Open Secrets ZA

Open Secrets publishes a new investigative report, The Oil and Gas Kingpin of Africa: The ‘Law Firm’ Brokering Africa’s Biggest Oil and Gas Deals. It profiles lawyer and businessman, NJ Ayuk, and his company, CLG (formerly known as Centurion Law Group).

This report relies on important new information provided to Open Secrets by several whistleblowers, and media reporting to profile CLG and Ayuk’s involvement in fossil fuel contracts across Africa.

Read the FULL investigation here: opensecrets.org.za/investigation-…

Who Owns South Africa: Private Media x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

For this year’s last Who Owns South Africa event this evening at the @homecomingcentre at 6pm, we will be giving away @politicallyaweh tickets for Poll Dancing 🎟️ to some lucky audience members! Let’s take a deep dive into who owns our media, and how that plays into our politics.

Join us in person here:quicket.co.za/events/398054-…

Can’t make it? Watch it online on Instagram Live, YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook: facebook.com/events/2272334…

PetroSA’s rehabilitation shortfall could cost taxpayers at least R7 billion. Decades of regulatory failure have brought us here, and once again, the public is left to foot the bill. When it comes to accountability, taxpayers are always the ones left to pay.

Read more: dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-1…

Do this season's English Premier League soccer matches even matter any more? 👀

In something a little different from our usual beat (but is it really?), read Ariella Scher's oped on what's happening with the Manchester City "financial doping" findings, why they matter even if you don't watch soccer, and where to from here?

🔗 dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-1…