Slain hero walked the straight path
Did he lose his life because of the sensitive fraud investigation he was involved in? Forensic auditor Lawrence Moepi, who was gunned down in the parking lot of his Houghton […]
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No more excessive public spending, says Gordhan
Public servants who have freely flashed their official credit cards in the past, have been put on a spending diet – finance minister Pravin Gordhan has announced in his 2013 […]
Can the government use PAIA as a barrier?
I am a journalist interested in the Manase report detailing massive fraud and corruption in Durban’s eThekwini municipality. I received a press statement from KwaZulu-Natal’s cooperative governance MEC in June […]
Technology helping to drive down corruption
Learner drivers who have struggled to overcome the final hurdle – getting their driver’s licence – sometimes resort in desperation and frustration to illegal ways of getting the coveted document. […]
Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer 2013
The Global Corruption Barometer 2013 draws on a survey of more than 114 000 respondents in 107 countries. It addresses people’s direct experiences with bribery and details their views on […]
Corruption Watch – annual report 2012
Corruption Watch’s first annual report, Turn up the Volume, offers an overview of our activities including campaigns and other ways of raising awareness of corruption, talks about the reports we […]
Understanding tender corruption – part three
By Kavisha Pillay Part three of Understanding corruption in public procurement takes a quick look at what’s involved in the tender process, then considers what and who influences the opportunities […]
Understanding tender corruption – part two
By Kavisha Pillay The World Bank notes that public procurement is an area where the public and private sector co-operate financially and involves relatively few but high level transactions. Consequently, […]
Understanding tender corruption – part one
By Kavisha Pillay Public procurement processes are often complex and transparency of the process is sometimes limited, therefore manipulation of tendering procedures is hard to detect. Corruption Watch has recently […]