The spy tapes saga is not yet over – President Jacob Zuma, seemingly determined to avoid facing 783 charges of corruption, has filed papers with the Supreme Court of Appeal, challenging an April 2016 high court judgment that set aside the decision in 2009 to drop the charges. Meanwhile, the NPA is approaching the Constitutional Court on the same matter.
The General Bar Council has succeeded in its application to have the National Prosecuting Authority’s Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi struck off the roll of advocates. The two brought the prosecuting authority and the legal profession into disrepute, wrote Judge Francis Legodi.
Corruption Watch made submissions yesterday in Parliament on the Protected Disclosures Act amendment bill, which was published in December last year. This act sets out the procedure to be followed when public and private sector employees disclose information about unlawful behaviour in the workplace, and how those employees must be protected
President Jacob Zuma has paid back the money, as directed by the Constitutional Court, but while the move has been welcomed, there is considerable doubt and scepticism around the transaction, based on Zuma’s history of ducking and diving responsibility.
Pikitup MD Amanda Nair has been dismissed, after years of fighting off allegations of corruption, poor management and ill treatment towards workers. The relationship of trust with her had broken down irrevocably, said the Pikitup board in a statement.
Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane is one step away from being named as South Africa’s new public protector. Last night the National Assembly gave her the 60% majority yes vote that she needed to make her appointment all but permanent. It remains only for President Jacob Zuma to sign her into office.
The time is right for the establishment of a new Chapter Nine institution, an integrity commission to effectively tackle the widespread and entrenched corruption in all sectors of our country, writes Advocate Paul Hoffman. And if the political will is lacking, there are ways in which to create it.
The latest crime statistics were presented to Parliament today, with acting national police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane and minister Nkosinathi Nhleko putting a positive spin on the information. The two officials neglected to talk about the crime of corruption, as has been the case in the years before.
Although civil society organisations such as Corruption Watch are using technology in their mobilisation strategies and transparency initiatives, writes Indra de Lanerolle, few of them choose the right technological tools to make these initiatives work.