12 November 2025, Corruption Watch
Twenty-three leading civil society and media organisations have written to Chief Justice Mandisa Maya to express grave concern over the recent gagging order imposed on Open Secrets.
These organisations must surmise what the contents of that order are. Open Secrets is prohibited even from sharing the court order or discussing any details such as the date it was granted, the judge who granted it, or the court which issued the order. But there can be no mistaking its breadth: Open Secrets is effectively silenced, not only prevented from reporting, but from even explaining why it cannot do so.