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No more excessive public spending, says Gordhan

Public servants who have freely flashed their official credit cards in the past, have been put on a spending diet – finance minister Pravin Gordhan has announced in his 2013 medium term budget policy speech that this and other perks are to be curtailed. Speaking in Parliament yesterday, Gordhan devoted a significant portion of his Read more >

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Technology helping to drive down corruption

Learner drivers who have struggled to overcome the final hurdle – getting their driver’s licence – sometimes resort in desperation and frustration to illegal ways of getting the coveted document. This practice is not discouraged by Department of Transport officials and driving instructors – on the contrary, in recent years it seems to have become Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer 2013

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 – annual report 2012

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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Understanding tender corruption – part three

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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Understanding tender corruption – part two

By Kavisha Pillay The World Bank notes that public procurement is an area where the public and private sector co-operate financially and involves relatively few but high level transactions. Consequently, procurement officers have more to gain by sidestepping procedures and engaging in corrupt activities. In Corruption Watch’s recent submission to the Constitutional Court in the Read more >

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Understanding tender corruption – part one

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 >

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We delve into tender corruption

Public procurement is a much talked-about term, but is often mentioned in the context of corruption. What is it all about really? 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 involving a massively inflated Read more >

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Health department does the right thing

Our hero this week has set a good example of how a government department and civil society can work together to fight corruption. The Mpumalanga provincial health department reacted promptly to a Corruption Watch investigation into alleged irregularities in the awarding of a multi-million-rand tender. The contract, to provide circumcision to 260 000 men and Read more >