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When Anti-corruption Begets Corruption: Lessons from the Roman Republic

13 Sep 2021, 14:16

By Zachary MeskellFirst published on the Global Anticorruption Blog Most readers of this blog are likely to support rigorous anti-corruption laws. But a modicum of caution is necessary: If poorly designed, even anti-corruption laws adopted with the best of intentions can be weaponised by bad-faith actors. This is not only a modern problem. Indeed, a Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

First party funding report devoid of disclosures from majority of parties

10 Sep 2021, 9:43

The Political Party Funding Act (PPFA), which came into force on 1 April, has yielded its first quarterly report. Out of over 500 registered parties, only three – the ANC, DA, and ActionSA – made declarations of qualifying donations received from donors. On 9 September the Independent Electoral Commission released the 2021/22 first quarter party Read more >

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Fishrot whistle-blower determined to see case through to the end

08 Sep 2021, 16:45

By Sonja SmithFirst published on The Namibian Icelandic whistle-blower Jóhannes Stefánsson says both Namibian and Icelandic Fishrot accused are trying to jeopardise and delay the fishing rights bribery scheme cases by lying to the court. Stefánsson, the former director of operations in Namibia for Icelandic fishing company Samherji, told this to The Namibian this week. This was Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Local government elections must go ahead in 2021, says ConCourt

06 Sep 2021, 9:09

On Friday 3 September the Constitutional Court dismissed the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) application to postpone this year’s local government elections, scheduled for 27 October, to February 2022. The IEC had applied for the postponement, based on the recommendation of former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke, who on 20 July released a report on the Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

NW treasury launches action plans for municipalities in financial distress

03 Sep 2021, 13:05

In a bid to improve the running of municipalities in the province, the North West provincial treasury is rolling out financial recovery plans for 14 particularly troubled entities. Finance MEC Motlalepula Rosho announced the move in June 2021, while tabling the 2021/22 provincial budget. The targeted municipalities all have serious financial management and capacity challenges. Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Policy brief: Strengthening Public Accountability to make Democracy Work

31 Aug 2021, 13:34

By William GumedeFirst published on Democracy Works Foundation The lack of accountability at all levels of legislatures, government, and oversight agencies is at the heart of persistent poor public services, financial mismanagement, and corruption in South Africa. As the Zondo Commission into state capture winds down, a trend running through almost all testimonies is the Read more >

OPINIONS

Transparency is the antidote to looting of mining communities’ benefits

30 Aug 2021, 11:03

By Mashudu MasuthaFirst published on Business Day Development in mining-affected communities is crippled by a lack of transparency in the management and administration of benefits. Communities all over Africa live on land brimming with mineral wealth but are cheated out of benefits owed to them because of opacity, exclusion and lack of accountability in the Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Moz hidden debt scandal: countries tussle over former minister Chang

26 Aug 2021, 9:04

Image of Maputo: Wikimedia Commons, under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license By Richard MessickFirst posted on the Global Anticorruption Blog The government of Mozambique took two hits on the second day of what could well be the corruption trial of the decade, which began on Monday 23 August 2021. Defendant Cipriano Mutota, a Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

How allies of Guptas gamed SA’s diamond trade

24 Aug 2021, 14:09

By Brenda Smith First published on OCCRP South Africa’s Gupta family is the subject of a sprawling commission that’s probing years of theft of state resources. An OCCRP investigation uncovers new details about how the family’s close allies systemically undervalued and sold off tens of millions of dollars’ worth of diamonds. The course of South Read more >