A new year is a good time to reflect on the realities of life. When it comes to corruption, reflecting on its origins and evolution is a critical component in developing strategies to fight it, because a thing can’t be eliminated if its roots are left untouched. In this article we delve into the long-standing history of corruption in South Africa, which cannot be ignored if we want to successfully tackle the scourge.
This is the second and final part of our mini-series looking back at the year’s proceedings at the Zondo commission. For those who missed its release last year, we now publish this important summary on our main platform.
At the end of 2020 we released a two-part wrap-up of the year’s proceedings at the Zondo commission. For those who missed it, we publish this important summary on our main platform. Look out for part two!
From 2 to 4 June 2021, the first-ever UN General Assembly Special Session focused on corruption will take place in New York. Accordingly, Transparency International invites businesses, civil society organisations, academia, individuals, and other stakeholders to sign an appeal calling on session participants to commit to making publicly accessible beneficial ownership registers a global standard. The appeal closes on Friday, 8 January 2021.
This International Anti-Corruption Day, CW engaged in two diverse activities to mark the occasion. We released a report focused on the potential impact of corruption on the futures on South Africa’s youth, and we engaged a well-known graffiti artist to paint the IACD slogan on a prominent wall in a busy Johannesburg intersection.
Impunity and ongoing corruption cause citizens to lose their faith in democracy, said UN coordinator in South Africa Nardos Bekel-Thoimnas. She was speaking at an event to mark International Anti-Corruption Day, 9 December, where DPSA minister Senzo Mchunu was the keynote speaker.
During the second half of 2020 we conducted a youth perceptions survey, which shows that youth are acutely vulnerable to corruption and in particular, women and gender non-conforming people. But this very vulnerability forces them into the role of perpetrator as well as victim, when they have to pay in money or with their bodies to obtain goods and services, avoid consequences, or advance in life.
Corruption Watch’s new report, Our Future is not for Sale, released today, highlights the devastating impact of corruption on the lives of young people in South Africa, and how their prospects have been affected by the pervasiveness of corruption in the country. Abuse of power and lack of opportunities have forced many young people to become not only victims but also perpetrators of corruption.
Between 2015 and 2018 we published a series of six corruption-related stories aimed at our youth supporters. The stories were developed in collaboration with the FunDza Literacy Trust, and reflect […]
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