Entries by Corruption Watch

R2bn Tembisa Hospital fraud: When corruption kills and leaders stay silent

6 October 2025 in , /by

It’s not just the vast amounts of money that were looted from Tembisa Hospital that is incredibly worrying, writes Nthabi Nhlapo for News24. It’s also the utter silence from President Cyril Ramaphosa – while the citizens of his country are under siege. “The real victims are … the most vulnerable, who should have been protected … Anyone who is not utterly enraged and furious at what has happened at Tembisa Hospital cannot claim to care about South Africans.”

Madlanga week 3 wrap-up: the (short, but exciting) week that was

6 October 2025 in , /by

In a short week, the Madlanga commission heard of a detrimental case of mistaken identity, texts exchanged between alleged cartel member Cat Matlala and plotter and facilitator Brown Mogotsi, and payments made in return for keeping the cops at bay. Lieutenant-General Dumisani Khumalo, who heads up the crime intelligence division of the South African Police Service, was in the witness chair.

CW calls for urgent action against Tembisa Hospital corruption syndicates

30 September 2025 in , , /by

CW, responding to the release yesterday of the Special Investigating Unit’s interim investigation report on Tembisa Hospital, joins the calls for decisive action against the syndicates and officials named in the stealing of over R2-billion of the hospital’s funds. In 2018 the organisation, with Section27 and the Treatment Action Campaign, exposed a buried SIU report that highlighted 1.2-billion rands worth of gross financial misconduct in the Gauteng Department of Health between 2006 and 2010 – but the government chose not to act. 

Ad hoc committee is briefed on progress for Mkhwanazi hearings

17 September 2025 in , /by

As the Madlanga commission of inquiry into criminality, political interference, and corruption in South Africa’s criminal justice system gets under way today, the parliamentary ad hoc committee established to to investigate the allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, is preparing to launch its own proceedings. The committee met last week to receive and discuss a report on the progress of preparations for its hearings.