Corruption Watch has made a written submission on the Land Court bill of 2021, The organisation has focused on several vulnerabilities in the bill’s provisions, including no effective mechanisms that reduce the scope for corruption, and unclear indications as to how it will address existing systemic hurdles that make it difficult for land claimants to obtain land restitution. Download our submission for the full details.
Following up on its statement released in October 2020, the Civil Society Working Group on State Capture again calls for law enforcement agencies to focus their attention on individuals and corporations who have either allegedly been complicit in state capture or might have information that can assist the state in challenging the state capture networks. The group has supplied a comprehensive list of such entities.
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Former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke has advisd the Independent Electoral Commission to postpone the upcoming local government elections, scheduled for 27 October this year. In a report released today, Moseneke has recommended that February 2022 be the new target, as only by then would 40% of the population be vaccinated and a herd immunity state be reached. The IEC, meanwhile, unveiled its online voter registration facility just days ago.
Stopping graft in one country often depends on other nations lending a hand.,and the Emirati government should extradite the Gupta brothers, write David Lewis and Michael Breen. Because the Guptas must still answer in South Africa to extensive corruption allegations against them, sheltering them risks damaging the UAE’s diplomatic and financial reputation.
Corruption Watch demands swift consequences for those complicit in the rampant violence and looting of the past days, but also insists that the ANC immediately purge its ranks of those equally guilty of looting state resources. The organisation advocates for much more progressive and inclusive policies that take account of the dire circumstances under which people have been forced to live during recent times.
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Corruption in the wildlife crime chain is embedded at all levels, and both the public and private sector are complicit. To successfully tackle the scourge will take more than reliance on legal instruments.
Mining has shaped South Africa’s economy, write Erica Emdon and Jacob van Garderen on behalf of Corruption Watch, but it has also left the communities most affected by its operations with environmental degradation and inadequate compensation for the loss of their land.
Just over a quarter of municipalities are at a stage where they will not be able to meet their obligations – this is just one of the alarming situations described in the 2019/2020 local government audit report, released on 30 June by Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke. Moreover, half of the municipalities audited show indications of extreme financial strain. The only way to turn this around, said Maluleke, is for leaders to commit to implementing the solutions proposed by her office, tackle corruption, and enforce the relevant consequences for those responsible for wrongdoing.