HEROES & ZEROES

City breaks JMPD report silence

The City of Joburg has responded to Corruption Watch following our making them the "zero of the week" on Friday 29 June. In the response, Khanya Umlaw of the city manager's office said that the city would soon announce a number of important steps to address bribery and corruption in the Joburg Metro Police Department Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Step-by-step guide to tendering for government

Who issues tenders and where to find them: Tenders are issued by national and provincial government departments and municipalities, parastatals like Eskom, Spoornet and SABC Major national and provincial tenders are advertised on the Government Tender Bulletin, which can be obtained from the Government Printer, Private Bag X85, Pretoria, 0001 or downloaded online at http://www.info.gov.za/documents/tenders/index.htm Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

What makes a tender dodgy?

By Chantelle Benjamin A recent probe by Corruption Watch into a R13.6-million Department of Transport communication tender, which revealed several serious irregularities, highlights problems faced by government in trying to police billions of rands’ worth of tenders annually. The Corruption Watch report, which was given to the public protector on Thursday 23 June, revealed a Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

SA sees SAPS as most corrupt within the state – survey

Two-thirds of South Africans believe the most corrupt government officials are in the national police service, followed by those in the Department of Home Affairs – these are among the findings recently released as part of a Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) survey. The study, on perceptions of corruption in the country, was conducted with Read more >

DEAR CORRUPTION WATCH

Tender fraud must be probed

Are you faced with an ethical dilemma? Are you witnessing corruption but don’t know what to do about it? Ask the team of Corruption Watch experts what to do by writing to: letters@businesstimes.co.za and mark your letter ‘Dear Corruption Watch’. Dear Corruption Watch, I’m newly appointed to a government position involving me in procurement. I’m Read more >

HEROES & ZEROES

Giving us the ‘silent treatment’ makes MEC a zero

Our zero this week is embattled Gauteng MEC for local government and housing Humphrey Mmemezi, who seems to be using the same delaying tactics for answering about his “spending sprees” as Gauteng speaker Lindiwe Maseko. In a rather surprise move following the media splurge about his alleged credit card abuse and car damage, Mmemezi submitted Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Fighting graft top of new police chief’s agenda

By Wilma den Hartigh South Africa’s new national police commissioner, General Magwashi Victoria Phiyega, addressed members of the media for the first time yesterday, 14 June, at a press conference in Pretoria. Phiyega’s appointment, announced by President Jacob Zuma earlier this week on Tuesday, came as a surprise as she is not from within the Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Will new top cop cut it?

Heated reactions have followed the appointment of our first female police commissioner, Magwashi Victoria Phiyega. These range from optimism that her experience will help staunch corruption within and beyond the force, to outright disdain over her being a civilian – something the South African Policing Union (Sapu) says is an “insult to the country's police”. Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Joburgers open up about cop corruption

In the weeks following our hard-hitting report on corruption within the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD), a string cases of alleged bribery and assault by police have been publicised, with the Ivory Park hawker incident and The Star’s recent coverage of alleged cop corruption in Bryanston among the most damning. Corruption Watch went undercover in Read more >