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Broken Roads

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R3.2T

financial exposure · 232 documented incidents

Gupta State Capture: The Systematic Capture of South Africa

R500.0 billion

The Eskom Energy Crisis: From Load Shedding to Load Collapse

R500.0 billion

Eskom Debt Relief: R254 Billion Taxpayer Bailout of Corruption-Accumulated Debt

R254 billion

Systematic Municipal Financial Collapse: R250 Billion+ in Irregular Expenditure

R250.0 billion+

Kusile Power Station: R233 Billion — The Most Expensive Coal Plant in History

R233 billion

AGSA MFMA 2024-25: No Metro Clean, 15% of Municipalities Clean, R145bn Irregular Since 2021, 45% of Councils on Unfunded Budgets

R145.21 billion (irregular expenditure accumulated since 2021-22, AGSA)

Medupi Power Station: R135-234 Billion Mega-Project Plagued by Corruption and Failure

R135-234 billion

Medico-Legal Claims Crisis: R130 Billion Draining Provincial Health Budgets

R130 billion

Transnet Port Collapse: Durban Ranked 351/405 Globally, R100B Annual Economic Cost

R100 billion (annual economic cost)

Malusi Gigaba: State Capture Gatekeeper Across Three Ministries

R100+ billion (aggregate SOE capture under Gigaba-appointed boards)

Construction Mafia: R68B+ Economic Damage, 30% Extortion, Projects Abandoned

R68 billion+

Transnet 1064 Locomotive Procurement: The R54 Billion Heist

R54.0 billion

July 2021 Insurrection: 354 Deaths, R50 Billion Damage in Orchestrated Unrest

R50+ billion

Infrastructure Theft Crisis: R47 Billion National Catastrophe

R47 billion+

Acid Mine Drainage: R30-100B Taxpayer Rehabilitation Liability from Derelict Mines

R47 billion (estimated rehabilitation liability)

Construction Industry Cartel: R1.46B Fines for Rigging R47B in Government Projects

R47 billion

SRD R350 Grant System: Mass Fraud Exposed by University Students

R36.4 billion (total SRD allocation exposed to fraud)

PRASA Systematic Looting: The Collapse of South Africa's Passenger Rail

R33.0 billion

Water Infrastructure Collapse: 46% Lost to Leaks, Sewage in Rivers, 23 Dead from Cholera

R33 billion

Rand Water R27B Infrastructure Backlog: Vaal System Under Strain, 46% Water Lost

R27 billion

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