Following Corruption Watch’s successful overturning of the March 2023 appointment of five commissioners to the Commission of Gender Equality, Parliament’s portfolio committee for Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities has selected a second group of shortlisted candidates and has called for comments from the public. The deadline is 26 May 2026.
Corruption Watch has released the first in a new series of five podcasts, titled In the Still of Night, on its work in Transparency International’s Climate Governance Integrity project. The episode starts with a harrowing first-hand account of the 2024 floods from several burst dams that ravaged the small community of Riverlands in the Western Cape and goes on to establish the concept and context of climate governance, followed by a gripping discussion with climate experts.
Corruption Watch has released the first in a new series of five podcasts focusing on its work in Transparency International’s Climate Governance Integrity project. Find links to the podcasts here, as well as a compilation of our other work relating to the topic.
Corruption Watch has released the first in a new five-part podcast series, titled In the Still of Night, on its work in Transparency International’s Climate Governance Integrity programme. The series is based on the organisation’s work with climate-affected communities in the Western Cape, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal, where the team imparted knowledge on issues of climate change and the just transition, and gathered first-hand accounts of the effects of climate changes.
Corruption Watch welcomes the release of the Protected Disclosures Bill by Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi, and the opportunity for the public to submit comments and suggestions, which it may do until 14 May 2026. The organisation expressed concern about some points which, it said, need clarity – such as how the independence and integrity of both the central database and complaints mechanism will be tested.
Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi this morning briefed media on the release of the Protected Disclosure Bill. The long-anticipated bill seeks to address the existing shortcomings in the Protected Disclosures Act by introducing a strengthened, comprehensive framework for the protection of whistle-blowers. It draws from the recommendations of the Zondo commission and National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council, key international instruments, and international best practice.
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development invites interested parties to submit written comments on the long-awaited Protected Disclosures Bill, 2026, which was introduced to the public this morning in a media briefing. The deadline is 14 May 2026.
South Africa is facing a crisis of organised crime and corruption that threatens the rule of law itself. At a high-level seminar jointly convened on 27 March 2026 by the Institute for Security Studies and the Special Investigating Unit on preventing and disrupting the nexus between organised crime and corruption through upstream interventions, improved coordination, and system-level reform, the message was stark: unless the country shifts decisively toward upstream disruption, the window for reform may close.
Ten years after the release of the Panama Papers, enablers and tax cheats are still being brought to justice, writes the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. The organisation was one of dozens around the world involved in the massive exposé, which featured more than 11.5-million confidential documents from Panamanian law firm and corporate services provider Mossack Fonseca.