The recent addition to South Africa’s Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act means the failure of companies and SOEs to prevent bribery and corruption is now a criminal offence. Companies can avoid liability under the new law, writes Prof Rehana Cassim for The Conversation: Africa, if they can prove they had adequate procedures in place to prevent bribery by associated persons.
The Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa calls on all South Africans to comment on the potential implementation of electronic voting systems in the country’s electoral processes. The commission has released a discussion document which outlines all the details on its reasons for considering e-voting, current research, country case studies, legal implications, how the process will unfold, and more. The deadline for submissions on the document is Tuesday 30 September 2025.
As far back as 2019, CW and the Institute for Security Studies submitted a joint submission to the Zondo commission, highlighting how organised crime had flourished during the years of state capture, and the extent to which criminal justice agencies were manipulated for political and personal gain. The organisation is disappointed that it has taken President Cyril Ramaphosa a further six years to realise the urgency of probing the allegations of criminal infiltration into law enforcement agencies in South Africa.
The African Anti-Corruption Day, held annually on 11 July, takes place in 2025 under the theme of Promoting Human Dignity in the Fight Against Corruption. Because human dignity is an inherent right which is eroded by corruption, it must be both the foundation and the goal of anti-corruption efforts.
Are you a muso? Do you hate corruption and injustice? Here’s your chance to combine your passions with the Ngeke! Festival. The Enhancing Accountability Technical Assistance Facility, in partnership with Fair Play and Corruption Watch, and with support from the European Union Delegation to South Africa, brings you the Ngeke! Festival showcasing young voices against injustice and corruption. This is more than art and culture. This is a call to action! It’s time to say Ngeke!
Cogta minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has extended the deadline for submissions on the White Paper on Local Government review from 30 June to 31 July 2025. “This decision follows heightened interest from stakeholders across the country and numerous requests for additional time to prepare and submit inputs,” said the department in a statement.
The Compromiso de Sevilla, the outcome document of the fourth international conference on Financing for Development, currently under way in Sevilla, Spain, contains numerous provisions for enhanced transparency and anti-corruption measures. These include making anti-corruption a cross-cutting priority, fully leveraging the UN Convention Against Corruption, improving the transparency and use of data, recovering stolen assets, and working closely with civil society.
Corruption Watch’s track record of pushing for transparent, fair, and merit-based leadership appointments to Chapter 9 and other democracy-supporting institutions goes back to 2016. Last week we asked the Office of the Chief Justice to provide CVs of the currently shortlisted candidates for commissioner of the Independent Electoral Commission, which it had omitted to do. As a direct result of our letter, the OCJ made the CVs available and allowed us to share them, in the interest of transparency, with individuals and other organisations who would be interested in making a submission.
In the second edition of the Global Data Barometer, published in June 2025, 43 African, Latin American, and Caribbean countries are under the spotlight, The report examines their infrastructure, processes, and strategies needed to ensure that data serves the public good, providing a detailed view of governance, data availability, and ecosystem capabilities that underscore data’s role in society. In the Africa region, public procurement has emerged as a “standout area of progress”.
Visit our GivenGain R20 for Change page and help us demand transparency in our systems, accountability in our leaders, and better empowerment and protection of whistle-blowers. By donating R20 a month, you’ll be supporting our work with communities across the country, helping them to know and access their rights and reduce the corruption that robs people of resources intended for their benefit.