Make your own Gupta jet!

Corruption Watch’s recent series of outdoor public-awareness campaigns, which had a Guptagate theme, took our message from Zoo Lake – not far from the Gupta compound – to Soweto’s bustling Bara taxi rank, the University of Johannesburg’s vibey Bunting campus and then to Saturday crowds at Maponya Mall. We handed out paper jets at some Read more >

We expose fraud at Soweto school after tip-off

By Gcina Ntsaluba Corruption Watch has found gross fraud and financial misconduct at a Soweto public school, Thubelihle Intermediate. Read the press release here. Following a tip-off from angry and exasperated teachers, Corruption Watch began a three-month investigation into allegations of financial misconduct levelled against the school principal and the former chair of the school Read more >

More about CWP, Mvula Trust and the probe

The Community Work Programme (CWP) is a Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, or Cogta, project. In the different provinces, the department solicits the services of lead agents such as Mvula Trust, to oversee the running of the project. This is done through public tender. These agents then get provincial implementing agents, who in Read more >

Jobs drive leaving poor in the lurch

By Valencia Talane Corruption Watch recently spent time chatting with Simphiwe Hlafa, a coordinator in the Gauteng Community Work Programme (CWP) run by lead agent Mvula Trust, an NGO. He said at the time of our interview, beneficiaries had still not been paid for the previous month’s work, with many taking their anger out on Read more >

The Wedding Planners…Tjo-Tjo style

By Kavisha Pillay Government’s recently released Guptagate probe report – and the media storm that ensued – have inspired this Corruption Watch reporter to take a momentary break from her graft-fighting duties to dream up a new reality TV show called The Wedding Planners…Tjo-Tjo style starring the suspended chief of state protocol Bruce Koloane and Read more >

‘Air Gupta’ campaign a hit with UJ students

By Corruption Watch reporters Corruption Watch’s series of outdoor public-awareness campaigns last week took our message from Zoo Lake – not far from the Gupta compound – to Soweto’s bustling Bara taxi rank, the University of Johannesburg’s vibey Bunting campus and then to Saturday crowds at Maponya Mall. We caught the UJ leg on camera Read more >

Taking Corruption Watch to the people

Corruption Watch is bringing its graft-busting energy to the people of Gauteng with a series of outdoor public-awareness campaigns this week. Our giant inflatable website bearing the message “Guptas fly, government jumps” first popped up on Jan Smuts road yesterday afternoon and today, commuters and passers-by at Baragwanath Taxi Rank got to see it along Read more >

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Corruption Watch seeks to appoint a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer to implement its Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning strategy. Corruption Watch is a non-profit, civil society organisation. CW receives reports of corruption from the public. We investigate certain reports, expose corruption through our communications platforms and mobilise the public to take a stand against corruption Read more >