Dewald van Rensburg 🇵🇸
@DewaldvanRensb1
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Investigator at AmaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism
Joined May 2019
On Monday, South African non-profit organisations @OpenSecretsZA announced that they are under a sweeping gag order – a court had prevented them from publishing something and from disclosing anything – absolutely anything – about it https://t.co/u1xJNtSq7y
opensecrets.org.za
Open Secrets is under a gag order. We reject SLAPPs, defend media freedom, and will challenge attempts to silence public-interest journalism.
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We have been gagged. Can’t say why. Can’t say by who. Can’t say what is being hidden from you. Can’t say in which court we will go to fight this order. Can’t say on what day the matter will be heard. Can’t say who the Judge is that will hear us. We will fight this!
We have been gagged! We cannot say by who or why. Attempts to silence public-interest journalism threaten everyone’s matters of public interestt. We’ll challenge this order with our attorneys at PowerLaw Africa. More information to follow. https://t.co/ScQDsMPkEu
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Service delivery failure in a small town like Zeerust is almost taken for granted, given the wide disfunction of local government. But the reason why repairs to the Zeerust wastewater treatment plant are 5-years behind schedule – and why the town is drowning in sewage – can be
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Kenyan writer Nanjala Nyabola kicks off day 2 of #AIJC2025 with a keynote on "false gods", asking whether "liberators" of authoritarian regimes in Africa are not merely ushering in new waves of authoritarianism. How do journalists spot a pretender and what can be done about it?
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Online gambling is sucking South Africa dry. It’s become a major source of economic extraction underpinned by regulatory failure, cynical business practices and paid visibility. Where are the regulators and legislators to control this scourge? Read more here:
amabhungane.org
Rocketing online gambling has become a major source of extraction from the South African economy, riding on regulatory failure, cynical business practices and paid-for influence to profit off a...
the National Gambling Board just reported R1.5 trillion in gambling turnover -- the highest ever recorded 💔💔 over 50% of working South Africans gamble with 27% of social grant recipients betting with grants gambling operators are smashing record breaking profits in Africa 🎰
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The Business and Companies winner is Dewald van Rensburg @amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism, South Africa X: @DewaldvanRensb1
@amaBhungane
#SanlamJournalismWards50
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On 19 June, an Intercape bus driver was arrested in Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape after refusing to hand over his bus to traffic officers while passengers were still on board. His crime? Failing to pay a R2500 spot fine for offloading passengers outside the Total Garage.
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🕯️At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed. #ProtectJournalistsInGaza
#LetReportersIntoGaza ECPMF stands in solidarity with this international call. https://t.co/8kE63MEO4c
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Israel is murdering journalists. At least 270 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023. #ProtectJournalistsInGaza #LetReportersIntoGaza
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Au rythme où les journalistes sont tués à Gaza par l'armée israélienne, il n'y aura bientôt plus personne pour vous informer. #ProtectJournalistsinGaza #LetReportersIntoGaza La une de @LOrientLeJour le 1er septembre. Une initiative de @RSF_inter
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🔥 Nearly 200 global news outlets stage editorial blackout today protesting journalist killings in Gaza #PressFreedom #JournalistsMatter #GlobalMediaSolidarity
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“The Independent” left its front page blank, saying Gaza must be reported on like Oct. 7. Journalists need immediate, unrestricted access to show the world the scale of human suffering and the truth. #Gaza #PressFreedom 🔄#PressReview
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Statement: AmaBhungane Condemns the Killing of Palestinian Journalists and Attack on Media Freedom As journalists and a media organisation we have watched with increasing dismay and anger as journalists have been targeted and killed by the Israeli military in Gaza.
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The conviction of a key player in the multibillion cum-ex tax fraud in Germany tightens the noose around Investec Bank. Investec acknowledges “historical involvement” of employees but denies wrongdoing. https://t.co/CU8PygI1KC
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Weeks before Rand Water shutdown in Joburg's water supply and forced residents to queue with buckets, one of the winners of the R263-million water tanker tender was in Paris, just steps behind Deputy President Paul Mashatile.
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@GeneralMkhwanaz Did you just get a random picture of an Indian woman on Google? This picture is of me and is from a video I did with amaBhungane, where I work as an investigative journalist. I strongly advise you take this tweet down immediately.
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READ: Online gambling is blowing a multi-billion rand hole in the South African economy https://t.co/1isKN20fcN
amabhungane.org
Rocketing online gambling has become a major source of extraction from the South African economy, riding on regulatory failure, cynical business practices and paid-for influence to profit off a...
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@amaBhungane South Africa’s bad bet: How online gambling is a major source of extraction from the economy
dailymaverick.co.za
Rocketing online gambling has become a major source of extraction from the South African economy, riding on regulatory failure, some cynical business practices and wall-to-wall self-promotion to...
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The industry’s sheer scale and hard-to-fathom growth rate has already made it something like a structural feature of the economy, with roots that seem to burrow deeper by the day. | @amaBhungane
https://t.co/opA2k6FKk8
news24.com
Rocketing online gambling has become a major source of extraction from the South African economy, riding on regulatory failure, some cynical business practices, and wall-to-wall self-promotion to...
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