July 2020 - Page 2 of 3 - Corruption Watch

Flawed process for selection of Ipid head yields many questions

21 Jul 2020, 14:50

By Kavisha Pillay and Sabeehah MotalaFirst published on News24 Police minister Bheki Cele and the parliamentary portfolio committee on police (PCP) have appointed a new executive director of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid), at a time when police misconduct and abuse is particularly rife in the country. At a presentation to the PCP on Read more >

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Fighting Covid-19 also requires intensifying anti-corruption efforts

20 Jul 2020, 16:30

By Caroline James and Karam Jeet SinghFirst published on News24 Corruption Watch, along with the nation, anxiously sees the number of Covid-19 cases rising while the number of available hospital beds fall. The public health system is under extreme strain but significant resources have been put aside to address the crisis. In this national state Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Finally, police watchdog Ipid will have a new head

20 Jul 2020, 15:00

By Thato Mahlangu A new head for the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) has been appointed, announced the police watchdog last week. The Portfolio Committee on Police said last Wednesday it has confirmed the nomination to appoint Jennifer Dikeledi Ntlatseng as Ipid’s new executive director (ED). Ntlatseng had been the director of the community relations under Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

CW to release a report highlighting corruption in the health sector

17 Jul 2020, 20:39

Corruption Watch will release a report titled X-Ray: The critical state of the health sector in SA on Wednesday, 22 July 2020. The report captures the voices of hundreds of people who have reported corruption in the health sector to Corruption Watch in the eight years of the organisation’s existence. The report raises pertinent issues Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

New Trillian revelations show need for robust public procurement laws

17 Jul 2020, 10:46

Since 2017, Corruption Watch has been calling for probes into and criminal charges regarding the professional conduct of auditing firms and service providers such as KPMG, McKinsey, Deloitte, and Trillian. These firms and others have been implicated in dodgy dealings with several state owned enterprises including Eskom and Transnet, as well as the South African Read more >

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Corruption doesn’t have a colour

15 Jul 2020, 9:30

By Adjoa Adjei-TwumFirst published on Modern Ghana Africa has always been perceived by western nations as a corrupt continent, with almost all the international organisations and rating agencies rating the continent as high risk. But the truth is that corruption has always existed in different forms and is not determined by politics or geography. It Read more >

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Africa can clamp down on illicit flows by using AUCPCC effectively

10 Jul 2020, 17:25

By Sabeehah Motala Illicit financial flows (IFFs) are costing Africa $30-billion to $40-billion per year and have eroded African countries’ tax bases, hampering their abilities to respond effectively to Covid-19 emergency needs. Lockdown, states of emergency, and all the accompanying implications mean that developing states are more vulnerable than ever to the possibility of illicit Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Price-gouging Dis-Chem made to pay million rand fine

09 Jul 2020, 9:30

By Thato Mahlangu Pharmaceutical retailer Dis-Chem has been found guilty by the Competition Tribunal for opportunistically hiking prices for some of its products. The tribunal asked Dis-Chem to pay R1.2-million in administrative penalties for having increased prices of face masks which have been classified as essential products during the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. But Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

What is a tax haven? Offshore finance, explained

08 Jul 2020, 9:44

In May 2020 Mauritius, curiously one of the African countries that perform well on the annual Corruption Perceptions Index, was listed by the European Commission (EC) as a high-risk country for money laundering and funding of terrorism. It was joined on the revised EC list by Botswana, Ghana, and Zimbabwe, among others. The former is Read more >