South Africa’s transition to greater use of renewable energies, such as solar, is being hampered by a number of factors, says economics professor Roula Inglesi-Lotz in a recent research paper titled Exploring the impact of institutional quality to South Africa’s transition to renewables. “Chief among them is corruption, which is affecting the quality of institutions.”
The SIU, GIZ, and GIBS have entered into a ground-breaking collaboration in the field of of digital and AI-based anti-corruption interventions in South Africa. A memorandum of understanding signed recently between the three partners aims to prevent and combat corruption through data analytics.
During a recent webinar titled Structuring, Negotiating and Managing Mining Concessions, experts from Botswana, the DRC, Zambia, and South Africa, among others, tackled the question of whether Africa’s mining sector has all the requisite best standards in place to ensure both adequate investment and sustainable impact on the environment and the livelihood of communities affected by mining.
The role of political parties in South Africa’s newly established government of national unity should not be politically driven, but rather people-driven, encapsulating the national development agenda. This is one of the sentiments that came out of a recent National School of Government webinar titled Making Coalitions and Governments of National Unity Work: The Role of Professional Bureaucracies.
This year’s African Anti-Corruption Day, held annually on 11 July, is commemorated under the theme Effective Whistleblowers Protection Mechanism: A Critical Tool in the Fight Against Corruption. The African Union, under whose auspices the occasion falls, urges its members to highlight the significance of whistle-blowing in combating corruption and provide a space for stakeholders to reflect on the challenges, good practices, and recommendations to enhance whistle-blowing.
Corruption Watch has learned of the tragic death of the 13-year-old son of our colleague in Palestine. We, and the Transparency International community, extend our deepest condolences to the family in this time of indescribable grief. The global organisation calls for an immediate ceasefire and urgent, meaningful steps toward durable peace.
South Africa has a new addition to its Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act – one which criminalises the failure of companies and SOEs to prevent corruption. This could make prosecutions and convictions easier – provided the implementation is sound and a clear political will to enforce the provision is demonstrated.
Whistle-blowers in the business sector around the world are stepping up their game, according to a new report by risk and compliance firm Navex. The document, titled 2024 Whistleblowing and Incident Management Benchmark Report, shows that the use of internal reporting channels is increasing, a sign that reporters are more confident of using such channels without fear of retaliation.
Following the swearing-in of Parliament’s 400 members, the nation now waits for the final two portfolio committees to be constituted, that of judicial services and public accounts. Meanwhile, a group of civil society organisations have warned Parliament that it would be most unwise to appoint nominee and recently impeached former judge John Hlope to the judicial services committee, as only members of the highest ethical standing would be suitable.