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Corruption Watch In The News

Corruption Watch's big news week

Corruption Watch received extensive media coverage in the last week, ranging from our call to release a report on corruption in the Gauteng health department, to our intervention in the Nkandla saga, to the Mvula Trust R30-million tender exposé, and then our first-year anniversary report launch and press briefing.

Moss Phakoe’s spirit must galvanise us - Vavi

On March 14 2009, Moss Phakoe … was gunned down, aged 52, in his car in Rustenburg as he arrived home after putting up posters for the ANC election campaign. Our memorial to him should be the eradication of corruption, Zwelinzima Vavi wrote in City Press on 22 July 2012.

Cosatu slams ANC on corruption

Cosatu has slammed the ANC for not being “as candid as we would expect” about corruption among its leaders, it was reported in City Press on 23 June 2012.

Real progress thanks to Mdluli judge

Real-life courtroom dramas are at their best when, without rhetorical flourish, a judge or advocate lays out a clear case by drawing on incontestable facts and unimpeachable arguments, David Lewis wrote in City Press on 10 June 2012.

Rhodes first to sign pledge

Rhodes University this week became the first institution in the country to sign civil society organisation Corruption Watch's pledge against corruption, the Daily Dispatch reported on 28 May 2012

Targeting the corrupt ‘untouchables’

Corruption Watch is a sign of the revival of 1970s-style civic campaigns, this time to protect our democracy, writes Amanda Visser in Business Day.

JMPD: Admit there’s a problem

Discussing Corruption Watch's recently released report on corruption in the Johannesburg Metro Police Department, Business Day's Peter Bruce said that acknowledging the extent of the rot would be a good place to start.

Massive press coverage of 'no more tjo-tjo' campaign launch

Corruption Watch received wide press coverage of its campaign launch on 23 April 2012, with almost all dailies and news sites reporting on its investigation into corruption in the Johannesburg Metro Police Department.

When respect for law is lost, society’s values slowly dissipate

If you had to choose between paying a bribe or going to jail, what would you pick? Would you refuse to pay a bribe if it would secure you a job, help obtain the long-awaited identity document or get you a driver’s licence? asks Corruption Watch board member Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane.

Prudence needed in Walmart deal

David Lewis, the head of Cosatu’s Corruption Watch, is not given to outbursts but he is prone to speaking his mind in a considered and rather fearsome fashion.