Corruption endangers people’s survival and now, more than ever before, that survival depends on openness and transparency. Our intern Anna-Sophie Hobi discusses why South Africa needs to recommit to the Open Government Partnership during the global health crisis.
The work of exposing corruption is dangerous for journalists. On average, every week at least one journalist is killed in a country that is highly corrupt and one in five journalists die while covering a story about corruption.
Corruption Watch has written to National Treasury requesting further clarity on instructions for emergency procurement under lockdown. A new set of instructions was released recently, following the repeal of the first version. The organisation is concerned that lack of transparency will increase the risk of corruption in the procurement of goods under the COVID-19 emergency regulations.
A decision handed down at the beginning of May by the Johannesburg labour court will force the Department of Mineral Resources to consult mining-affected communities on issues that affect them. The decision related specifically to new amendments to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act that were published without proper consultations with mining-affected communities and mine workers.
A Johannesburg resident who had been in Durban since lockdown began, shares his experience of trying to get back to Gauteng before the interprovincial travel window closed.
A resident from Govan Mbeki Municipality in Mpumalanga shares her experience during the lockdown.
Residents share their struggle for access to food during the lockdown. Their pain is the pain of millions.
Over 60 community action networks (CANs) have been established since the launch on 16 April 2020 of the Gauteng Together initiative. This project encourages community members to set up CANs as platforms through which the specific needs of that community are identified, making it easy to initiate action to address them. The operational model is based on the CAN model being used by the Cape Town Together group.
A resident expresses fears that drug users will spread Covid-19 in their area.