Profile of a public protector
As the public protector prepares to hand over the reins to her successor later this year, we asked her staff what qualities, values and characteristics they would like to see in their new boss.
This author has yet to write their bio.Meanwhile lets just say that we are proud Corruption Watch contributed a whooping 3119 entries.
As the public protector prepares to hand over the reins to her successor later this year, we asked her staff what qualities, values and characteristics they would like to see in their new boss.
If the Sona’s assurances are anything to go by, President Jacob Zuma’s administration will always make provision for reactionary measures in dealing with corruption, while the root cause of it and lack of leadership in its combating remain unchallenged.
A subdued President Jacob Zuma delivered his State of the Nation address last night, and while he mentioned issues of cost-cutting and wasteful expenditure, the word “corruption” was not mentioned once.
Over the next few weeks, the Unite Against Corruption coalition will be strategising about its action plans for the next period. The coalition’s main task is to help build a people’s response to corruption, without fear and favour, and work hard towards protecting our democracy when it is at its most vulnerable.
Corruption Watch’s new Bua Mzansi campaign is not looking for a public protector replacement, and will not support any particular candidate, but is rather raising awareness of the public’s right to participate in the recruitment process which is soon to get under way.
Corruption Watch has been granted leave to intervene as amicus curiae or a friend of the court in the EFF and DA’s application to enforce the public protector’s findings in […]
This year’s Edelman Trust Barometer, released in January, shows that just 16% of South Africans trust their government to do the right thing. In fact, the South African government is the least trusted of the 28 nations surveyed.
Media invitation to the launch of Corruption Watch’s new public awareness campaign – Bua Mzansi – that will highlight the role played by the public protector and engage the public to actively participate in the nomination process, as is their democratic right.
Our experience in Corruption Watch is that South Africa’s greatest asset in combating corruption resides in the refusal of ordinary South Africans to accept that corruption is an inevitable way of life, writes David Lewis – and those ordinary South Africans should take the lead in fighting it.
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