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 ...

Voices Silenced: The implications of the Sunday Independent’s conflict with the Press Council

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

Explore the ongoing conflict between the Sunday Independent and the South African Press Council, highlighting the critical issues surrounding media freedom and the ...

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.

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 ...

What’s the point of having a selective media monitor?

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

Recent incidents, such as the controversy involving journalist Karyn Maughan and columnist Edmond Phiri, underscore the complexities within the media landscape

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 ...

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 ...

SA should not be cowed down by the backlash of the wounded war-mongers

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

Echoing President Cyril Ramaphosa’s concerns that in the aftermath of the successful SA-Israel matter at the ICJ, Pandor said SA will become a target of fierce attacks ...

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 ...

Banks have the ability to destroy people’s lives

Sizwe Dlamini|Published

The current predicament faced by the Sekunjalo Group is a stark reminder of the vulnerability of consumers when banks possess significant influence.

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 ...