It’s vitally important that parents and guardians take part in the school governing elections, currently underway, writes Melusi Ncala. Here’s why – electing people whose first priority is the size of their bank account will, in the end, mean that your child gets a substandard education, and that will impact his or her future.
Embattled Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has received heavy criticism over her investigation report into the Vrede dairy farm scandal – and was asked to account to parliament for her seemingly incomplete report. Her unconvincing appearance before the parliamentary portfolio committee on justice prompted Corruption Watch to finally call for her resignation.
Together with the FunDza Literacy Trust, we now publish our fifth youth-targeted story, Innocence Betrayed, a story about abuse of power and how sometimes people in authority are (wrongly) seen to be untouchable.
Since her mother died, Zinhle has had to be the adult in her house. She is struggling to cope, so when a teacher offers her work to help pay the bills she jumps at the chance, little knowing what she is getting herself into…
Corruption Watch has made submissions to the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General, as part of the public hearings to address the draft Public Audit Amendment Bill currently still underway in Parliament. The organisation welcomes the amendments being proposed by the SCOAG, which seek to ensure that the Auditor-General is able to enforce its audit findings.
After a series of appalling reports released by public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and after her performance today before the parliamentary Justice and Correctional Services Committee, Corruption Watch is increasingly persuaded that she should do the honourable thing and resign, or be removed from office through the required parliamentary processes.
Only a complete overhaul of police leadership can undo the damage of the Zuma years, writes Gareth Newham. This includes the removal of those who were appointed without merit, as well as action regarding criminal charges against, among others, Sars commissioner Tom Moyane, laid by Corruption Watch in December 2016 and to date, unresolved. New police minister Bheki Cele has his work cut out for him.
Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Ismail Vadi, announced over the weekend that his department has cancelled the registration certificates of two private vehicle testing stations in Soweto and Pretoria due to alleged fraudulent and corrupt practices in connection with the issuing of roadworthy certificates.
The 2018 Financial Secrecy Index, an initiative of the Tax Justice Network, reveals that the world’s most important providers of financial secrecy harbouring looted assets are mostly not small, palm-fringed islands as many suppose, but rather, they’re some of the world’s biggest and wealthiest countries.
The state-owned Bank of Baroda of India played a crucial role in the financial machinations of the politically influential Gupta family, allowing them to move hundreds of millions of dollars originating in alleged dirty deals into offshore accounts, an investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Project and The Hindu has found. South African financial institution Nedbank was also found to have played an indirect role in the scandal – the bank has denied any wrongdoing.
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