The South African Police Service is seeking public feedback on the services it offers. Go here to take part in the survey, titled Customer Satisfaction and Public Perception of the SAPS Effectiveness Survey. Dear Participant, The Component Research was commissioned by the South African Police Service (SAPS) to conduct a follow-up study to determine the Read more >
By Matthew StephensonFirst published on the Global Anticorruption Blog Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the latest Matthew Stephenson, professor of law at Harvard Law School, tested ChatGPT’s ability to generate something readable, based on some common questions around anti-corruption practices. The results, he writes, show that the AI text generator may indeed be able to play Read more >
By Kwazi Dlamini Embattled South African Police Service (Saps) whistle-blower Patricia Mashale continues her fight against the agency and has taken the matter to Parliament, petitioning the legislature for protection. Mashale made several claims of corruption within the Saps top brass, including police minister Bheki Cele. Some of the allegations include irregular appointments of senior Read more >
By Janine Erasmus The life of an activist in South Africa is as fraught with danger as that of a whistle-blower. Both stand up to corruption and in so doing, put their safety, and even their lives, on the line. Both suffer abuse, ridicule, and harassment from the perpetrators of corruption as well as the Read more >
On 14 February the sub-committee of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration named its shortlist of candidates to fill the vacancy of a commissioner in the Public Service Commission (PSC). The committee has shortlisted seven candidates, three women and four men. The shortlisted candidates are as follows: Ms Mandisa Fatyela Ms Refilwe Read more >
By Raymond JosephFirst published on GroundUp The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) has introduced stringent new protocols for the allocation of grant funding, including the establishment of a new division to prevent the rampant corruption that has overwhelmed the organisation in recent years. The establishment of the new Inspectorate for Due Diligence and Compliance was revealed Read more >
Image: Hilmi Hacaloğlu – Wikimedia Commons By E. Oya ÖzarslanFirst published on Medium We know that corruption takes away resources, damages the environment, impoverishes the people, but it also kills! We have seen in a number of incidents how corruption can be deadly. Remember the 2013 Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh where 1 134 Read more >
Two convictions in the past week of criminals found guilty of PPE fraud will boost efforts to bring to book those involved in the large-scale thievery of the Covid-19 national state of disaster. Both are former civil servants. With the implementation in March 2020 of the state of disaster in response to the outbreak of Read more >
Submissions must be received by no later than 06 March 2023 The Independent Electoral Commission has put out a call for nominations to its ranks. The IEC, through South Africa’s chief justice, in his capacity as the chairperson of the panel comprising representatives of the South African Human Rights Commission, the Commission for Gender Equality, Read more >