It’s imperative for government and citizens to work together in tackling corruption and improving service delivery, writes David Lewis. Citizens must report corruption, and municipalities must keep people informed of how money is allocated to developmental projects.
The 2016 Global Economic Crime Survey, released on Tuesday by PricewaterhouseCoopers, shows that 69% of South African respondents experienced some form of economic crime in the last two years. This number is unchanged from the preceding survey released in 2014.
Our executive director David Lewis recently took part in a panel discussion at the Wits Business School, where the role of business in fighting corruption came under the spotlight, Other participants included Bonang Mohale, Dr Reuel Khoza, Isaac Shongwe, and Prof Adam Habib.
Our zero this week is Saru CEO Jurie Roux who, a KPMG forensic report has shown, manipulated the Stellenbosch University financial system to divert millions in unauthorised funding to the institution’s rugby club. The university has brought a civil suit against Roux for the money – he is challenging the charges.
Tighter running of SEOs, a smaller budget for provinces and municipalities to accommodate more money for emergency relief, higher education, and small business development, and some interesting tax measures – these and more were in Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s 2016 budget.
The South African Post Office must immediately attempt to recover R22m spent in irregular upfront rental payments, said public protector Thuli Madonsela on the release yesterday of her investigative report into the state-owned entity – among other recommendations.
Global sport is vulnerable to corruption, and has become tarnished by it in recent years, but a new report released today by Transparency International shows that there is still a chance to reverse the situation, and makes numerous recommendations aimed at achieving just that.
Our zero this week is DA official Paul Hattingh, who is accused of diverting lucrative contracts – to the value of R70-million – to his own company, as well as those of his wife and alleged girlfriend.
The construction collusion scandal is far from over – of the 15 firms involved in the world cup tender rigging saga, three have been implicated in another rigged project involving roadwork.