Quick thread, highlighting some takeaways from my latest Spotlight feature: 1. Various sources of data show heroin use has increased dramatically in SA, including rehab admissions data, police cases, household surveys and field research. spotlightnsp.co.za/2024/04/17/sa-…

It’s not far-fetched to predict Zuma will be the next premier of KZN, with all that that entails businesslive.co.za/fm/opinion/hom…

An SA aviation company allegedly involved in a gold smuggling scheme has had its business jet returned after a Zambian court ruled that the seizure of the aircraft was unprocedural, writes Erika Gibson businesslive.co.za/bd/national/20…

South Africa's public broadcaster Channel Africa invited me on to discuss the #SwaziSecrets , ICIJ's latest investigation.

We spent months analysing a leak of 890,000 official documents from Eswatini (ex-Swaziland), Africa's last absolute monarchy

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#MustRead Heroin use has increased markedly in South Africa with between 215,000 and 425,000 using it daily. Jesse Copelyn analyses the drivers of the crisis, the policies that could help curb it, and those that could make it even worse. spotlightnsp.co.za/2024/04/17/sa-…

#SwaziSecrets is a cross-border investigation by ICIJ that reveals Eswatini’s unexplored role as a conduit in southern Africa's illicit gold smuggling economy icij.org/investigations…

Eswatini’s king professed to have a bold plan for a thriving economic zone. ICIJ uncovered two phantom gold refineries channeling millions of dollars to Dubai through it. icij.org/investigations…

Let that sink in… suspects linked to THIRTY murders👇🏿👇🏿

Johannesburg is staring a full-blown crisis in the face as the collapse of the city's water and sanitation grid looks imminent, writes Sipho Masondo. news24.com/news24/investi…

Not so much a 'forgotten war' as a war no one in the West noticed in the first place. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The tragic anniversary of a neglected conflict. Ethnic killings, untold numbers of rapes, starvation. And so many international players: Russia, Ukraine, UAE etc
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Construction mafia: Abandoned R11bn mega city project leaves military veterans in limbo news24.com/news24/southaf…

Barely a week goes by in SA without an assassination and these kinds of grim, personal killings are increasing.

Is this is now considered #StarWars canon in Chile?🇨🇱
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Roll of Wagner recruitment material continues with new clip of their activities in the CAR including patrols and use of drones.

How Congo’s trees are smuggled through East Africa. A four-part investigation by ⁦The Africa Report⁩ theafricareport.com/in-depth/how-c…