By Gcina Ntsaluba It’s an accepted fact that, for various reasons, the national basic education department is under-performing, and the ones who stand to lose the most are the children. The lack of furniture at Eastern Cape schools, particularly, is one of the major problems crippling learners and teachers, mostly in rural schools in the Read more >
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By Lee-Ann Collingridge So far we have examined the roles of school principals and governing bodies, and explained how no-fees schools work. In the third of our schools articles we discuss the categorisation of schools for the purpose of government funding. For the last 17 years, all public schools in South Africa have been funded Read more >
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By Lee-Ann Collingridge In our previous article we detailed the roles of principals and school governing bodies in managing a school. In this article we move on to explaining the rules pertaining to the management of funds at no-fee schools. Like Section 21 schools, no-fee schools are supposed to pay for everything i.e. textbooks, stationary, Read more >
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By Kabelo Sedupane South Africa faces critical challenges in its public service – we only have to look at recent events involving public servants of all levels, to understand this. These challenges deeply affect the lives of all the country’s citizens. Many of these recurring challenges are rooted in corruption, maladministration and inefficient governance and Read more >
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Dear CW Following the arrest of two officials in her department, Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant recently spoke out against corruption. It’s all good to be fighting corruption in departments but shouldn’t we be starting at the top? Are there any laws that govern the conduct of ministers and if so, what can be done if Read more >
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The Global Corruption Barometer 2013 draws on a survey of more than 114 000 respondents in 107 countries. It addresses people’s direct experiences with bribery and details their views on corruption in the main institutions in their countries. It also provides insights into people's willingness to stop corruption. Download the Global Corruption Barometer 2013 (4.5MB Read more >
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Corruption Watch’s first annual report, Turn up the Volume, offers an overview of our activities including campaigns and other ways of raising awareness of corruption, talks about the reports we received during the year, presents an analysis of those reports, outlines the strategy for 2013, and more. Download the annual report for 2012). Excerpt Corruption Read more >
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By Kavisha Pillay Part three of Understanding corruption in public procurement takes a quick look at what’s involved in the tender process, then considers what and who influences the opportunities of corrupt practises in public procurement, and finally outlines the impact and damages of tender corruption. Dodgy public procurement deals pop up frequently in the Read more >
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By Kavisha Pillay Public procurement processes are often complex and transparency of the process is sometimes limited, therefore manipulation of tendering procedures is hard to detect. Corruption Watch has recently been involved in a number of investigations that highlight the ease with which tender processes can be tampered – the Mpumalanga circumcision tender, a case Read more >