Sikonathi Mantshantsha is a Writer-At-Large at News24. An award-winning financial journalist, he has a rich background covering equities, the industrial sector, and markets, having worked with prominent publications such as Financial Mail and Bloomberg. Mantshantsha has been featured in Asset Magazine and News24 Business, showcasing his insights into cultural movements and pop culture.
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Sikonathi Mantshantsha's coverage primarily centers around business, industry, finance, and the economy in South Africa. His focus is on developments within key sectors such as mining, energy, automotive, and the broader economic landscape.
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By: Sikonathi Mantshantsha, Jeff Wicks
As part of a contract probed by auditor Mpho Mafole before he was killed, the Ekurhuleni municipality paid more than R24 million to a supplier, Theuwedi Trading Enterprise, but the municipality cannot tell if the contractor has the facilities or staff to deliver.
By: Sikonathi Mantshantsha
By: Sikonathi Mantshantsha
By: Sikonathi Mantshantsha
The lifestyle of Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim is funded by two shadowy entities that allegedly maintain close links to an American billionaire, according to documents seen by News24 and sources with direct knowledge of Jim’s affairs.
By: Jeff Wicks, Sikonathi Mantshantsha
Two companies from Limpopo have collected R1.6 billion in payments from the Ekurhuleni municipality since 2016. Some of the money is from the chemical toilets programme that was investigated by auditor Mpho Mafole ahead of his murder in 2025.
By: Azarrah Karrim, Simon Sonnekus, Sikonathi Mantshantsha
By: Jeff Wicks, Sikonathi Mantshantsha
A company owned by Julius Malema’s former driver, Tebadi Collins Foromo, has raked in millions of rands from the Ekurhuleni municipality from tenders linked to the controversial chemical toilets contract. It was this contract that auditor Mpho Mafole was investigating before his murder.
Private investment and Eskom’s recovery have delivered South Africa’s longest load shedding-free stretch in years. But that doesn’t mean South Africa is out of the woods yet. Sikonathi Mantshantsha argues the country must urgently build more generation capacity or risk plunging back into darkness when the economy picks up speed.
By: Sikonathi Mantshantsha
The murder trial of Thabani Goodwill Ntshalintshali will commence in November, 16 months after Ekurhuleni municipality chief auditor Mpho Mafole was gunned down. Ntshalintshali will likely be alone in the dock, as his co-accused, Hlanganani Agripper Mncwango, remains on the run.
