Pieter-Louis Myburgh is a South African investigative journalist. Myburgh attended

Paul Roos Gymnasium Paul Roos Gymnasium is a leading public dual medium (Afrikaans & English) high school for boys in the town of Stellenbosch in the Western Cape province of South Africa, which opened on 1 March 1866 as Stellenbosch Gymnasium. Described as South A ...

before obtaining his BPhil in Journalism at honours level from

Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University (SU) (, ) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Sahara ...

. On 18 March 2016 he was honoured with the 2016 Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism for his exposé on impropriety at the publicly owned rail corporation, Prasa. The judges of the Taco Kuiper Award praised Myburgh for his work describing it as "classic investigative work: careful, patient probing to find supporting evidence for an abuse of public moneys, backed up with solid documentation, and powerfully presented to ensure it had impact". During the course of his investigation into impropriety in

government procurement Government procurement or public procurement is the purchase of goods, works (construction) or services by the state, such as by a government agency or a state-owned enterprise. In 2019, public procurement accounted for approximately 12% of GDP ...

sacked Prasa boss

Lucky Montana Tshepo Lucky Montana was the chief executive officer of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) between 2010 and 2015. He was elected as a member of the National Assembly, representing the UMkhonto we Sizwe, in the 2024 South African ...

allegedly attacked him with a brick, damaging his car. He is currently employed at News24. He is the author of ''

The Republic of Gupta ''The Republic of Gupta: A Story of State Capture '' is a 2017 book by South African investigative journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh. Background and synopsis The Republic of Gupta investigates the business activities of the Gupta family and how ...

'', an investigation into

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by the

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, and ''

Gangster State Gangster State: Unravelling Ace Magashule's Web of Capture (2019) is a book by Pieter-Louis Myburgh, a South African investigative journalist. The book is an account of Ace Magashule's rise to power as Premier of the Free State, premier of the ...

'', on

Ace Magashule Elias Sekgobelo "Ace" Magashule (born 3 November 1959) is a South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist who served as the Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC), South Africa's governing party, between December ...

, the Secretary-General of the

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Living people South African investigative journalists Stellenbosch University alumni White South African people Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of Paul Roos Gymnasium {{SouthAfrica-journalist-stub