DEAR CORRUPTION WATCH

Private sector can bring company crooks to justice

Dear Corruption Watch: You wrote about offshore Swiss bank accounts for people like Fana Hlongwana, whose name has been linked to the arms deal. Since South Africa still has exchange controls limiting the amount of money an individual can take offshore, have these people necessarily contravened these laws? And if they used money-laundering techniques to Read more >

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#MyHandsAreClean … are yours?

First published on Transparency International The call to action is a simple one: take a photo of your hand, post it on Twitter using the hashtag #MyHandsAreClean and nominate your friends and colleagues to do the same. This is how our partner in South Africa Corruption Watch is promoting its theme for this year, which Read more >

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Charges reinstated against Mdluli, Barnard

Corruption Watch has followed the Richard Mdluli case almost since the day the organisation launched. For years Mdluli, the former head of police crime intelligence, has evaded justice relating to charges of, among others, murder, attempted murder, assault and corruption. In March 2011 he was charged with murder, attempted murder, intimidation, kidnapping, assault, grievous bodily Read more >

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The Whistleblowers

Together with the FunDza Literacy Trust, we now publish our second youth-targeted story. Our first drama, Licensed to Lie, resonated with everyone in South Africa who has come into contact with corruption. Follow it chapter by chapter! Chapter 1  |  Chapter 2  |  Chapter 3  |  Chapter 4  |  Chapter 5  |  Chapter 6  |  Read more >

DEAR CORRUPTION WATCH

Swiss accounts not beyond law’s reach

Dear Corruption Watch, I've been reading about the South Africans with Swiss bank accounts. Now that many of them have been named, what happens next? Do the police, or people in the South African Revenue Service or other anti-corruption teams investigate them? Zurich Wannabe Dear Zurich Wannabe, We can think of several agencies or institutions Read more >

HEROES & ZEROES

NPA reinstates Mdluli charges

Will he face the music? Won’t he? The Richard Mdluli tennis match continues going back and forth, with the news that the fraud, corruption and money-laundering charges against him are to be reinstated by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). For finally making some forward motion on the case, which has dragged on for far too Read more >

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Code of conduct: what public servants must know

If a superior instructs an employee to place an order for something without the proper tender procedures being followed, the employee may ask that the accounting officer be approached for a decision. An employee must not favour relatives and friends in work-related activities and never abuse their authority or influence another employee. This includes: Favouritism Read more >

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Venerable child welfare organisation under scrutiny

A sanctuary for children without families and homes, that has been around for over 100 years, and throughout its existence has provided solace to many children from impoverished families and many who are orphaned and in desperate need of a home. This is how those who are familiar with the Johannesburg Child Welfare (JCW) have Read more >

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Youth learn from their elders about corruption

By Lauren Tracey First published on ISS A lack of accountability by senior officials and politicians, combined with perceptions of high levels of corruption, could prove detrimental to the future prospects of young South Africans. Fraud and corruption cost the South African economy billions annually, but the impact of fraud and corruption is felt well Read more >