September 2020 - Page 2 of 2 - Corruption Watch

Chains of corruption: a poem reflecting on SA youth’s struggle

15 Sep 2020, 12:30

By Thato Mahlangu This reminds me of slaveryWe work for the corrupt onesThey claim everything to their nameAs if they have worked for all this they are stealingThey make us poorer each dayMothers don’t know what they will feed their childrenIt is darkColdWe are poorYet they continue stealing from usWe worked hard, saving the last Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Beneficial ownership disclosure will expose procurement crooks

14 Sep 2020, 12:08

By Cherese ThakurFirst published on amaBhungane Corruption costs lives. This simple truth has been grimly illustrated over the past months of national disaster, where front-line workers have had to brave conditions with insufficient or poor quality personal protective equipment (PPE). Many of these workers have contracted the virus, and some have died. In monetary terms, Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Jiba timeline: where did it all go wrong?

10 Sep 2020, 10:05

The reported reinstatement of fraud charges against former deputy national director of public prosecutions Nomgcobo Jiba represents a welcome move towards accountability for those who abuse their high-level positions. It also has important implications for the likes of Malusi Gigaba, who was also found to have lied under oath by denying he had given the Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Covid-19 corruption pushes govt out of lethargy

08 Sep 2020, 14:40

By Janine ErasmusFirst published on Transparency International Along with other ordinary South Africans, we at Corruption Watch have followed with increasing dismay the growing number of reports of corruption related to the Covid-19 pandemic. The perpetrators of this corruption have been unashamedly brazen in their hijacking of the emergency measures put into place to deal Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

No to the termination of the special Covid-19 grant!

07 Sep 2020, 13:06

05 September 2020 Issued on behalf of C19 People’s Coalition: Cash Transfers subgroup. The #PayTheGrants campaign is an initiative of the C19 People’s Coalition. We say no to the termination of the Covid-19 social relief of distress grant in October! #PayTheGrants until we have a basic income guarantee for all. The #PayTheGrants campaign urges the Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Show your support for #OrangeMaskFridays

07 Sep 2020, 12:06

4 September 2020 Issued on behalf of C19 People’s Coalition: Cash Transfers subgroup. The #PayTheGrants campaign is an initiative of the C19 People’s Coalition. We, the undersigned organisations, call on the public to demonstrate their anger against Covid-19 corruption by donning an orange mask every Friday. The colour is symbolic of the orange overalls which Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Covid-19 audit flags weak controls, as expected

02 Sep 2020, 17:10

The report covers about R69-billion of the R147-billion spending for the period from April – when the R500-billion fund was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa – to the end of July. It has flagged, so far, glaring signs of trouble: Exorbitant spending against suppliers when compared to their pre-Covid-19 spendingSuppliers used for the first time Read more >

POLICY AND ADVOCACY

Now or never: time to create real, lasting procurement reform

01 Sep 2020, 9:14

1 September 2020 Dear President Ramaphosa and Minister Mboweni, We write to you as civil society organisations deeply concerned at the high levels of corruption being committed through our public procurement system. We call on you to take advantage of the current opportunities and show decisive leadership to steer a collaborative process as the draft Read more >