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.
The Unite Against Corruption coalition invites media to a briefing this afternoon where civil society organisations will announce steps in a campaign for the South Africa we demand. It starts with the removal of a corrupt president, says UAC.
The final voters registration weekend takes place on 9 and 10 April – this doesn’t mean that you can’t register from the 11th, but it will be most convenient to do it over the weekend. Read our guide to municipal elections to learn the answers to frequently asked questions.
Transparency International has called on the international community to act immediately to adopt transparency laws to outlaw secret companies, in light of the revelations of the Panama Papers which have uncovered a vast network of illegal money movement and concealment.