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- S1 · E00Founder Interview — Institutional Memory, Accountability & LegacyThe opening conversation of OUBAS TV: the founder on why the Institute exists, what institutional memory means in practice, and how accountability and legacy are built from records.Video1 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E00.1Can You Trust the Documents?An Introduction to Episodes 1, 2 and 3.Video6 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E00.2The R27.6 Million Claim — Do the Figures Withstand Examination?Testing the figures behind FRBL's R27,612,987.75 Certificate of Balance: capital drawn, fees, interest, payments and the common-law in duplum position as at 3 April 2017. Dlamini assessments are disputed calculations, not judicial findings.Video12 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E00.3Reconstructing Friedshelf 1287The Friedshelf 1287 account trail: the trust loan, historical compiled accounts, funding terms, Actom distribution and unresolved account postings. As at 30 September 2026, Friedshelf 1287 R644,060,584.40 and PEG HR R52,717,722.33 are reconstructed calculations, not independently verified amounts legally recoverable from FRBL.Video11 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E00.4The Developments That Never HappenedThe proposed developments, funding terms and sale records behind PEG HR: RMB, Elements, Group 5, CCI, Hodari, Eris, Ikala, JT Ross and Buccleuch. Allegations remain investigative questions, offers are not completed sales, and the reconstructed payment columns are alternatives requiring independent reconciliation.Video16 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E01Can You Trust Your Bank Statement?What a bank statement is, what it should contain, and why verifying financial records is the first step in financial literacy.Video2 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E02Can Interest Grow Forever?Statutory and Common Law In Duplum: identify which rule governs before testing interest, regulated charges and the records behind a claim. Revised 5 October 2026.Script available · video in production3 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E03When Does a Debt Stop Growing?How a certificate of balance is built, what supporting records should accompany it, and how to test the arithmetic of a claim.Video7 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E04What is a Certificate of Balance?Summary documents versus supporting records, and why the consequence of a decision determines the duty to verify.Video2 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E05Where Did the Records Go?Document retention, the right to receive records under the National Credit Act, and what to do when records go missing.Video4 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E06The R20m MysteryTracing balance movements through a statement, and what happens when a movement cannot be explained by the records.Video2 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E07The Missing DividendDividend declarations, allocation schedules and the records needed to show that a distribution actually reached its beneficiary.Video7 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E08Can a Bank Lose Records?Record-keeping duties of financial institutions and the consequences when an institution says records no longer exist.Video2 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E09What Trustees Are Supposed to DoTrustee duties, administration agreements and the standard of care owed to beneficiaries.Video2 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E10The Ordinary South AfricanHow the issues in earlier episodes affect ordinary households, and why documentary evidence matters to everyone.Video5 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E11Why Do Some Appeal Courts Give Only Short Orders?Reasoned judgments, short orders and what litigants are entitled to understand about a decision.Video1 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E12When Does Persistence Become Vexatious Litigation?The line between persistent pursuit of a remedy and abuse of court process.Video1 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E13Can Someone Sequestrate You First Before Proving They Are Your Creditor?Proof of creditor status and the sequence of proof required before sequestration relief.Video1 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E14How Do Courts Decide Which Urgent Case To Hear First?Urgency, court rolls and the ordering of competing urgent matters.Video1 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E15Why Do Parties Oppose Rescission Applications?Rescission of judgments and the interests engaged when it is opposed.Video1 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E16Can Decisions Of Higher Courts Ever Be Challenged?Finality, appeal routes and the limited paths for challenging higher courts.Video1 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E17Who Governs The Governors?Oversight of oversight bodies and the architecture of accountability.Video1 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E18Should The Right Person Be In The Right Job?Fitness for office, appointments and institutional competence.Video1 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E19What Must The State Deliver To The People?Service-delivery obligations and how performance can be measured.Video1 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E20Who Owns Public Resources?Custodianship of public assets and the duties of those who hold them.Video1 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E21We Get The Government We Vote ForVoter responsibility, representation and the consequences of participation.Video1 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E22Which Date Controls After Sequestration?The accounting date, the final-order date and the tax-identity date cannot be treated as one event. How to ask what legal purpose each date serves.Script available · video in production1 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E23Who Speaks For The Estate?Trustees decide, attorneys communicate instructions, and taxpayers retain separate duties — who may decide, who may communicate, and who must file which return.Script available · video in production1 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E24Can A Criminal Complaint Continue?Civil restrictions, criminal investigation and the presumption of innocence: the complainant supplies information, while SAPS and the prosecution control the docket. V1.1 adds the public court-record clarification and the CAS 525/11/2023 status ladder.Script available · video in production1 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E25The Difference Between Animals And HumansAnimal societies test function through consequence, while human institutions can protect a mismatch with title, procedure and patronage. The episode sets a four-part appointment standard: competence, authority, independence and accountability.Script available · video in production1 PDFWatch episode →
- S1 · E26The Tree Behind The DividendsCapital, ownership and distributions must be reconstructed separately. A dividend is the fruit; the approximately R285 million investment and the shareholding behind it are the tree.Script available · video in production1 PDFWatch episode →