Sizwe Dlamini

Sunday Independent Editor

Exposed: Competition Commission finds that major banks target Sekunjalo

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

The Competition Commission's recent findings reveal that major banks, including Nedbank, have colluded to exclude the Sekunjalo Group from the banking market, raising ...

Business leader Rayhaan Survé charts SA’s future and BRICS’s role in growth

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

Although the NDB is now mostly focused on infrastructure projects, Survé recommends that it may also have authority to directly fund young entrepreneurs with creative ...

Independent Media slams Karyn Maughan Press Council ruling as ‘threat’ to freedom of expression

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

Independent Media has characterised the decision as a 'serious misstep' endangering press freedom and revealing the Press Council's systematic prejudice

Muhammed Vawda unmasked as phantom power behind notorious X account

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

This unmasking lays bare a web of deceit and manipulation that has ensnared high-profile entities across South Africa.

Media24 faces allegations of workplace toxicity, former employee speaks out

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

Multi-award-winning journalist Mihlali Ntsabo has accused Media24 of fostering a toxic work environment and failing to address his complaints of intimidation and ...

Sponsored Propaganda and Fake News Against the Independent Media and its Chairman Dr Iqbal Surve is an Affront to Media Freedom ...

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

OPINION: If the Goolams and any of the vile sponsored social media campaigns are allowed to prevail, we may soon witness the death of independent media. The power ...

Unprecedented political landscape: ‘ANC-DA coalition would be a disaster’

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

Many political analysts, including Dr Allan Boesak, politician and anti-apartheid activist, have expressed grave concerns about complexities and challenges facing ...

Sekunjalo and Independent Media celebrate legal victory

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

The case, lodged by the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu) against Sekunjalo and Independent Media, has been firmly dismissed, marking ...

South African billionaire Dr Iqbal Survé spends R700m of own funds on strategic buy-back

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

The strategic buy-back by Survé, who owns Independent Media, South Africa’s largest newspaper business, is set to send shockwaves through the nation’s economic landscape ...

Legal battle deepens between Pityana, Absa, and SARB

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

As the saga unfolds, a narrative of power struggles, boardroom battles, and systemic failures emerges, prompting questions about the integrity of corporate governance ...

Supreme Court of Appeal violated Section 174 of the Constitution

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

The matter of transformation within the judiciary is not limited to the legal counsel but goes beyond this right up to the appointment of judges even in the highest ...

Victory for Sekunjalo as FIC and banks are compelled to show and tell

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

Sekunjalo is suing several major South African banks for bias and racial discrimination, and has launched several concurrent lawsuits to support its Equality Court ...

Survé leads Sekunjalo in legal action against SA Presidency and organs of state for economic sabotage

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

The group alleges a calculated loss of about R75 billion, emphasising that this step is a last resort after enduring systemic persecution that has not only threatened ...

CAC did not clear SA banks of collusion

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

The CAC was rather scathing of the way the Competition Commission presented its case, citing insufficient evidence in some matters and technicalities in numerous ...

Sekunjalo Group hits back at detractors

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

A dependent populace is, after all, open to manipulation and control, and that is the end game here … the private sector, which includes the banks, is still largely ...

Did Cyril Ramaphosa lie about the stolen Phala Phala dollars?

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

The Section 89 Independent Panel chaired by retired Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo cautioned that Ramaphosa was not being truthful by declaring that only $580 000 ...

Phala Phala is South Africa’s ‘Watergate’ moment

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

The President is being protected; finish and klaar. And the nation's response to the Phala Phala scandal will be a testament to its maturity and its commitment to ...

Did Cyril Ramaphosa lie about the stolen Phala Phala dollars?

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

The Section 89 Independent Panel chaired by retired Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo cautioned that Ramaphosa was not being truthful by declaring that only $580 000 ...

Sekunjalo vs Nedbank: Supreme Court of Appeal hearing looms

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

The origins of this legal saga can be traced back to June when an interim interdict temporarily safeguarded Sekunjalo’s bank accounts to which Nedbank responded ...

Standard Bank threatens freedom of expression and media

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

Watch out South Africa, our rights to freely express opinion and our rights to freedom of association are under threat, with the latest incident being the assault ...

Sactwu benefited from Sekunjalo, poverty claim is highly misleading

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

Claims by Sactwu general secretary Andre Kriel that he was misled into signing a subordination agreement, may hold no water as Kriel repeatedly told the court that ...

BRICS 2023: Africa stands at the threshold of a new era

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

The forum, whose theme is “BRICS and Africa: Strengthening Media Dialogue for a Shared & Unbiased Future” will be discussing several themes to create a way forward ...

Independent Media to further review its structure

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

Challenging business environment forces publisher to make difficult decisions and follow in the footsteps of the rest of the industry

PIC’s discriminatory approach to a decent investment

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

There is a glaring discrepancy between the treatment received by AYO compared to other companies who have been found guilty of fraud and corruption yet still have ...

Survé and Sekunjalo group companies victorious against Mpati commissioners

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

Marcus and Lediga officially submitted their notice of intention to withdraw opposition to the official review of the report they helped compile