The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is in the news, and not for a good reason. On 10 February 2025, US president Donald Trump signed an executive order directing attorney-general Pam Bondi to pause enforcement of the FCPA until she reviews current policies and guidelines and issues new ones. It is not known how long Read more >
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The 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released today by anti-corruption movement Transparency International (TI) reflects the apparent stagnation of South Africa’s anti-corruption efforts. With a score of 41, the same as last year, the country remains stubbornly below the global average of 43, having dropped by three points since 2019. According to Corruption Watch (CW), Read more >
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Global anti-corruption watchdog Transparency has warned against the use of its annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released on 11 February, as a cover-up for declines in democracy. The organisation was referring to countries who, it says, “leveraged their CPI rankings – or even stagnant scores – to present a misleading image of their governance.” The CPI serves as Read more >
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We, South African civil society organisations, looking to protect and promote human rights and democracy in our country, are appalled not only at the threats issued by US President Trump against South Africa but by his dangerous lies. South Africa’s government and executive are frequently deserving of fierce criticism. And we are proud of our Read more >
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Next Tuesday, 11 February 2025, global anti-corruption movement Transparency International releases its annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). Once again the attention will be on South Africa’s score in relation to perceptions of tackling corruption in the country during 2024. The CPI is one of the leading global indicators of public sector corruption, providing an annual Read more >
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“Nobody lives in a national address; everybody lives in a local address and it’s very important that we make sure that our local government works as it should, so that people can get the services that they deserve and secondly, so that the equitable share that is transferred to local government is used in the Read more >
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Image: Raymond Joseph/GroundUp By Raymond JosephFirst published on GroundUp Former National Lotteries Commission (NLC) board chairperson Alfred Nevhutanda asked the State Security Agency (SSA) in December 2018 to investigate the leaking of documents that exposed lottery corruption. In an affidavit for the SSA, the NLC’s company secretary at the time, Nompumelelo Nene, listed media reports she Read more >
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Corruption Watch (CW) will appear in the Constitutional Court on 6 March to challenge the National Assembly’s (NA) recent process to appoint persons to the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE). The organisation has cited the NA speaker, the president of the country, the Information Regulator, and the CGE as respondents. This matter is of tremendous Read more >
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At the end of November we encouraged our readers to vote for their most corrupt person of the year on the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project’s (OCCRP) Person of the Year poll for 2024. Every year since 2012, the OCCRP has singled out “those who do the most to wreak havoc around the world Read more >