The results of the final report of the Arms Procurement Commission have been revealed – there was no evidence of corruption or wrongdoing during the bidding for South Africa’s arms procurement deal. This result shows how deeply the process was compromised, said Corruption Watch.
In part three of our Bua Mzansi series, we focus on Thuli Madonsela, who, with her team, has raised the image and reputation of the institution to unprecedented heights. Parts one and two looked at Selby Baqwa and Lawrence Mushwana respectively.
The mixed legacy left by South Africa’s public protectors continues in part two of our three-part series, which deals with Lawrence Mushwana. Part three will look at Incumbent Thuli Madonsela, while part one highlighted the role played by now-Judge Selby Baqwa in establishing the institution of the Public Protector.
Our first three-part Bua Mzansi series looks at the careers of South Africa’s three public protectors to date. Part one starts with Selby Baqwa, who helped establish the institution in 1995. Parts two and three will focus on Lawrence Mushwana and Thuli Madonsela respectively.
Fed up with government’s slow response to roadside corruption targeting tourists in Mpumalanga, the Kruger Lowveld Chamber of Business and Tourism developed a simple card which warns visitors not to give in to cash demands from traffic officers, and to report such incidents – with positive results.
There is no silver bullet for fighting corruption, but anti-corruption practitioners are always on the lookout for solutions and evidence of impact. Here are five ways that citizens and governments together can make progress in the fight against corruption.
For restoring the hope of South Africans in the judiciary, we make the Constitutional Court our hero for the week – despite feeble efforts by the ANC to convince citizens that Jacob Zuma did not violate the Constitution because the ConCourt did not actually use that term in its judgment.
Corruption Watch’s executive director David Lewis spoke to financial journalist Hanna Ziady of Moneyweb on Monday, regarding the implications of the leaked Panama Papers, a story that had broken over the weekend. Read the transcript here.
To expect the Constitutional Court ruling to end the Jacob Zuma presidency is to misunderstand how constitutional democracy works in every country where it exists, says political scientist and activist Steven Friedman. The court has done its bit, now it’s up to citizens and politics to finish the task.