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CORRUPTION NEWS

African governance index shows a less secure and democratic continent

Released on 25 January, just days before this week’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), the Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) gives further insight into why sub-Saharan Africa is consistently the worst performing region in the CPI. Launched in 2007 by Sudanese-British businessman Mo Ibrahim, the IIAG is published every two years, and is described as Read more >

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SA slides further down 2022 CPI as global anti-corruption flounders

The release today of global anti-corruption movement Transparency International’s (TI) 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is a discouraging story, as South Africa slips one point in the rankings of the leading global index measuring perceptions of public sector corruption around the world. South Africa has barely shifted position on the CPI over the 11 years Read more >

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Treasury’s 2021/22 annual report gets qualified audit opinion from AG

National Treasury (NT) has finally tabled its 2021/22 annual report in Parliament, after finance minister Enoch Godongwana had asked the parliamentary speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to extend the deadline of 15 January. NT’s 2021/22 annual report was delayed because of an ongoing dispute between NT and the Auditor-General of South Africa (Agsa), which gave the report Read more >

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2022 Corruption Perceptions Index to be launched on 31 January 2023

South Africa’s ranking in relation to global perceptions of corruption will be among the headlines when global anti-corruption movement Transparency International releases its annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) on Tuesday, 31 January 2023. This year’s theme is Conflict, peace and security. Each year, the CPI scores 180 countries and territories around the world based on Read more >

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Delving into the shady world of gold laundering

Our new two-part mini-series digs into a corruption topic not discussed as often as many others, but which is becoming more and more urgent – gold laundering. Part one sets the scene and looks at possible measures to address the growing problem, and part two looks back into South Africa’s gold mining history and the Read more >