August 2023 - Corruption Watch

Countries united on good governance issues, including anti-corruption court

30 Aug 2023, 12:52

Governance /ˈɡʌvənəns/ noun the action or manner of governing a state, organisation, etc. Definition from Oxford Languages If governance is the act of governing or overseeing the direction and running of an entity, then it is easy to imagine the concept of good and bad governance. Bad governance, says the UN Economic and Social Commission Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

Addressing corporate corruption in South Africa: The EOH experience

29 Aug 2023, 11:25

On Tuesday 29 August 2023, the National Business Initiative (NBI), Corruption Watch, and independent global affairs think tank ODI released a report named Addressing Corporate Corruption in South Africa: The EOH Experience. The launch of the report follows a webinar earlier today during which its findings were discussed by a panel of leading experts. In Read more >

STATE CAPTURE

New Zondo Explorer sifts through thousands of commission documents

29 Aug 2023, 10:17

News24’s recently launched Zondo Explorer is a valuable tool that facilitates exploring the reams of documents produced during the state capture commission’s tenure. With a particular focus on the the people and organisations named in testimony, the Zondo Explorer does the tough job of wading through all the documents for a certain name. “We are Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Phala Phala findings ‘raise more questions than answers’ – CSOs

28 Aug 2023, 11:23

Image: Ziphozonke Lushaba, TimesLive By Khanyisile NgcoboFirst published on TImesLive Civil society organisations say “something doesn’t add up” in the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) findings on the Phala Phala matter and it “raises more questions than answers”. The Reserve Bank on Monday released its findings from a report into the matter after allegations by Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

New report will address corporate corruption in SA, using EOH as a case study

25 Aug 2023, 12:50

We invite members of the media to join a webinar on Tuesday, 29 August 2023, launching a report highlighting corporate corruption in South Africa. Hosted in partnership by the National Business Initiative (NBI), Corruption Watch, and ODI, an independent global affairs think tank, the report documents research conducted by the three organisations that provides insight Read more >

STATE CAPTURE

Regulate big firms doing business with state, says Open Secrets

25 Aug 2023, 12:35

The South African government’s extensive, but sometimes redundant use of management consultants to help drive its strategic goals once again came under the spotlight recently with the online launch of The Consultants, a report by civil society group Open Secrets. Authored by Zen Mathe, Luvano Ntuli, and Mamello Mosiana, the report looks into the dubious Read more >

OPINIONS

Misappropriation of resources, misuse of power – Phala Phala’s best outcome

25 Aug 2023, 11:21

Image: ActionSA By Melusi NcalaFirst published on News24 Is President Cyril Ramaphosa gaslighting the society that he swore to serve and protect? This is one explanation for the fact that he still occupies the presidential office, cloaked in his reformist and anti-corruption cape – yet the Phala Phala scandal, broken down to its bare tenets, Read more >

CW VOICES

The “X” factor, and its impact on socio-political dialogue

24 Aug 2023, 11:41

By Siphokuhle Mkancu – CW Voices Twitter is now X. More than it is just a name and logo change, the social networking and instant messaging site is deviating from what we’ve understood it to be for a while. The ongoing changes to the platform under the leadership of tech billionaire Elon Musk have left Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

CW calls for harsher sentences in cases involving harm to whistle-blowers

24 Aug 2023, 9:47

By Belinda PhetoFirst published on News24 Corruption Watch has called for harsher sentences in cases involving whistle-blowers. The organisation was responding to the sentences handed down to the killers of Babita Deokaran, a senior health official at the Gauteng Department of Health. She was assassinated after flagging suspicious payments worth R850-million to shell companies and Read more >