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FEATURE

Celebrate your birthday with CW and #gift4impact

Corruption Watch is launching a year-round peer-to-peer fundraising programme, #gifts4impact, to allow our supporters to celebrate their birthdays by donating to our cause. In this new decade, we at Corruption Watch are determined to increase our impact and shake up the society in which we live, bringing us closer to becoming a country that rejects Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Safety, corrupt tenders at health care centres under scrutiny

By Thato Mahlangu Tender irregularities and the lack of urgency in replacing a security company at a Durban hospital puts the lives of patients and staff at risk, warns a KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) based medical association. The South African Medical Association’s (Sama) KZN branch said on 14 January 2020 it was worried about the violent incidents Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Arrests made but more work needed at DHA

By Thato Mahlangu A sting operation by the police led to the arrest of a corrupt official of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on 9 January 2020. Home affairs minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said in a statement he welcomed the arrest of immigration official Sam Langa who was arrested for demanding a bribe from Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Edelman Trust Barometer shows dwindling trust in SA govt

For the last few years, the South African government has been rated on the Edelman Trust Barometer (ETB) as the one least deserving of people’s trust, out of the jurisdictions polled. This year is no different. The ETB, which measures the level of trust in governments, the media, business and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), is launched Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

SA again a lacklustre performer on 2019 CPI

The 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released today by Transparency International (TI), does not bring any good news for South Africans weary of the never-ending looting, incompetence and malfeasance that have characterised the country in recent years. The darker the colour, the more corrupt the country is perceived to be. Using a scale of zero Read more >

CAMPAIGNS

Take our police research survey and help us make a difference

In November 2018, Corruption Watch was one of four recipients of the Google Impact Challenge award – a nationwide competition aimed at improving inequality through innovation. Our innovation seeks to improve transparency and facilitate public involvement in the South African Police Service. We are now in the process of developing the product and we’re asking Read more >

OPINIONS

Cambridge Analytica and the end of elections

By Nanjala Nyabola First published on Al Jazeera The latest Cambridge Analytica leaks show just how compromised voting – one of the pillars of democracy – has become. In the early hours of 1 January 2020, a Twitter handle, @hindsightfiles, allegedly run by Brittany Kaiser, a former employee of Cambridge Analytica, shared confidential documentation regarding the involvement Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Doing business with corruption at border posts

By Sandra Sequeira First published on the International Growth Centre website When we think about the costs for the developing world to engage in international trade, what often comes to mind are the cost of tariffs, transport and non-tariff barriers, usually in the form of stringent regulatory requirements that the products they are trying to Read more >