Image: Ziphozonke Lushaba, TimesLive By Khanyisile NgcoboFirst published on TImesLive Civil society organisations say “something doesn’t add up” in the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) findings on the Phala Phala matter and it “raises more questions than answers”. The Reserve Bank on Monday released its findings from a report into the matter after allegations by Read more >
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PRESS RELEASES
We invite members of the media to join a webinar on Tuesday, 29 August 2023, launching a report highlighting corporate corruption in South Africa. Hosted in partnership by the National Business Initiative (NBI), Corruption Watch, and ODI, an independent global affairs think tank, the report documents research conducted by the three organisations that provides insight Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
The South African government’s extensive, but sometimes redundant use of management consultants to help drive its strategic goals once again came under the spotlight recently with the online launch of The Consultants, a report by civil society group Open Secrets. Authored by Zen Mathe, Luvano Ntuli, and Mamello Mosiana, the report looks into the dubious Read more >
OPINIONS
Image: ActionSA By Melusi NcalaFirst published on News24 Is President Cyril Ramaphosa gaslighting the society that he swore to serve and protect? This is one explanation for the fact that he still occupies the presidential office, cloaked in his reformist and anti-corruption cape – yet the Phala Phala scandal, broken down to its bare tenets, Read more >
CW VOICES
By Siphokuhle Mkancu – CW Voices Twitter is now X. More than it is just a name and logo change, the social networking and instant messaging site is deviating from what we’ve understood it to be for a while. The ongoing changes to the platform under the leadership of tech billionaire Elon Musk have left Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
By Belinda PhetoFirst published on News24 Corruption Watch has called for harsher sentences in cases involving whistle-blowers. The organisation was responding to the sentences handed down to the killers of Babita Deokaran, a senior health official at the Gauteng Department of Health. She was assassinated after flagging suspicious payments worth R850-million to shell companies and Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
Image: Newzroom Afrika The National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) investigative directorate (ID) is now a permanent fixture in South Africa’s law enforcement infrastructure, following Cabinet’s approval of the NPA Amendment Bill last week. It is a welcome move, provided several provisions are made to ensure its independence and protection from political interference, according to Corruption Watch’s Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
Source: Independent Electoral Commission The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) recently published a myriad of draft regulations for public comment. This is a sequel to the promulgation of the Electoral Amendment Act. The Amendment Act heralds a new framework for the participation of independent candidates in national and provincial elections. The South African public is urged Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
Independent NGO Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG) has published a follow-up to its 2022 review of Parliament’s actions in response to the multi-part final report of the Zondo commission into state capture. The first report is titled Where was Parliament? and the follow-up is A PMG Review of Parliament’s Processing of the State Capture Commission Report. Read more >