Civil society organisations have asked Parliament to investigate the failure of worker equity schemes. Corruption Watch, the Legal Resources Centre, Surplus People Project, and the Support Centre for Land Change met with the Portfolio Committee on Land Reform and Rural Development on 12 November to ask for its intervention in long-standing complaints about these schemes.
Civil society organisations have asked Parliament to investigate the failure of worker equity schemes. Corruption Watch, the Legal Resources Centre, Surplus People Project, and the Support Centre for Land Change met with the Portfolio Committee on Land Reform and Rural Development on 12 November to ask for its intervention in long-standing complaints about these schemes.
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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. The organisations say this "strikes at the very transparency on which public confidence in the judiciary depends” and urge the chief justice to consider measures to prevent the excessive or gratuitous use of such tactics.
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. The organisations say this "strikes at the very transparency on which public confidence in the judiciary depends” and urge the chief justice to consider measures to prevent the excessive or gratuitous use of such tactics.
Civil society calls on chief justice to act against expanding use of gagging orders
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Portfolio committee to hear representations on farm equity schemes
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Corruption Watch, Legal Resources Centre, Support Centre for Land Change, and Surplus People Project appear before the Portfolio Committee on Land Reform and Rural Development this week to highlight the failure of farm worker equity schemes which have, for the most part, benefited only farm owners. The civil society partners will call on Parliament to take decisive action to address this long-standing injustice.
Corruption Watch, Legal Resources Centre, Support Centre for Land Change, and Surplus People Project appear before the Portfolio Committee on Land Reform and Rural Development this week to highlight the failure of farm worker equity schemes which have, for the most part, benefited only farm owners. The civil society partners will call on Parliament to take decisive action to address this long-standing injustice.
The latest parliamentary oversight report, published recently by Parlimeter and OUTA, reveals progress, but also worrying inconsistencies. "Oversight remains reactive rather than preventive, corruption is exposed but seldom punished, and public trust continues to waver as many South Africans still perceive Parliament as a space of performance rather than reform.” The report makes several recommendations with a view to addressing these gaps.
The latest parliamentary oversight report, published recently by Parlimeter and OUTA, reveals progress, but also worrying inconsistencies. "Oversight remains reactive rather than preventive, corruption is exposed but seldom punished, and public trust continues to waver as many South Africans still perceive Parliament as a space of performance rather than reform.” The report makes several recommendations with a view to addressing these gaps.
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