Thanduxolo Jika

Journalist at Sunday Times

johannesburg, gauteng, south africa

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I am currently employed as an investigative journalist for the Sunday Times. I am skilled in writing, editing, data sourcing, research, risk&crisis management, due dillegence and networking. I graduated from Rhodes University with a Bachelor of Journalism and Media Studies in 2004. #MediaIsMyGame

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Hard labour: How Letsoalo put his bodyguards to work

Damning pictures and video evidence have sharply reinforced claims by former Road Accident Fund (RAF) CEO Collins Letsoalo’s bodyguards that they were made to work as labourers on his plush estate outside Pretoria. “We were there to protect him, but we we... See more

timeslive.co.za•Thanduxolo Jika•Nov 29, 2025

WhatsApp exchange reveals alleged bribe for cops in coal mine raid

A senior police officer attached to the Gauteng organised crime unit allegedly received bribes to lead a raid on an Mpumalanga coal mine and remove heavy equipment and trucks, an action that the mine’s legal team said led to a car crash in which two peopl... See more

timeslive.co.za•Thanduxolo Jika•Nov 15, 2025

Sibiya accuses police chiefs of misleading inquiry

Suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya has written to the Madlanga Commission demanding the right to cross-examine his boss, national commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola and KwaZulu-Natal police head Maj-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Sibiya ... See more

arc-cdn.net•Thanduxolo Jika•Nov 1, 2025

Police raid took place three days before warrant was issued, mine claims

A mining rights dispute has taken a new twist, with allegations that a police raid last week in which mining equipment was seized happened three days before a warrant for it was issued. In a court application to have the operation declared unlawful and th... See more

timeslive.co.za•Thanduxolo Jika•Nov 1, 2025

Two die after 'unlawful' police raid at mine

Senior police officers in Mpumalanga are under investigation after allegedly leading a raid on a coal mine and removing heavy equipment and trucks, an action that the mine’s legal representative says led to a crash that claimed two lives. Witnesses at the... See more

timeslive.co.za•Thanduxolo Jika•Oct 25, 2025

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Hard labour: How Letsoalo put his bodyguards to work

WhatsApp exchange reveals alleged bribe for cops in coal mine raid

Sibiya accuses police chiefs of misleading inquiry

Police raid took place three days before warrant was issued, mine claims

Two die after 'unlawful' police raid at mine

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Hard labour: How Letsoalo put his bodyguards to work

WhatsApp exchange reveals alleged bribe for cops in coal mine raid

Sibiya accuses police chiefs of misleading inquiry

Police raid took place three days before warrant was issued, mine claims

Two die after 'unlawful' police raid at mine

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