Entries by Corruption Watch

June 2021

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Posts for June 2021 1 June 2021 Lucky Montana has been accused by two of his former subordinates of fabricating evidence he submitted to the state capture commission. The former […]

Financial secrecy – dangerous, destructive, and enabling corruption

21st April 2021 in , /by

Financial secrecy is a driver of steepening inequality, rampant financial crime, and impunity for elites in both rich and poor countries. The solution to this persistent problem, argues the Tax Justice Network, is to stop the world’s top secrecy jurisdictions from enabling corruption and illegal activities. This is part 1 of a three-part mini-series on financial secrecy.

October 2021

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Posts for October 2021 22 October 2021 Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has dismissed allegations by the former director-general of the State Security Agency, Arthur Fraser, against him claiming that […]

January 2022

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Posts for January 2022 6 January 2022 Former South African Airways (SAA) chairperson Dudu Myeni and her fellow board member and counterpart at the airline’s subsidiary SAA Technical, Yakhe Kwinana, […]

The perils of over-criminalising sports corruption

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In this interesting alternate take on sanctions for unilateral sports corruption, Harvard law student Ubong Udoeyo argues that such offences should not be criminalised, because the benefits are significantly outweighed by the associated costs. Unilateral corruption by athletes, coaches, or officials is unethical and distasteful, but should be addressed through means other than the criminal law, Udoeyo states.