Financial secrecy is a driver of steepening inequality, rampant financial crime, and impunity for elites in both rich and poor countries. The solution to this persistent problem, argues the Tax Justice Network, is to stop the world’s top secrecy jurisdictions from enabling corruption and illegal activities. This is part 1 of a three-part mini-series on financial secrecy.
Posts for October 2021 22 October 2021 Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has dismissed allegations by the former director-general of the State Security Agency, Arthur Fraser, against him claiming that […]
Posts for January 2022 6 January 2022 Former South African Airways (SAA) chairperson Dudu Myeni and her fellow board member and counterpart at the airline’s subsidiary SAA Technical, Yakhe Kwinana, […]
Land for the Makhaza police station was identified already in 2004, writes Mary-Anne Gontsana for GroundUp. But ground has even not been broken after all these years, and residents have no timeframe for the long-awaited station, which was promised to them years ago.
In this interesting alternate take on sanctions for unilateral sports corruption, Harvard law student Ubong Udoeyo argues that such offences should not be criminalised, because the benefits are significantly outweighed by the associated costs. Unilateral corruption by athletes, coaches, or officials is unethical and distasteful, but should be addressed through means other than the criminal law, Udoeyo states.
We need, collectively, to dig deep into the depths of our humanity, to rediscover that energy and zeal that once successfully vanquished the unjust, the immoral, the inhumane and the criminal, writes Mavuso Msimang, our board chairperson.
The latest PFMA audit outcomes show that yet again, the auditor-general’s call for accountability and discipline in the management of the public purse have been largely ignored. Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke said she was encouraged by the attention given by government and oversight structures to the weaknesses identified by her office, but added that there is no sustained improvement.
Posts for February 2022 3 February 2022 Former Transnet GCEOs Brian Molefe and Siyabonga Gama, along with former GCFO Anoj Singh and one-time board chairperson Iqbal Sharma were found by […]
Posts for March 2022 3 March 2022 Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe does not agree with the findings of the commission of inquiry into state capture that there is […]