CORRUPTION NEWS

Surge of schools complaints from Soweto

Image Excerpt In analysing the complaints we’ve received from the public about corruption in schools in Gauteng, we picked up that Soweto and Randburg are particular hotspots. Does your area come up in this graph? File Upload GRAPH.jpg File Upload WORDS.jpg

CORRUPTION NEWS

Your voices on corruption: first quarter 2013

Want to know how many complaints we’ve received this year, what they are about, who they’re about and where the hotspots are? Be sure to brush up on the latest stats and facts in our first quarter report for 2013 where we Draw the line on corruption! <p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p> The game Read more >

DEAR CORRUPTION WATCH

Impartial prosecutors vital for true justice

Dear Corruption Watch, Glynnis Breytenbach was recently found not guilty on all the disciplinary counts brought against her by the NPA.One of the allegations was that she favoured mining company, Sishen Iron Ore, in the criminal case against Imperial Crown Trading and that she failed to follow up on the counter-allegations made by Imperial against Sishen. Read more >

HEROES & ZEROES

KZN health department’s clean sweep

By Valencia Talane KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo this week revealed the results of an intensified effort within his department to fight fraud and corruption during his department’s budget vote speech. Four years and 241 investigated cased later, the task team mandated to rid the department of bad apples deserves our hero of the Read more >

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Doctors who cheat the state: surgeon speaks out

By Zaheer Cassim Additional reporting by Nicky Rehbock Paediatric surgeon Dr Bob Banieghbal takes a sip of his coffee at the cafeteria in the lobby of the private Park Lane Hospital. Sitting with both hands behind his head, he stretches back and begins to talk about his career in medicine that began nearly two decades Read more >

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Your schools stories: principals behaving badly

Here’s a snapshot of some of the schools incidents* we’ve received from the public recently, so you can get a feel for the kind of trends we’re picking up: a service provider bribing principals to secure their business, a governing body flouting the law and booting cleaning staff off school property to house teachers. Service Read more >

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Your stories: prosecutor in cahoots with lawyers

Here’s a snapshot of some of the corruption incidents* we’ve received from the public recently, so you can get a feel for the kind of trends we’re picking up: lawyers bribing prosecutors and cops, a Transnet official selling jobs for R3 500 and a service provider being instructed to pay a government department R80 000 Read more >

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Enraged by release of whistleblower’s murderers

Dear Corruption Watch I read in the papers the other day that the convicted killers of North West corruption whistleblower Moss Phakoe have been released on bail. How can convicted criminals be set free? What kind of message is that giving out about our justice system and how seriously we take the plight of whistleblowers? Read more >