Corruption Watch (CW) has been involved in the fight against Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) since 2013. In September that year we first appeared in the Constitutional Court (ConCourt), as amicus curiae in the case of the social grants distribution contract awarded irregularly by the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) to CPS, and were part Read more >
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Image: Flickr/GovernmentZA Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula,Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Mr Amos Masondo,Deputy President David Mabuza,Former President Thabo Mbeki,Former Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka,Former Deputy President Baleka Mbete,Former Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr Max Sisulu,Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo,Mayor of the City of Cape Town, Mr Geordin Hill-Lewis,Dean of Read more >
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Image: Edward Middleton, used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license Source: CoGTA The Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) reiterates the call for active citizen participation in local government. To have a meaningful impact on how your municipality is run, you need to understand the processes involved. This guide explains Read more >
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Image: De Rebus “They simply add no real value on the issues that have increased here.” These were the words of Advocate Hangwi Matlhape, representing Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane as she took her fight to have Parliament’s rules for the impeachment and removal of Chapter 9 heads declared unconstitutional, to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt). And Read more >
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Parliament has announced that next week, on 8 and 9 February 2022, its joint standing committee on intelligence (JSCI) will interview the 10 shortlisted candidates vying for the position of inspector-general of intelligence (IGI). Importantly, the media may attend the interviews at Parliament, and the public may follow them virtually through streaming on Parliament’s social Read more >
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On 3 February 2022, the Constitutional Court will hear its first case of the year, Social Justice Coalition and Others v Minister of Police and Others CCT 121/21. The applicants in this matter seek direct leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court against the alleged constructive refusal by the Western Cape High Court sitting as Read more >
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Image: CoGTA By Stuart MbanyeleFirst published on Good Governance Africa Much of the coverage ahead of the November 2021 South African local government elections (LGEs) focused on the state of service delivery and administration within the country’s 257 municipalities. Besides the 205 local and 44 district municipalities, it is worth ascribing greater emphasis to the country’s eight metropolitan Read more >
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Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, who also chairs the state capture commission, wants future commissioners of the South African Revenue Service (Sars) to be appointed in an open, public process. The first of three editions of the state capture commission’s report – released to the public two weeks ago – has found that Sars was Read more >
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By Kwazi Dlamini Corruption and incompetence. These are the foremost concerns that haunt those affected by the Zimbabwe exemption permits (ZEPs) saga that became the subject of recent media reports over the scrapping of the rights associated with the document by the Department of Home Affairs last month. The specialised permits for nationals of Read more >