Corruption Watch will be in attendance at the Supreme Court in Bloemfontein today, 10 September 2019, in an appeal to the North Gauteng High Court judgment in March 2018 that ordered Cash Paymaster Services to repay R316-million to the South Africa Social Services Agency.
Commissions of inquiry have already cost the taxpayer R296-million in 2019 alone, bolstering South Africans’ disenchantment with the usefulness of commissions. However, a judgment handed down by the North Gauteng High Court on 21 August, overturning the findings of the arms deal commission, may go some way in alleviating that disappointment.
Trillian Management Consulting, Hogan Lovells, KPMG, Bain, Bell Pottinger, McKinsey – their names are known to us, and not for their sterling work. These companies have been fingered for playing a role in irregular behaviour and transactions. This is part two of our mini-series on professional services and their role as corruption enablers.
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Calling professionals to account for malfeasance is not always an easy task. While regulatory bodies do exist to oversee some professions, others – like management consulting – have no rules, regulations or regulatory bodies to ensure people working in this industry conduct themselves ethically.
The 2019 Analysis of Corruption Trends Report, released today by Corruption Watch, reveals that for the first time, corruption in the police sector has overtaken other sectors such as schools, health and local government, in terms of reports submitted to us..
South Africa’s labour laws have been weaponised against people of integrity to facilitate corruption and state capture, write Corruption Watch’s Deborah Mutemwa-Tumbo and Caroline James. And the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, where such incidents are alleged to have happened frequently, is as good a place to start as any to begin reviewing and reversing the devastating effects that the abuse of disciplinary processes have had on our public administration.
Commissions of inquiry must conduct their investigations in accordance with the principle of legality and rationality – this was highlighted in the court victory today of Corruption Watch and Right2Know Campaign, who succeeded in their application to have the findings of the Seriti Commission into the arms deal set aside.
The North Gauteng High Court has ruled to set aside the findings of the Seriti Commission of Inquiry investigating alleged corruption in the acquisition of arms by the South African government in 1999. The judgment follows an application by non-profit organisations Corruption Watch and Right2Know to have the 2016 findings of the commission declared null and void and set aside for review.
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