Entries by Corruption Watch

100 days: Public Protector to expand access to services

3rd February 2017 in , /by

Now that her first 100 days is behind her, Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s outreach programme starts in earnest later this month. Titled Broadening Access: Taking the Public Protector to the grassroots, it will take the form of a roadshow through which she will engage with public service leadership and the public, with the aim of facilitating access to the services of her office in communities across the country that would otherwise struggle to gain such access.

Kenyan schools face land corruption battle

31st January 2017 in , , , , /by

When greedy contractors set their sights on a prime piece of land, nobody is safe – not even schoolchildren. Langata Road Primary School in Nairobi recently fell victim to an unscrupulous scheme, and its plight has highlighted the urgent need for a standard process to register land so that schools may finally hold title to the ground they’ve occupied for years.

Corruption fight not lost as long as resistance continues

25th January 2017 in , , , /by

Recent fierce resistance to corruption by the public as well as bigwigs from both the private and public sector, demonstrates the power and importance of publicly expressed outrage at corruption, and it is this that halts our slide downwards in the corruption indices, writes David Lewis. It accounts for the perception that, although we may still have a serious corruption problem, the good guys are in the ascendant.

2016 CPI shows tiny gain for SA, but fight must go on

25th January 2017 in , /by

The 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index, released today by Transparency International, shows the need for urgent anti-corruption reforms that tackle the problem at a deep-rooted, systemic level. Nothing less will empower citizens to stop the widespread impunity for corruption, hold the powerful to account, and have a real say in the decisions that affect their daily lives.

2016 CPI to be released this week

23rd January 2017 in , /by

Global anti-corruption organisation Transparency International releases its 22nd annual Corruption Perceptions Index on Wednesday, 25 January 2017. This year’s index ranks 176 countries/territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption – watch this space to see how South Africa fares.