A new research report by Dr Aninka Claassens examines several pivotal South African court judgments that guide on the use and interpretation of the major laws governing mining and tenure security in the country, and the way they could and should be read together. Claassens was the founding director of the Land and Accountability Research Read more >
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The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) hopes to recover more than R1-billion that other state institutions owe to it, through an initiative called Project Khokela. This project was started during the 2022/23 financial year, and the SIU hopes that speedy recovery of the outstanding funds will help to sustain its medium- to long-term operations and offset Read more >
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The Government of National Unity (GNU) caused both hope and scepticism when it was set up, because of the ANC, the governing party for 30 years in democratic South Africa, losing its grip on an absolute majority and having to reach out to other parties with whom to jointly run the country. This outcome was Read more >
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Image: Wikimedia Commons By Tilman HoppeFirst published on the Global Anticorruption Blog Requiring public official to disclose their assets, income, and other information about their personal finances can be an important tool for curbing corruption. The effectiveness of such a program depends crucially on the ability to verify the disclosures’ accuracy and in particular the Read more >
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Image: Flickr/Ryan Morrison Just weeks ago we reported on moves by UN member countries to begin the development of a UN tax convention under resolution 78/230. This would shift the responsibility for setting global tax rules from the OECD to the UN, a move which is expected to help to cut down on global tax Read more >
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“The judiciary is the temple of justice, and in most cases, it is the last hope of the common man.” Prof John-Mark Iyi, director of the African Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice (ACTCJ) at the University of the Western Cape, used these words to introduce a recent webinar discussing the complex task of combating corruption Read more >
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Corruption Watch (CW) today launches the Best Practice Guideline on Community Consultation in the South African Extractives Industry 2024 (BPG), as part of the EU-funded Rallying Efforts to Accelerate Progress in Africa Project. The guide was developed in partnership with Webber Wentzel. Many communities in South Africa remain disadvantaged and marginalised, a legacy of South Read more >
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The Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) investigation into Prasa is yielding results, and the organisation recently revealed that it now has information on companies and directors that benefited to the tune of R776-million in total from the controversial R3.5-billion Swifambo contract for the procurement of trains. SIU spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago told the SABC in an interview Read more >
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By Refilwe Chulu Corporations have increasingly become a threat to human rights over the years. There are several reasons for this, such as corporate goals and targets, which can mean that human rights get overridden so that targets may be reached, harmful operational activities such as excessive use of water or damage to housing, or Read more >