Caroline James

Books, law, history, food, sport, Joburg.

[Caroline James @cagsjames]

Very proud to be a small part of amaB and its fantastic 2024. Onwards to 2025!

[amaBhungane @amaBhungane]

At the beginning of this year, I had some sleepless nights as we worked to put in place the building blocks for some big projects, which meant we didn’t publish as much as we’d have liked to.

By the end of December, we had shot the lights out in a number of ways.

[Susan Comrie @sajournalist]

Humbled by all the messages we’ve received since we launched our documentary on the NPA on Sunday.

https://t.co/zaSKmCLEbD

This was out of our comfort zone - at @amaBhungane we normally do our digging behind the scenes, not in front of the cameras.

Here’s why we did it🧵

[amaBhungane @amaBhungane]

Critics argue that the failures in addressing state capture signal a deeper systemic crisis, a concern shared by amaBhungane. Batohi’s former deputy, Hermione Cronje, could no longer stay silent. See more here: https://t.co/EpvUBG20S0

[amaBhungane @amaBhungane]

Victory!
The Supreme Court of Appeal has upheld the judgment of the High Court ordering Steinhoff to provide us with the PwC Investigative Report into the fraud at Steinhoff.

Read the judgment here: https://t.co/iH8n8T1wyV

[Susan Comrie @sajournalist]

The #Laundry series launching TOMORROW is really good example of why @amaBhungane exists: to give investigative journalists time and space to expose entire networks of organised crime.

What Dewald van Rensburg has unearthed will blow your mind.

https://t.co/GKP2bM8OPK

[Caroline James @cagsjames]

@AmandaBRinquest I was shocked at the really positive reception he got at Ellis Park on Saturday. Ellis Park. Loudly cheering for a government official. Who is not white. I was scared at what it meant for populism here.

[Caroline James @cagsjames]

@JohnPerlman @DreamfieldsP @_ThandileN_ @GaytonMcK @Siviwe_G @beekay104 @Italtile Hi John, do you have a contact email address - I’d like to contact you about donations to Dreamfields Project

[Caroline James @cagsjames]

@RonakGopaldas The one you are eating or about the eat belongs in the fridge - the ones in stock belong in the cupboard.

[Caroline James @cagsjames]

@valavoosh Please write that book!

[carlosmesquita @rehomingcarlos]

With both the Mayor of Cape Town and the Premier of the Western Cape going all out to make it sound as if the High Court fully agrees with the City's evictions and their offers of assistance, I feel I need to be the voice of reason and highlight how the City is manipulating what

[Ben Cronin @BenjaminACronin]

Our blue Comrades are already quoting Lenin.

[Titty Mboweni* 🇵🇸 @PearlPillay]

I’m proud of us.

The next five years are going to require a lot of work from ALL of us.

Democracy is an every day event, I hope we show up for this phenomenal, unhinged country in all the ways that matter. ♥️🇿🇦

[Tebogo Tshwane @TshwaneTebogo]

Treasury has released a statement “correcting misleading” reports about the IEC’s budget cuts that are said to have contributed to yesterday’s challenges.

NT says it reversed the R250m reduction, allowed IEC to retain R1.5bn surplus and provided an extra R350m for security.

[Mvelase 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️🇿🇦 @MvelaseP]

How people are kicking the IEC when it had to pull this off after having some R500 million cut from its budget, while trying to implement what was a practically a whole new voting system, and analysts absolutely got the predictions on turnout wrong, is upsetting me.

[Zwo @zwonakanetsh]

I’m willing to vote whoever gets the Johannesburg City Public library re-opened by the end of the year. Have you ever been in there?! It is gorgeous.

[Caroline James @cagsjames]

@PPFIdeas I'm so enjoying this series, thank you! I wondered if you have a preferred translation - I'd to get it for my dad and me to read and then discuss our own intergenerational political disagreements!

[Tessa Dooms @Tessa_Dooms]

We often are told that jobs give people dignity...nothing gives people more dignity than shelter and food.

This is a hill I am literally willing to die on: people should have shelter and food regardless of whether we have jobs.

[Caroline James @cagsjames]

@dansmywholename and I think I heard him add "at the least" after saying SA supported Hamas?

[Tessa Dooms @Tessa_Dooms]

This list of potential cabinet members is a taste of what the Mooshot pact would look like in government.

I want us all the visualize it before deciding what to do with our votes.

[Caroline James @cagsjames]

@TshwaneTebogo 😭

[PRASA Group @PRASA_Group]

[JHB-CPT] The train arrived in Wellington despite operational and infrastructure challenges. The journey will be completed by bus due to theft of overhead wire cables. Despite these challenges, we remain steadfast in our commitment to revive the long-distance service.