Tebogo Tshwane

Aug 13, 2024 | news24.com | Tebogo Tshwane |Dewald van Rensburg

Former National Treasury DG Dondo Mogajane is accused of signalling acceptance of a R1-million payment from VBS Mutual Bank's Tshifhiwa Matodzi.  Mogajane denied receiving any bribe, but new information confirms his links to the Mkhize sisters, whose non-profit company allegedly received the money. The Baphilile Foundation's bank account, controlled by the Mkhize sisters, was allegedly used to disguise the bribe.

Aug 13, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Tebogo Tshwane |Dewald van Rensburg

AMABHUNGANE Convicted fraudster and former VBS chair Tshifhiwa Matodzi claimed he paid former Treasury Director-General Dondo Mogajane R1m via a non-profit company. Mogajane denied receiving any bribe, but new information confirms his links to the Mkhize sisters, who controlled the non-profit company. AmaBhungane can reveal that former National Treasury director-general Dondo Mogajane is a family friend of the Mkhize sisters, whose non-profit company was paid R1-million by VBS Mutual Bank.

Jul 17, 2024 | news24.com | Dewald van Rensburg |Tebogo Tshwane

Dondo Mogajane denies receiving a bribe from VBS chairperson Tshifhiwa Matodzi. Matodzi alleges the former Treasury director-generalgave the nod for a R1 million payment into a bank account belonging to the Baphilile Foundation.  Mogajane, however, has not responded to allegations of an informal meeting at which a 'bribe' was agreed. In August 2017, VBS Mutual Bank was dealt a blow that would, a few months down the line, prove to be fatal.

Jul 17, 2024 | amabhungane.org | Dewald van Rensburg |Tebogo Tshwane

In August 2017 VBS Mutual Bank was dealt a blow that would, a few months down the line, prove to be fatal. The bank had run on illegal multi-million rand deposits from municipalities, with more and more of this money ending up being diverted to the pockets of a wide variety of characters. These included the bank’s management, municipal employees, “commission agents” liaising with those municipalities and political power brokers.

May 26, 2024 | icij.org | Micah Reddy |Tebogo Tshwane

On a cloudy Sunday morning in March 2024, congregants poured into the main branch of All Nations Christian Church in Zion, in a field just off the highway between Mbabane and Manzini, the kingdom of Eswatini’s two largest cities. There are several branches of the church across South Africa and Eswatini — which until 2018 was known as Swaziland — and this building, whose construction began in 2017, is pure utilitarianism.