After a month-long break, the Zondo Commission into allegations of state capture resumed on 12 November, and immediately gave South Africans much to think about. From former public enterprises minister Barbara Hogan detailing the interference of former president Jacob Zuma in leadership issues in SOEs, to former GCIS head Mzwanele Manyi pointing fingers at his successor Phumla Williams, it was an interesting first week back.
The process of interviewing candidates for the position of national director of public prosecutions is under way. What do we know about the illustrious bunch of interviewees? Investigative journalist Mandy Wiener has compiled a short background on each of them.
The North Gauteng High Court yesterday ruled that media coverage of the interviews of the 12 shortlisted candidates for the post of national director of public prosecutions must be allowed. President Cyril Ramaphosa had opposed the application, brought urgently by the Right2Know Campaign. The interviews begin today, 14 November.
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is unable to perform many of its most basic tasks, including allocating fishing rights and enforcing regulations, because of the rot at the top. A factional war between its two most senior officials, and a prevalent culture of corruption, has been exacerbated by an exodus of skilled staff, including top scientists.
The advisory panel appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa to identify suitable candidates for the position of national director of public prosecutions has shortlisted 12 candidates, out of 22 applications and 24 nominations originally received. The candidates will be interviewed between 14 and 16 November 2018.
The Zondo Commission into allegations of state capture resumes on Monday, 12 November, after a break of about a month. The commission kicks off again with the evidence of former public enterprises minister Barbara Hogan, who was initially due to testify on 10 October. To catch up on all the explosive revelations to date, visit Corruption Watch’s commission updates page, which covers the testimony of all the witnesses who appeared during the first seven weeks.
Corruption Watch has been selected as one of 12 finalists in the Google Impact Challenge, a competition to find the most innovative not-for-profit African organisations using technology to solve societal problems. Through the launch of its Bua Mzansi – Know Your Police Station project, Corruption Watch will empower communities to hold police officers accountable by allowing residents to rate police stations based on their experiences, and report incidents of corruption.
On Tuesday 6 November the EU’s Economic and Financial Affairs Council removed Namibia from its blacklist of non-co-operative tax havens, after the Southern African country committed itself to changing its tax rules and practices, which were not aligned with EU standards and practices. The move brought the list down to five jurisdictions, from an original 17.
The Bua Mzansi – Know your Police Station allows people to report incidents of police corruption as well as provide information on the over 1000 police stations across South Africa. Corruption Watch launched the initiative to help improve transparency in the policing sector.
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