Pieter Du Toit

Assistant Editor: Investigations, News24 • Author, The Dark Prince, also The Stellenbosch Mafia and others (Jonathan Ball Publishers)

[Pieter Du Toit @PieterDuToit]

Paul Mashatile cut his teeth as a political activist in the tumult of 1980s Alex, he was detained without trial & after 1994 built a power base in Gauteng. He now wants to be president. But what does he stand for, to whom is he beholden, and how do his networks function?

[Pieter Du Toit @PieterDuToit]

Max du Preez returns as a columnist to News24 today and writes: “Far too many of our prominent public figures, not only politicians, hold public opinion in contempt. And so, we lose the most important informal mechanism of accountability: shame.”
https://t.co/tY7z8W3NQB

[Pieter Du Toit @PieterDuToit]

@ferialhaffajee That’s been the game from the start. They do not subscribe to the 1994 settlement, and are using a weakened state and government to attain that which they could not in the 1990s. They want to see the breaking up of the unitary state. And have found a sponsor in the US.

[Pieter Du Toit @PieterDuToit]

At Builder’s on Malibongwe in @CityofJoburgZA; thousands and thousands of litres of clean water being pumped into the street, now approaching 36 hours. Private technicians not allowed to stem the flow and effect repairs. In the meantime, “be patient.”

[amaBhungane @amaBhungane]

South Africa’s intelligence watchdog has been out of office for nearly a year.

Imtiaz Fazel was suspended while Parliament’s intelligence committee investigated allegations against him. But new documents raise questions about how far that investigation has actually gone.

And while Fazel remains suspended, there is no acting Inspector-General to take his place.

So who is watching the spies? Watch our explainer.

#amaBhungane #SouthAfrica #Intelligence

https://t.co/pjMTvSAAK8

[Gerard Baker @gerardtbaker]

Fascinating exposure here of the enduring mystery why Carlson, who is foundationally ignorant on almost all the important questions of geopolitics, continues to have any sort of following.

[Pieter Du Toit @PieterDuToit]

cc @CowansView

[CNN @CNN]

The US State Department directed millions of dollars originally earmarked to promote human rights to promote far-right causes including Afrikaner rights in South Africa, safeguarding "Western civilizational norms," and documenting "backsliding" in Europe related to mass migration, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. https://t.co/2XGnnjHbmR

[Penguin Random House South Africa @PenguinBooksSA]

Garden Route readers, save the dates.

@CowansView joins @PieterDuToit and @wicks_jeff for @News24 Road to the Ballot, unpacking the investigations behind Mafia Land, The Dark Prince and The Shadow State.

Hear their insights into corruption, organised crime, political intrigue and the issues shaping South Africa today – including how national events intersect with our local realities on the Garden Route.

📍 Knysna, 29 Oct at 18:00
📍 Plett, 30 Oct at 08:30

Free tickets – registration essential: https://t.co/S8K83aNGcW

[Pieter Du Toit @PieterDuToit]

Eerskomende Maandag by die Woordfees op Stellenbosch praat ek met Max du Preez oor sy nuwe boek: die herrysing van Afrikaner-nasionalisme, AfriSol en ander se oorgawe aan Trump, asook die einde van die ANC en wat kom. Ons begin 16:00 in die Skrywerskamer, by die Studentekerk.

[Pieter Du Toit @PieterDuToit]

The Press Ombud has dismissed a complaint against News24 concerning our reporting on AfriForum's finances. The finding is available at this link.
https://t.co/LVhPeeIWjs

[Alex van den Heever @AlexvandeHeever]

@PieterDuToit @YouTube What services were actually delivered? The invoices and payment approvals need to be disclosed. Also, is the Minister oblivious to what happens in his department?

[Pieter Du Toit @PieterDuToit]

News24's Azarrah Karrim and Sikonathi Mantshantsha explain why the multimillion rand NHI marketing contract really is ‘ridiculous’ | REPORTING NOTES https://t.co/mPRRJoPG7F via @YouTube

[SikonathiMantshantsh @SikonathiM]

‘This is illegal’: City Power fired manager who exposed R1bn dodgy deal https://t.co/TIlbEH0ibf via @news24

[Pieter Du Toit @PieterDuToit]

@RyanCoetzee @dbbovey @TrollusMaximus Let me add, they just don't get our adrenaline flowing like the ABs do. They just never have. They play in vast, soulless venues in made-for-TV productions. We get caught on the bounce. We move on.

[Pieter Du Toit @PieterDuToit]

@shockerhess It was non-stop. Non-bloody-stop. Every gap in play, between every ball, after every over. It actually neutralised the crowd as a factor. Couldn’t get into it. Someone scores a 50, the guy starts shouting. No regard for the ebb and flow of the game.

[Azarrah Karrim @azarrahk]

Contracts not worth more than a few grand ballooned to R182m and awarded with seemingly uncapped budgets. My latest for @News24

‘People before profit’: How uncapped NHI ad contracts drew millions from critical health programmes https://t.co/IeVg81bo0Y

[Pieter Du Toit @PieterDuToit]

@AgriSA1904’s Johann Kotzé: ‘SA is not experiencing a genocide of white communities. It is experiencing levels of violent and organised crime that no society should accept…’
https://t.co/zi0fmDlDOg

[Pieter Du Toit @PieterDuToit]

‘The NDOHhas paid a combined R182 million to two companies to market and promote various health campaigns, diverting moneyprogrammes conducting critical healthcare operations, including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and child nutrition, documents show.’
https://t.co/8Pm66rDHdb

[Pieter Du Toit @PieterDuToit]

What a beaut! The Wanderers positively gleaming on a pristine early summer’s day in Johannesburg, after some overnight rain. Let’s play. @DPWorldLions @WanderersZA

[Julian Rademeyer @julianrademeyer]

The Department of @HealthZA paid a R182 million to two companies to market and promote various health campaigns, diverting money from programmes conducting critical healthcare operations, including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and child nutrition, documents show. The bulk – R146 million – went to KMTV Media, directed by former City Press editor Khathu Mamaila, who has been paid R146 million off a R1 620 contract. Mamaila has a long involvement with @SAEditorsForum and served as its media freedom chair
https://t.co/4JGwtW2yPS

[Pieter Du Toit @PieterDuToit]

The National Department of Health decided to promote and market NHI. But they had to take the money from specific budgets. And then two specific companies benefited. News24 on Sunday.