IN A RECENT interview with JJ Tabane, IOL chairman Iqbal Survé claimed that his company had been cleared by its own internal Ombudsperson. In essence Piet Rampedi's Decuplets story was both misleading and true at the same time, necessitating a man-hunt for 10 non-existent babies and their missing...

LAST WEEK JJ Tabane provided the owner of Independent Media, one Iqbal Survé, with airtime to tackle a column written by Anton Harber essentially calling for an advertising boycott of the group. The two have been at loggerheads since the publication of a now discredited multi-baby "decuplets" sto...

NO SOONER had 'investigative reporter' Sizwe Dlamini, of the Independent Group's self-styled 'falcons' investigation team, erroneously claimed that he had exposed Branko Birkic's Daily Maverick, for being, (wait for it), a 'newspaper with subscribers', the conspiracy theorist was railing against...

THIS WEEK saw Dr Iqbal Survés attempt to recast himself as a wealthy philanthropist and friend of newborns everywhere fall flat amidst yet another infantile furore involving the Independent Group. Survé and his organisation Survé Philanthropies appear to be the victim of an elaborate public relat...

THIS WEEK saw ABSA bank withdraw its support for Sekunjalo and Iqbal Survé, citing reputational damage without providing any details. Apparently the bank doesn't have to supply evidence in court and may boot its clients willy-nilly — on the mere off chance that they represent a risk to shar...