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Corruption Watch joins EFF and DA as amicus in Nkandla matter

7th February 2016 in Press releases, Litigation, Our work /by Corruption Watch

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 […]

Public trust in government dwindles

4th February 2016 in Corruption news, Feature /by Corruption Watch

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.

Launch of public protector campaign: Bua Mzansi

3rd February 2016 in Press, Feature, Our work, Campaigns /by Corruption Watch

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.

Graft should send a shiver down SA’s spine

1st February 2016 in Corruption news, Raising awareness, Feature, Our work /by Corruption Watch

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.

Pay-off – a Fundza / Corruption Watch story

29th January 2016 in Corruption news, Publications, Feature, Our work /by Corruption Watch

Read our third youth-focused story, Pay-off, produced – as were the first two – in collaboration with the FunDza Literary Trust. This story involves student registrations, NSFAS corruption, and bribery.

Govt procurement not just for purchasing?

28th January 2016 in Corruption news, Feature /by Corruption Watch

On the surface, it would seem that Beaufort West mayor Truman Prince is not above manipulating procurement procedures to help his party, the ANC, with its election campaign. This is apparently the case, if a letter he wrote in December turns out to be the real thing.

Distrust in leaders grows as corrupt eclipse graft busters

28th January 2016 in Opinions /by Corruption Watch

Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index shows that perceptions of corruption in SA are stable, and this is for the second consecutive year, says David Lewis. This is a glimmer of hope – but the only way to shift perceptions into a positive space is to tackle the rampant corruption that is robbing our country.

CPI shows that South Africa is holding steady

27th January 2016 in Press releases, Raising awareness, Our work /by Corruption Watch

Transparency International’s authoritative Corruption Perceptions index 2015, released today, shows South Africa’s score of 44 on the index remains unchanged from 2014, while the rank has shifted favourably from 67th to 61st, indicating that perceptions around the extent of corruption in South Africa are stabilising somewhat.

CPI: not all good news, but not all bad

27th January 2016 in Corruption news, Raising awareness, Feature, Our work /by Corruption Watch

South Africa’s score neither worsened nor improved in the 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index, released today by Transparency International. This is a sign that perceptions around the extent of corruption in the country are stabilising somewhat, said Corruption Watch.

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