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We’re hiring a head of communications!

Corruption Watch is looking to recruit a head of communications, who will be based in our Braamfontein office. Key performance areas for this exciting and challenging senior position include : Development and ongoing management of the communications strategy; Management of media relations and monitoring; Management of Corruption Watch’s digital platforms; Overall responsibility for the public education Read more >

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Weapons disappearing from police custody

South Africa's police force is perceived to be the most corrupt of the country's government departments – this perception has been reinforced by various studies, including one conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council in 2012, and Transparency International's 2013 Global Corruption Barometer, Now, it has received a new blow in the form of a Read more >

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Municipalities improve corruption-reporting process

By Valencia Talane Protection for whistleblowers who report corruption within a municipality has been reinforced, thanks to new regulations that come into effect in July. The new Municipal Regulations on Financial Misconduct Procedures and Criminal Proceedings were gazetted into law on Friday 30 May. Through the Protected Disclosures Act (PDA), public officials who report acts Read more >

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LHR hits arms commission snag

Source: Lawyers for Human Rights Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) – representing Andrew Feinstein, Hennie van Vuuren and Paul Holden – was hindered last week from effectively cross-examining Rear Admiral Jonathan Kamerman on his technical knowledge of the purchase of corvettes forming part of the multibillion-rand arms deal and the allegations of corruption against him. Read more >

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Corruption fuels cyber-crime in SA

Source: ITWeb Rampant corruption in South Africa is fuelling the problem of cyber-crime – so said experienced digital forensic scientist Jason Jordaan, head of the Special Investigating Unit's forensic laboratory. He was delivering a keynote speech at the ninth ITWeb Security Summit, taking place in Johannesburg, on Wednesday. "We may have done well in building high walls Read more >

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New Cabinet appointments a mixed bag

In what was arguably his most keenly anticipated Cabinet announcement, President Jacob Zuma both appeased and disappointed South Africans with the appointments and redeployments he revealed to the country on Sunday. Economic prosperity, good governance and oversight and a clear commitment to combat  corruption were key areas of pubic concern ahead of the announcement of Read more >

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All kinds of corruption in the arms deal

By Lee-Ann Alfreds Schabir Shaik and Tony Yengeni are well known to South Africans. Fana Hlongwane and Johnny Kamerman are not. But now their names have entered the public domain. Hlongwane and Kamerman have been subpoenaed to answer questions about their roles in  South Africa’s controversial 1999 arms deal – synonymous with bribes, dodgy and Read more >

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Netcare v KPMG: summary of day three

Source: SECTION27 This is a summary of the third day of the Netcare v KPMG case. Today’s proceedings, as the last day of the hearing and the only day upon which all three parties made submissions, were the most detailed. What follows is therefore a condensed, integrated summary of the submissions from all three parties, Read more >

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Guidelines and statement of issues for the private healthcare inquiry

Source: Competition Commission On 16 April the Competition Commission addressed stakeholders on the administrative guidelines, administrative timetable, and statement of issues for the health market inquiry. The Competition Act of 1998 defines a market inquiry as “a formal inquiry in respect of the general state of competition in a market for particular goods or services, Read more >