The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Leadership (Cogta) is reviewing the 1998 White Paper on Local Government to evaluate its impact, tackle challenges, and align local governance with modern realities. Accordingly, the department invites the public, civil society, public institutions, interested stakeholders, and all three spheres of government to provide comments on any aspect of local government - even beyond the specific topics outlined in the discussion document. The deadline is 30 June 2025.

The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Leadership (Cogta) is reviewing the 1998 White Paper on Local Government to evaluate its impact, tackle challenges, and align local governance with modern realities. Accordingly, the department invites the public, civil society, public institutions, interested stakeholders, and all three spheres of government to provide comments on any aspect of local government - even beyond the specific topics outlined in the discussion document. The deadline is 30 June 2025.

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Update: The Free State High Court has granted Ace Magashule's former personal assistant Moroadi Cholota the opportunity to challenge the jurisdiction of the court as it pertains to her case, as well as the legality of her extradition from the United States to face trial in South Africa. She was extradited in August last year and has maintained that South African courts cannot try her due to the manner in which she was brought back. The case has been postponed to June.

Update: The Free State High Court has granted Ace Magashule's former personal assistant Moroadi Cholota the opportunity to challenge the jurisdiction of the court as it pertains to her case, as well as the legality of her extradition from the United States to face trial in South Africa. She was extradited in August last year and has maintained that South African courts cannot try her due to the manner in which she was brought back. The case has been postponed to June.

State capture: FS asbestos trial off to a tricky start

State capture

SA taxpayers lost R521bn bailing out corrupt, mismanaged SOEs

South African taxpayers have forked out an estimated R521-billion over the last 15 years to keep state owned enterprises alive, and have received nothing in return. Despite the bailouts, many companies continue to fail due to financial mismanagement and corruption, and the bailouts may be much higher than the National Treasury estimates.

South African taxpayers have forked out an estimated R521-billion over the last 15 years to keep state owned enterprises alive, and have received nothing in return. Despite the bailouts, many companies continue to fail due to financial mismanagement and corruption, and the bailouts may be much higher than the National Treasury estimates.

The Parliamentary Monitoring Group recently unveiled its latest digital tool, the ParliMeter. The platform uses open data sourced from Parliament to help residents and parliamentarians alike by improving access to information, enhancing transparency and therefore monitoring capabilities, and empowering civil society and residents to hold their elected representatives accountable.

The Parliamentary Monitoring Group recently unveiled its latest digital tool, the ParliMeter. The platform uses open data sourced from Parliament to help residents and parliamentarians alike by improving access to information, enhancing transparency and therefore monitoring capabilities, and empowering civil society and residents to hold their elected representatives accountable.

The ParliMeter, a new tool for enhancing public participation in Parliament

Corruption Watch, in collaboration with Social Change Assistance Trust or SCAT, and Transparency International, and co-funded by the European Union, has embarked on the Strengthening Action Against Corruption (SAAC) project which focuses specifically on empowering and educating community advice offices/civil society organisations in the Eastern Cape province. Follow our activities here.

Strengthening Action Against Corruption

Veza (a colloquial term for ‘reveal’ or ‘expose’) allows you to:
· Report incidents of police corruption and police misconduct,
· Access information on your rights when you encounter the police,
· Access information on SA's 1 150 police stations, such as locations, resources, budget and personnel,
· Locate your nearest Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) unit,
· And much more.

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