Corruption Watch has made written submissions to the Independent Electoral Commission on their proposed regulations to the Political Party Funding Act. The organisation’s submissions focus on the need to ensure that the framework around political party funding is as transparent as possible.
The psychology of corruption can often be boiled down to historical oppression, poverty and inequality, writes Tove van Lennep. While on the face of it this may seem like a simplistic view, asking why is in our collective interest because until we learn where corruption comes from, we will struggle to stem it.
How does South Africa’s whistle-blower protection legislation measure up to international best practice? Our new two-part mini-series, based on an in-depth brief published by the Helen Suzman Foundation, interrogates this question.
Corruption Watch has requested the parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services to exercise its oversight function and investigate whether the incumbent public protector is fit to hold office. The organisation expects Parliament to fulfil its constitutional duties in conducting this inquiry, and to do so expeditiously and transparently.
Christine Botha of the Centre for Constitutional Rights unpacks the significance of yesterday’s judgment handed down by the ConCourt against Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, as well as the events leading up to it, and explains how this judgment will underpin other activities going forward, including the inquiry of the Justice and Correctional Services Portfolio Committee. into the public protector’s fitness to hold office.
South Africa has not begun to scratch the surface of the magnitude of corruption in the private sector, said Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, speaking at an event on the eve of Mandela Day, 18 July. And it’s unacceptable to consider some people untouchable at the expense of others, because an “injustice is an injustice regardless of the perpetrator”.
The systemic nature of state capture, writes sustainable development professor Mark Swilling, means that for it to be successful, it requires the deep co-operation and complicity of the highest office in the land to secure rents, hollow out accountability, and maintain legitimacy.
Education has the potential to create economic opportunities and upward social mobility, writes Corruption Watch’s Tara Davis for Unesco. As such, we have been fighting corruption in schools for the seven years of our existence, and we are inspired by the individuals who continue to do the same, despite the difficulties.
In South Africa, police corruption leaves the public exposed to high rates of crime, and causes distrust of the police service while allowing crime to flourish, writes CW’s Sabaahah Motala in this blog post for Voices for Transparency. The situation, and the reports we’ve received relating to it, are driving our multi-faceted campaign against corruption in the police service..