On this World Press Freedom Day, and the 30th anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration for a free press, we at Corruption Watch salute all the individuals and organisations around the world who work tirelessly, often in the most hostile of environments, to expose crime and corruption and to ensure that nefarious deeds bring consequences for those who commit them.
Global financial secrecy has waned over the last couple of years, according to the latest edition of the Financial Secrecy Index, released by the Tax Justice Network. Despite this encouraging sign, however, many countries still play far too great a role in driving the secrecy trade and its elements of tax evasion, money laundering, embezzlement, capital flight, and more. This is part 2 of our mini-series on financial secrecy.
Between the provisions of section 32 of the Constitution and the Promotion of Access to Information Act, writes CW’s Matshidiso Dibakwane, people should have unhindered access to information that affects them. However, this is no guarantee and in many cases government officials deliberately withhold information, preferring secrecy and opacity to transparency. The final report of the North West provincial government’s Mafereka commission of inquiry is one such example.
South Africa’s land reform and restoration system has proven, nearly three decades after apartheid ended, to be spectacularly ineffective and untrustworthy, write CW’a Melusi Ncala and Mashudu Masutha. The reasons are corruption, incompetence, and failure to adhere to the Constitutional requirements — and we must demand an end to this unacceptable situation.
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