The SABC’s Hlaudi Motsoeneng has lost his bid to appeal against a 2015 Western Cape high court ruling that found his permanent appointment as chief operating officer by the public broadcaster was irrational and should be set aside.
The NPA has decided to take the spy tapes case – based on the decision to drop corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma in 2009 – to the Supreme Court of Appeal. National director of public prosecutions Shaun Abrahams announced this on Monday.
Corruption Watch invites media to the upcoming launch of its latest report, titled Transparency in Corporate Reporting: South Africa. The report was conducted in collaboration with Transparency International, and assesses 50 of South Africa’s largest listed and unlisted companies in terms of their anti-corruption reporting efforts.
On 19 May 2016 a group of social justice organisations wrote to the minister of police and the national police commissioner requesting a public progress report by the SAPS regarding the investigation into the assassination of Amadiba Crisis Committee chairperson Sikhosiphi “Bazooka” Rhadebe.
The moment that South Africans have been anticipating is almost here – next week the selection and appointment of a new public protector will officially begin with the establishment of an ad hoc committee to oversee the process.
Money laundering, illicit financial flows and opacity of beneficial ownership are hot topics these days. We’ve put together this handy page for information and guidance on addressing these specific forms of corruption, which will expand in future as new additions are made.
Corruption has always existed, but concerted international focus really only began in the early 1990s.
Addressing last week’s World Economic Forum Africa meeting, ISS executive director Anton du Plessis said the biggest threat to peace and development in Africa was corruption and not terrorism, drought, HIV/Aids or malaria. “Corruption is … arguably one of Africa’s biggest killers.”
Our heroes for the week are the team from Kriterion, four university students who are using technology to tackle corruption in government procurement by making the process more transparent and less prone to human manipulation.