Press Releases

Corruption Watch makes submissions on Mvula Trust to an independent enquiry probing government’s Community Work Programme

Corruption Watch has been granted permission to make written submissions to an enquiry initiated by the Department of Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs to further investigate a number of allegations of illegality and complaints about the Community Work Programme.

Govt's ‘name dropping’ proposal trivialises major administrative breakdown – David Lewis

Justice Minister Jeff Radebe’s proposal that a public service campaign be introduced to discourage a ‘negative culture of name dropping’ overlooks the real issues. Corruption Watch is responding to the findings of the inquiry into the Gupta wedding plane landing at Air Force Base Waterkloof on 30 April 2013.

Top govt jobs drive under threat over R30m Mvula tender scandal

A company subcontracted irregularly by Mvula Trust to implement a flagship anti-poverty and job-creation programme for government is threatening to pull out, a move that could see thousands of people dependent on the project losing their source of livelihood.

Mdluli case: SJC, CW withdraw application to avoid delaying litigation

Social Justice Coalition (SJC) & Corruption Watch (CW) have formally withdrawn their application to intervene in the matter brought by Freedom Under Law (FUL) against General Richard Mdluli and others.

Corruption Watch handles all complaints equally

Corruption Watch received 1 500 cases of corruption from the public in 2012. Of the reports received, only 13 implicated unions. A preliminary investigation was conducted on one union case and the report was tested against CW’s investigations criteria. The matter was dropped when it was established that the case did not meet the criteria.

Call for complete overhaul of the Licensing of Businesses Bill

Corruption Watch believes that the Licensing of Businesses Bill, which will require anyone doing business to apply for a licence from their municipality, is open to corruption and abuse. The organisation calls for a complete overhaul.

Inter-ministerial committee, not municipal agent, should oversee Mvula Trust probe

An anonymous source has handed Corruption Watch the details of an investigation that Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Richard Baloyi plans to undertake into the awarding of tenders for the Community Work Programme (CWP), including that won by Mvula Trust.

CW, TAC to wait for Gauteng health probe conclusion

Corruption Watch and the Treatment Action Campaign to wait until the end of the year for the Special Investigation Unit to complete its investigation in to the Gauteng Health Department.

Minister Baloyi should act swiftly on Mvula Trust probe

Corruption Watch once again calls for action from Cogta Minister Richard Baloyi on the findings of its investigation into a R30-million tender won by Mvula Trust to manage the distribution of hundreds of millions of rands through a communities-based job-creation project, the Community Work Programme.

Govt should do more than name and shame the already convicted

Justice Minister, Jeff Radebe’s announcement that government will name and shame convicted corrupt officials should go a step further to expose officials who have been charged with corruption but resign before disciplinary action, only to be rehired in another department or province.