Transparency International has developed a legal definition of grand corruption to encourage advocates, scholars, lawmakers, and others to seek ways to enhance accountability of high-level public officials and others whose corruption harms their citizens egregiously and too often with impunity.
The citizens of this country have vested public trust in the police and other organs of State and public power is used to victimise the very same citizens. Surely this is an unjust state of affairs, writes Corruption Watch’s Zola Valashiya, reflecting on his own recent brush with the law.
Corruption Watch will be laying criminal charges against SARS commissioner Tom Moyane in accordance with the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act. We will also lay criminal charges in respect of a FICA contravention. Moyane has until 1 November to respond to these issues.
The 2016 Ibrahim Index of African Governance shows that in terms of overall governance, South Africa was the only country to have slipped from the “high” ranking band to “medium-high”. While South Africa did feature in the top 10 for overall governance for this year’s index, it was also the 10th most deteriorated country in this respect over the decade of the index’s existence.
In this interview with Chris Barron, our executive director David Lewis explains why Corruption Watch and Right2Know have gone to court to have the findings of the Seriti commission of inquiry into the arms deal set aside.
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane held her first media briefing today, talking about her first week in office and the challenges and plans for the future. She plans to cut costs by building internal capacity, secure adequate funding, and treat high-profile cases as she would any other case.
In the current narrative of how South Africa’s state-owned entities can be better run to avoid multi-million rand losses due to poor management, Prasa is one of the talking points of the nation right now. The passenger rail agency is grappling with numerous issues, including non-payment of suppliers, investigations into its operations, and the reversal of a tender worth billions.
Today Corruption Watch and the Right2Know Campaign have launched an application in the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Pretoria. The application asks the court to review and set aside the findings of the Arms Procurement Commission, also known as the Seriti Commission.
The Gauteng provincial government hosted its first open tender seminar recently, showcasing the progress the province has made in rolling out its open tender project over the past two years.
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