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African governance index shows a less secure and democratic continent

02 Feb 2023, 15:19

Released on 25 January, just days before this week’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), the Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) gives further insight into why sub-Saharan Africa is consistently the worst performing region in the CPI. Launched in 2007 by Sudanese-British businessman Mo Ibrahim, the IIAG is published every two years, and is described as Read more >

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Should SA criminalise “abuse of public power”? A brief discussion

01 Feb 2023, 12:51

By Natalie KeetsiFirst posted on the Global Anticorruption Blog South Africa has laws which criminalise various forms of corruption (bribery, embezzlement, and the like), yet officeholders have regularly exploited their positions of power for illicit gains. Part of the reason for this is that it often can be very difficult to prove the elements of Read more >

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Treasury’s 2021/22 annual report gets qualified audit opinion from AG

27 Jan 2023, 10:18

National Treasury (NT) has finally tabled its 2021/22 annual report in Parliament, after finance minister Enoch Godongwana had asked the parliamentary speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to extend the deadline of 15 January. NT’s 2021/22 annual report was delayed because of an ongoing dispute between NT and the Auditor-General of South Africa (Agsa), which gave the report Read more >

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Civil society demands justice for slain human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko

25 Jan 2023, 16:34

Released by SouthernDefenders “They have intended to hurt us, to break our spirit, our moral strength and crash our resilience so that we succumb to their evil desires.” Excerpt from an open letter from prison written by Thulani Maseko in 2015. As SouthernDefenders, we express our pain and outrage at the brazen murder of renowned Read more >

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South Africa’s history of gold mining – corruption, abuse, and secrecy

25 Jan 2023, 12:57

In part two of our new two-part mini-series on gold laundering, we look back into South Africa’s gold mining history and the role which gold laundering played in financing the apartheid government’s attempts to cling to power. Part one set the scene as it is today, and looked at possible measures to address the growing Read more >

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Delving into the shady world of gold laundering

19 Jan 2023, 14:19

Our new two-part mini-series digs into a corruption topic not discussed as often as many others, but which is becoming more and more urgent – gold laundering. Part one sets the scene and looks at possible measures to address the growing problem, and part two looks back into South Africa’s gold mining history and the Read more >

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Visualising corruption risks in the illegal rhino horn trade supply chain

18 Jan 2023, 16:46

Nicola Okes and Gabriel Sipos, TRAFFICFirst published on TNRC (Tackling Natural Resource Corruption) The rhino horn trade represents one of the four largest illegal wildlife trade flows (UNODC 2020) by value. Although the drivers and uses of rhino horn differ across user groups and market destinations (e.g., medicinal use or status-conferring prestige products), the overall Read more >

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ILA white paper on anti-corruption tackles a burning question

17 Jan 2023, 13:15

Mainstream, community, and social media bombard us every day with news about the ongoing fight against corruption, this heroic activist, and that innovative intervention which will really make a difference this time – but how far have we really come? A new white paper published this month by the French branch of the International Law Read more >

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Transparency a crucial element of anti-kleptocracy measures

13 Jan 2023, 11:37

Image: UNDP As was the case with the preceding events in the International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) series, the 2022 event, held in Washington DC in early December last year, brought together a diverse group of people from around the world, all with a common interest – to expose and stop corruption. Over 2 000 heads Read more >