[STATEMENT] The Economic Freedom Fighters's comments during the Electoral Amendment Bill debate follows a tradition to close democratic space.

🧵Day 2 – SECTION27 along with 5 Public Interest Law Centres (PILCs) are back in court today to make submissions on the role PILC's play in a democracy, and to defend their right to use multiple strategies including litigation, advocacy and research in pursuit of human rights.

Johan van der Merwe led the police at one of the deadliest periods of apartheid. He died before he could face justice for human rights abuses perpetrated by the police under his watch. Why was he never held to account by the democratic state?
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.Open Secrets has welcomed Treasury’s 10 year ban on Bain and Company tendering for public sector contracts, and is calling on the state to do more. “We have not yet seen a large move against the private sector”- Michael Merchant, Open Secrets. ewn.co.za/0001/01/01/tre…

WATCH | Hennie van Vuuren speaks to Newzroom Afrika about why Jacob Zuma's private prosecution of Billy Downer & Karyn Maughan is another strategy by Zuma and his legal to delay justice.

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WATCH | Open Secrets' director Hennie van Vuuren speaks about why Jacob Zuma's attempt to prosecute Billy Downer & Karyn Maughan is another strategy to delay justice....which could ultimately also benefit corrupt European arms companies, like Thales.

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T-Systems scored one of the biggest Gupta-linked State Capture contracts, but despite glaring evidence in the public domain, the findings of the Zondo Commission & a criminal investigation in Germany, T-Systems remains unaccountable in South Africa.

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Judge Raymond Zondo is due to submit corrections to two volumes of the State Capture report today. Zondo applied for the corrections in August- to fix typos, correct figures and include the analysis of the evidence of two witnesses.

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[1/3] #Advocacy amaBhungane and Corruption Watch have submitted a written submissions on the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill (the Bill).

Read full submission here:
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Nearly R50bn in #UnpaidPensions is owed to almost 5 million people in Southern Africa. Many people continue to suffer without the benefits owed to them, while fund administrators rake in fees & profit from the funds.
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WATCH | Michael Marchant speaks to Sakina Kamwendo 🇿🇦 about the nearly R50 billion in #UnpaidPensions that belong to almost 5 million people in Southern Africa and the ways in which this deepening injustice can be addressed.
Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=TZW5gL…

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There is nearly 50 billion rand of funds that belong to almost 5 million people in Southern Africa in unpaid pensions. We speak to Head of Investigations Open Secrets, Michael Marchant.

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For anyone wanting to check if a pension benefit may be owing to them or a family member, start with the @FSCA_ZA search engine here: fsca.co.za/MagicScripts/m…

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