CORRUPTION NEWS

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 >

HEROES & ZEROES

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 >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Jardine calls for integrity pact in tendering

Former Aveng CEO Roger Jardine has challenged the government and the corporate sector to strive for greater transparency and less secrecy – two factors which contribute significantly to corruption – in government tender processes. Jardine delivered a lecture last night at the Wits Business School, titled Rejecting Collusion and Corruption: Where to for the government Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

CW probe leads to tender suspension

A Corruption Watch probe into the awarding of a multi-million circumcision contract has yielded positive results. The R182-million contract, between the Mpumalanga Department of Health and a private service provider, Mkhago Health Care Services, has been suspended as a result of the probe. The organisation received an anonymous tip-off two months ago and acted swiftly Read more >

HEROES & ZEROES

Celebrating brave educators on World Teachers Day

By Kavisha Pillay Teachers, and especially those who blow the whistle on corruption in their schools, are our heroes for today, as we prepare to mark World Teachers Day, 5 October. Proclaimed by Unesco in 1994, it is a day to appreciate the vital contribution teachers make to the development of young minds across the Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

No way out for principal Usiba, says GED

Soweto school principal Nonzwakazi Usiba of Thubelihle Intermediary School is apparently trying to avoid responsibility for corrupt activities – by resigning. Usiba, who’s at the centre of an investigation into misuse of funds at the educational institution, will not be let off the hook that easily – the Gauteng Education Department (GED) has rejected her Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Tjo-tjo and favours evident in school grounds

By Kavisha Pillay According to a Corruption Watch survey into corruption in schools, favours in exchange for better marks was singled out as a prevalent form of misuse of power. Results of the survey, which polled 3 284 respondents between the ages of 13 and 34, were released on 30 September, and showed a general Read more >

HEROES & ZEROES

Schools corruption in the global spotlight

Transparency International’s (TI) latest report reveals that schools corruption is not just a South African problem, but a global one. The Global Corruption Report: Education shows that corruption is rampant in the education sector around the world, in both basic and higher education. Corruption Watch has made schools corruption its focus for 2013, for good Read more >