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The Moti Group has been trumpeting a ‘$1-billion’ lithium project in Zimbabwe with a major Chinese investor in tow. Leaked documents and recordings however suggest that group executives led on their Chinese partner while internally sharing the view that their touted world-class prospect was ‘ju...

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The Moti Group says it is weighing up its legal options, including approaching the Constitutional Court, following a High Court order on Monday which overturned the gag order it obtained against amaBhungane.



The Moti Group's clandestine High Court application to gag amaBhungane journalists from reporting on leaked files, and forcing the media house to return the trove of documents was an egregious abuse of court processes.

The Moti Group’s case against amaBhungane matters to everyone in SA. If we let the interdict stand, whistle-blowers will be exposed and journalists hobbled.

The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) has condemned the Moti Group for restraining the further publication of articles written by AmaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism.

In February, business person Zunaid Moti found out that investigative reporters had actually accessed to dripped files from

In response to the #MotiFiles, the Moti Group has gone on a public relations blitzkrieg, using paid articles, legal threats, and conspiracy theories to counteract the flow of damaging information.

Businessman Zunaid Moti has refuted amaBhungane’s claims that he had laid a criminal complaint against three of its journalists, Micah Reddy and Dewald van Rensburg, and its managing partner, Sam Sole.

Businessman Zunaid Moti has refuted amaBhungane’s claims that he had laid a criminal complaint against three of its journalists, Micah Reddy and Dewald van Rensburg, and its managing partner, Sam Sole.