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Saps wants your feedback on the service it offers

The South African Police Service is seeking public feedback on the services it offers. Go here to take part in the survey, titled Customer Satisfaction and Public Perception of the SAPS Effectiveness Survey. Dear Participant, The Component Research was commissioned by the South African Police Service (SAPS) to conduct a follow-up study to determine the Read more >

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Some (semi-serious) fun with AI-generated anti-corruption content

By Matthew StephensonFirst published on the Global Anticorruption Blog Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the latest Matthew Stephenson, professor of law at Harvard Law School, tested ChatGPT’s ability to generate something readable, based on some common questions around anti-corruption practices. The results, he writes, show that the AI text generator may indeed be able to play Read more >

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Tenacious Saps whistle-blower persists with fight

By Kwazi Dlamini Embattled South African Police Service (Saps) whistle-blower Patricia Mashale continues her fight against the agency and has taken the matter to Parliament, petitioning the legislature for protection. Mashale made several claims of corruption within the Saps top brass, including police minister Bheki Cele. Some of the allegations include irregular appointments of senior Read more >

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Parly committee names shortlist for PSC commissioner vacancy

On 14 February the sub-committee of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration named its shortlist of candidates to fill the vacancy of a commissioner in the Public Service Commission (PSC). The committee has shortlisted seven candidates, three women and four men. The shortlisted candidates are as follows:   Ms Mandisa Fatyela  Ms Refilwe Read more >

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Strict new measures to combat lottery corruption

By Raymond JosephFirst published on GroundUp The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) has introduced stringent new protocols for the allocation of grant funding, including the establishment of a new division to prevent the rampant corruption that has overwhelmed the organisation in recent years. The establishment of the new Inspectorate for Due Diligence and Compliance was revealed Read more >

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Corruption kills: how it made the Turkey earthquake much worse

Image: Hilmi Hacaloğlu – Wikimedia Commons By E. Oya ÖzarslanFirst published on Medium We know that corruption takes away resources, damages the environment, impoverishes the people, but it also kills! We have seen in a number of incidents how corruption can be deadly. Remember the 2013 Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh where 1 134 Read more >