CORRUPTION GLOSSARY – B
BAKSHEESH [backsheesh, bakshis] – an Arabic term for a relatively small amount of money given to a beggar or for services rendered (as to a waiter): alms, tips, gratuity, pourboire. […]
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CORRUPTION GLOSSARY – A
A LOOTA CONTINUA – variation of the phrase A luta continua – the struggle continues. The original was the rallying cry of the Frelimo movement in Mozambique’s civil war of […]
Tapping into community media is vital for both it and civil society
Community media is a vastly untapped resource, writes Corruption Watchs Phemelo Khaas. For civil society organisations especially, they are an effective and efficient way of reaching communities and spreading a desired message. However, the sector faces challenges which need urgent attention if it is to thrive.
Int’l Youth Day: SA youth faces grave challenges, but spirit of ’76 lives on
The hurdles that stand in the way of youth development could easily affect future generations, should President Cyril Ramaphosa fail to heed the call made on 16 June 2022 for immediate and decisive intervention. On that day, during the first civil society-led Youth Day Parade for Justice and Change, young people delivered a memorandum of grievances, which has neither been acknowledged nor responded to.
SIU authorised to investigate water boards for corruption, maladministration
A new proclamation authorises the Special Investigating Unit to probe the affairs of the Lepelle Northern Water Board in Limpopo and the Eastern Cape’s Amatola Water Board. Both entities are accused of fraud, mismanagement and corruption, going back a number of years.
Terence Nombembe’s mission to make Gauteng province corruption-proof
Former auditor-general Terence Nombembe, the chairperson of the Gauteng Ethics Advisory Council, is a man on a mission: he not only aims to detect corruption in the provincial government, but also to stop it from happening at all – with the help of Corruption Watch, the Ethics Institute, and other representatives from civil society, academia, and government.
We need to fix appointments to key institutions – now
There is an urgent need to change the way leaders and senior management are appointed to state departments and institutions, writes Kavisha Pillay, Corruption Watch’s head of stakeholder relations and campaigns Recommendations from the Zondo Commission provide a chance to pressure those in positions of political power to end cadre deployment.
State capture-accused Bain sanctioned in UK – now for SA?
With the news that Bain & Company has been banned from doing business with the UK government. questions must now be asked as to why South Africa has not yet debarred the company that assisted in entrenching state capture and ended up costing the country millions in taxpayers’ money.
New CW report on trends in procurement deviations, expansions, and debarment
Today Corruption Watch released a second report that analyses procurement information drawn from National Treasury data captured between 2016 and 2021. The analysis was made possible by CW’s online tool, Procurement Watch, which aggregates data from the treasury and focuses on deviations and expansions, both areas which can potentially raise red flags. as well as debarment of suppliers of contracts.