Articles for Nathan Geffen
Do you need something from a government website? Good luck!
We found duplicate sites, bizarrely-designed sites, and so much out-of-date information (part 3 of 4)
By Nathan Geffen and Joel Cedras
Analysis | 12 June 2026
Wild goats and open gates: government’s websites are asking to be hacked
Government websites outside SITA’s network carry more than 4,400 security flaws. One in every five servers is vulnerable (part 2 of 4)
By Joel Cedras and Nathan Geffen
News | 11 June 2026
The state says its computer systems are secure. We looked. They’re not
SITA’s internet services have more than 5,000 security flaws (part 1 of 4)
By Joel Cedras and Nathan Geffen
News | 3 June 2026
The workers who feed nine million school children - and earn just R2,300 a month
The state is using the public works programme to avoid paying them the national minimum wage
News | 27 May 2026
Sunday World journalists were offered money to bring in advertising
The acting editor at the time, Ngwako Malatji, is connected to Lottery deals under SIU investigation
By Raymond Joseph and Nathan Geffen
News | 7 May 2026
New bank takes swift action after GroundUp alerts it to data breach
But the Information Regulator is missing in action
By Nathan Geffen and Joel Cedras
News | 24 April 2026
Israeli settlers use Iran war as cover to commit atrocities
“Israeli attacks on Palestinians have peaked in both frequency and intensity over the past several weeks”
Opinion | 24 March 2026
Part Two: Dodgy Nguni cattle deals uncovered at Fort Hare
A forensic investigation of a research farm found cattle sold for below market prices
By Raymond Joseph, Johnnie Isaac, Nathan Geffen and Daniel Steyn
Feature | 28 November 2025
Fort Hare’s cattle projects were supposed to help Eastern Cape farmers. Instead they are a lesson in bad governance
Forensic reports uncover arithmetical errors, unaccounted-for assets and absent oversight, probably resulting in the loss of tens of millions of rands for the university
By Raymond Joseph, Johnnie Isaac, Nathan Geffen and Daniel Steyn
Feature | 27 November 2025