 2016 ‘The story behind the #PanamaPapers?’ tweets Edward Snowden. ‘Courage is contagious.’ by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer The Panama Papers is one of the biggest leaks and largest collaborative investigations…
April 4, 2016 The timing of SA President Jacob Zuma’s visit last week to Saudi Arabia and the UAE could hardly have been worse. This morning’s expose’ of the biggest international corruption scandal ever, is…
Citizens have been playing in the wrong league, we are just not important. The extent of legalised global corruption has degraded citizen power to the benefit of a small elite ZAMA NDLOVU 06 APRIL 2016…
