HEROES & ZEROES

Keeping dangerous cars off the roads

Our hero this week is the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport – it’s acted against fraud and corruption uncovered at the North Coast Vehicle Testing Station in the community of Phoenix, north-west of Durban. In the process it has potentially saved lives too. A statement issued on Thursday by the department reveals that a joint operation Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Corruption fuels cyber-crime in SA

Source: ITWeb Rampant corruption in South Africa is fuelling the problem of cyber-crime – so said experienced digital forensic scientist Jason Jordaan, head of the Special Investigating Unit's forensic laboratory. He was delivering a keynote speech at the ninth ITWeb Security Summit, taking place in Johannesburg, on Wednesday. "We may have done well in building high walls Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

New Cabinet appointments a mixed bag

In what was arguably his most keenly anticipated Cabinet announcement, President Jacob Zuma both appeased and disappointed South Africans with the appointments and redeployments he revealed to the country on Sunday. Economic prosperity, good governance and oversight and a clear commitment to combat  corruption were key areas of pubic concern ahead of the announcement of Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

All kinds of corruption in the arms deal

By Lee-Ann Alfreds Schabir Shaik and Tony Yengeni are well known to South Africans. Fana Hlongwane and Johnny Kamerman are not. But now their names have entered the public domain. Hlongwane and Kamerman have been subpoenaed to answer questions about their roles in  South Africa’s controversial 1999 arms deal – synonymous with bribes, dodgy and Read more >

DEAR CORRUPTION WATCH

Friends of the court bring new perspective

Dear CW, You were one of two NGOs who intervened in the case around suspected corruption in the tender for administering social grants. How does an NGO go about doing this? Why did the court agree to hear you when it had two well-resourced contesting parties before it already? Wasn't it a waste of time, Read more >

HEROES & ZEROES

Social grant beneficiaries get another champion

By Valencia Talane A countrywide campaign focused on stopping illegal debt deductions from social grant beneficiaries’ accounts is underway. Human rights NGO Black Sash is driving the Hands off the Social Grants campaign, which was prompted by a growing number of grant recipients lodging complaints with the South African Social Services Agency (Sassa) because money Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Netcare v KPMG: summary of day three

Source: SECTION27 This is a summary of the third day of the Netcare v KPMG case. Today’s proceedings, as the last day of the hearing and the only day upon which all three parties made submissions, were the most detailed. What follows is therefore a condensed, integrated summary of the submissions from all three parties, Read more >

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Guidelines and statement of issues for the private healthcare inquiry

Source: Competition Commission On 16 April the Competition Commission addressed stakeholders on the administrative guidelines, administrative timetable, and statement of issues for the health market inquiry. The Competition Act of 1998 defines a market inquiry as “a formal inquiry in respect of the general state of competition in a market for particular goods or services, Read more >

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Summary of day two of Netcare V KPMG – 21 May 2014

Source: SECTION27 The case between Netcare and KPMG and the Competition Commission is being held in the High Court between 20 and 22 May. Netcare has approached the High Court in order to protect its confidential information from being disclosed by KPMG to the Competition Commission. The commission has launched a market inquiry into the Read more >