The Budget Justice Coalition is disappointed by the finance minister’s 2020 budget speech which was delivered on 26 February. The coalition described the speech as bleak, and expressed concerns that the 2020 budget proposals would serve to further undermine South Africa’s pro-poor agenda.
Corruption Watch will be conducting a series of engagements with mining-affected communities in Dannhauser, Newcastle, from 3 to 5 March 2020.
Primatologist Marilyn A. Norconk, emeritus professor at the Kent State University in Ohio, wrote an article for The Conversation last week to illustrate how people, including businesses, politicians and law enforcement agencies, can help end the illegal trade of such species.
“Our economy has not grown at any meaningful rate for over a decade.” President Cyril Ramaphosa, delivering his third State of the Nation speech last night, acknowledged that economic growth has stalled and that the moment has come to confront the challenges head on. Read the full text of his speech.”
More than 20 civil society groups – including Corruption Watch – have submitted their recommendations to the Zondo commission on how to reform the state and private sector in the wake of state capture. The group cautions against turning to the private sector to find solutions, saying that “banks, law firms, consultancies and accountants sit at the heart of the economy which enables corruption”.
Solidarity Helping Hand’s Study Fund Centre (SFC) is taking the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) to court after allegations that the scheme erroneously paid billions to a student resurfaced this week.
“Our economy has not grown at any meaningful rate for over a decade.” President Cyril Ramaphosa, delivering his third State of the Nation speech last night, acknowledged that economic growth has stalled and that the moment has come to confront the challenges head on. Read the full text of his speech.
Corruption Watch is delighted at the the final decision of the Constitutional Court to dismiss Cash Paymaster Services’ application for leave to appeal the Supreme Court of Appeal judgment that ordered them to repay R316-million to the South African Social Security Agency. However, the organisation cautions, this is not the end of the matter as those who authorised the illegal payments must still be brought to book.
A group of civil society organisations, led by the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, have called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to prioritise the plight of the real victims of state capture – women, children, the working poor, and other ordinary citizens. The group urged the president to urgently impose punishment in the form of jail time on those linked to state capture, and to fire anyone in his government who is implicated.
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