amaBhungane calls ‘censorship’ as Twitter blocks access to tender exposé 14 May 2021 - 14:29 By Khanyisile Ngcobo Twitters users clicking links to articles on the amaBhungane website were blocked on Friday. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/rawpixel Investigative journalism group amaBhungane said Twitter blocking links to its online articles appeared to be an “attempt at censoring a highly respected news outlet”. The non-profit newsroom’s managing partner Sam Sole tweeted on Friday that links to their website were being blocked — coinciding with the publication of articles about how a multibillion-rand tender was allegedly “legally rigged” to favour Turkish-led consortium Karpowership SA. According to the article, the department of mineral resources and energy allegedly structured the tender in such a way that it favoured the budding gas industry while kneecapping renewables, a move that placed the consortium ahead of other companies.