Entries by Corruption Watch

January 2022

20th April 2021 in /by

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

12th April 2021 in , /by

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.

PFMA 2020: improvement here and there, but not sustained

6th April 2021 in , /by

The latest PFMA audit outcomes show that yet again, the auditor-general’s call for accountability and discipline in the management of the public purse have been largely ignored. Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke said she was encouraged by the attention given by government and oversight structures to the weaknesses identified by her office, but added that there is no sustained improvement.

February 2022

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Posts for February 2022 3 February 2022 Former Transnet GCEOs Brian Molefe and Siyabonga Gama, along with former GCFO Anoj Singh and one-time board chairperson Iqbal Sharma were found by […]

March 2022

3rd April 2021 in /by

Posts for March 2022 3 March 2022 Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe does not agree with the findings of the commission of inquiry into state capture that there is […]

May 2022

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Posts for May 2022 2 May 2022 The state capture commission wants those involved in the “sham” that was the Free State asbestos eradication project in 2014 to face criminal […]