We call on all South Africans to contribute to the Peoples Hearing on State Capture by posting videos, pictures and messages on their social media platforms under the hashtag – #DearJudgeZondo – about the impact of state capture on their lives, and in their communities, and what they feel needs to be done to address this.
“This tribunal will significantly advance efforts by the SIU to combat corruption by providing an expeditious mechanism that will ensure the return of the ill-gotten gains acquired by those who have looted public resources.”
“This judgment affirms the important watchdog role that civil society organisations like Corruption Watch play in ensuring integrity and accountability in the procurement process.”
Corruption Watch has today launched an awareness campaign to highlight the need for greater transparency, merit-based criteria and public participation in the appointment of key leadership positions, most notably in the anti-corruption institutions that constitute the pillars of our democracy.
The recent release of the Baloyi commission’s final report has once again highlighted the pervasiveness of mismanagement of community benefits and mining royalties. The commission, while focused on determining the royal succession of the Bakgatla ba Kgafela chieftaincy, also probed allegations of mismanagement and misappropriation of funds by the Bakgatla ba Kgafela Traditional Council.
Lying on your social media profile, claiming you have a certain qualification from a certain institution, will land you in trouble.
Some school suppliers may be colluding with school management, including school governing bodies, in inflating prices on school uniforms. The Competition Commission has warned that its spotlight is on this anti-competitive behaviour, which makes it difficult for parents to keep up with the costs of kitting out their schoolchildren.
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.