The G20 Development Working Group has released a document outlining its call to action for countries to adopt a new set of voluntary and non-binding high-level principles for combating illicit financial flows. The group urges countries to intensify their efforts to clamp down on illicit flows through a multi-faceted approach which includes strengthening financial regulatory systems and revenue management, leveraging technology, and adopting and effectively implementing anti-corruption measures – among others.
The G20 Development Working Group has released a document outlining its call to action for countries to adopt a new set of voluntary and non-binding high-level principles for combating illicit financial flows. The group urges countries to intensify their efforts to clamp down on illicit flows through a multi-faceted approach which includes strengthening financial regulatory systems and revenue management, leveraging technology, and adopting and effectively implementing anti-corruption measures – among others.
Illicit financial flows again in the spotlight
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As citizens, our responsibility is to expose both public and private sector corruption, writes Good Governance Africa CEO Lonwabo Kulati - first by not participating in them and second, by reporting them. Until we have a leadership that will decisively remove the corrupt from our society (and is not itself complicit), he adds, "our country is doomed".
As citizens, our responsibility is to expose both public and private sector corruption, writes Good Governance Africa CEO Lonwabo Kulati - first by not participating in them and second, by reporting them. Until we have a leadership that will decisively remove the corrupt from our society (and is not itself complicit), he adds, "our country is doomed".
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Madlanga commission will sit in Pretoria from 1 September
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UPDATE: The Madlanga commission – or more properly, the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into criminality, political interference, and corruption in the Criminal Justice System – has announced that the scheduled start of hearings on 1 September will be delayed, because of procurement issues. The commission is chaired by retired Constitutional Court justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga.
UPDATE: The Madlanga commission – or more properly, the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into criminality, political interference, and corruption in the Criminal Justice System – has announced that the scheduled start of hearings on 1 September will be delayed, because of procurement issues. The commission is chaired by retired Constitutional Court justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga.
Afrobarometer's flagship report for 2025 is now available. Focusing on the topic of citizen engagement in democratic processes, it is titled Citizen engagement, citizen power: Africans claim the promise of democracy, and highlights the various ways in which citizens in 39 African countries make their voices heard. "Despite the daily challenges of surviving and thriving faced by many Africans, the vast majority are finding multiple opportunities to engage.”
Afrobarometer's flagship report for 2025 is now available. Focusing on the topic of citizen engagement in democratic processes, it is titled Citizen engagement, citizen power: Africans claim the promise of democracy, and highlights the various ways in which citizens in 39 African countries make their voices heard. "Despite the daily challenges of surviving and thriving faced by many Africans, the vast majority are finding multiple opportunities to engage.”
Afrobarometer: many ways to have your say in Africa
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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.
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Image: International Monetary Fund The G20 Development Working Group (DWG) has released a document outlining its call to action for countries to adopt what it terms voluntary and non-binding high-level principles for combating illicit financial flows (IFFs). The DWG falls under the G20’s Sherpa track and is the key G20 forum for the discussion of Read more >
By Lonwabo Patrick KulatiFirst published on Daily Maverick Whenever I think of the rampant plundering of South Africa’s public resources, a childhood story comes to mind. When I grew up in Port Alfred, there was a Reverend Maguma who had a shop. On evenings and weekends, his sons manned the shop because he was running Read more >
