BMA commissioner says corruption has been a serious challenge in the broader border management ecosystem.

“Corruption has been a serious challenge in the broader border management ecosystem,” said BMA commissioner Michael Masiapato during the authority’s quarterly performance briefing on Sunday.

Border authority cracks down on corrupt officials

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Corruption Watch welcomes the unanimous Constitutional Court judgment in its favour, handed down today in its challenge to the National Assembly’s 2023 appointment of five commissioners to the Commission for Gender Equality. The court found the legislature to have failed in its constitutional duty to facilitate reasonable and meaningful public participation in the appointment process, declared the appointments invalid, and ordered the process to be run again.

Corruption Watch welcomes the unanimous Constitutional Court judgment in its favour, handed down today in its challenge to the National Assembly’s 2023 appointment of five commissioners to the Commission for Gender Equality. The court found the legislature to have failed in its constitutional duty to facilitate reasonable and meaningful public participation in the appointment process, declared the appointments invalid, and ordered the process to be run again.

Corruption Watch celebrates ConCourt victory in CGE challenge

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ConCourt ruling vindicates CW in public participation case

The Constitutional Court on Friday handed down a unanimous judgment finding that the National Assembly failed to comply with its constitutional obligation to facilitate reasonable public involvement in recommending persons to be appointed to Chapter 9 institutions. Corruption Watch had approached the court to have the 2022 appointments of five members of the Commission for Gender Equality declared invalid, based on the legislature's rushed and limited approach in seeking public submissions on the process.

The Constitutional Court on Friday handed down a unanimous judgment finding that the National Assembly failed to comply with its constitutional obligation to facilitate reasonable public involvement in recommending persons to be appointed to Chapter 9 institutions. Corruption Watch had approached the court to have the 2022 appointments of five members of the Commission for Gender Equality declared invalid, based on the legislature's rushed and limited approach in seeking public submissions on the process.

To depoliticise the police service and redirect its attention and activities towards crime and emergencies, writes governance and public management expert Ivor Chipkin, a crucial first step is to reconsider the appointment processes for the national police commissioner and other top managers. Under the current system the president has sole discretion, Chipkin says, which makes party-political considerations a given. Without structural changes, genuine democratic policing will remain an elusive ideal.

To depoliticise the police service and redirect its attention and activities towards crime and emergencies, writes governance and public management expert Ivor Chipkin, a crucial first step is to reconsider the appointment processes for the national police commissioner and other top managers. Under the current system the president has sole discretion, Chipkin says, which makes party-political considerations a given. Without structural changes, genuine democratic policing will remain an elusive ideal.

SA police serve the ANC insiders, not the people: here’s how it happened

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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· Report incidents of police corruption and police misconduct,
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· Locate your nearest Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) unit,
· And much more.

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