Who funds political parties? This key question relating to political party functioning and governance has remained unanswered for many years. Now, a parliamentary ad hoc committee is guiding the process of amending current legislation and better regulating the financing of political parties represented in both the national and provincial legislature.
The African Union has marked 2018 as the year for decisive anti-corruption activity on the continent. The initiative will be run under the theme ‘Winning the Fight Against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa’s Transformation’. However, writes Liesl Louw-Vaudran, it is up to credible anti-corruption bodies, governments and law-enforcement agencies to make sure these words translate into action.
South Africa is one of a number of countries where civil society is not fully able to enjoy its freedoms and rights. The 2017 CIVICUS State of Civil Society report shows that across the globe, civil society space is under unprecedented levels of attack. However, citizens and organisations are not standing idly by while their rights are threatened, and “the democracy of the street is alive and well”.
Corruption Watch will be amplifying its anti-corruption message in Limpopo and expanding its footprint to communities where its presence has previously been limited. The organisation is embarking on an awareness-raising roadshow in three provinces, and will later visit Northern Cape and Eastern Cape.
Corruption Watch highlights an investigative feature by Al Jazeera on the United Nations’ accountability structures with regard to its peacekeeping unit.
On the eve of the commemoration of the Marikana massacre, Corruption Watch and the Institute for Security Studies have launched a survey encouraging the public to voice their opinions about the skills and attributes they would like to see in the new national police commissioner and the head of the Hawks. This public opinion will be fed into the selection process for these two appointments still to be made by the president and minister of police respectively, as part of the organisations’ joint awareness campaign focusing on police leadership.
Take our police survey and tell us what values and attributes you would like to see in your police chiefs.
In its oral submission to Parliament, the organisation focuses on three key topics, namely the nature and scope of disclosures and financial reporting in respect of the Represented Political Parties Fund, foreign and private funding, and the role of oversight bodies.
Young people around the globe have the potential and power to help shape a fairer and more just world. Many young people are fighting corruption and making a big difference, but for those who are interested in tackling corruption and just don’t know where to start, here are 15 great ideas from Transparency International’s youth anti-corruption tool kit.