South Africa may have the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council (NACAC) to help steer the process of engineering a clear and impactful national anti-corruption agenda and advising President Cyril Ramaphosa along the way, but the work that must be done belongs to everyone, and it will take the efforts of all of us to achieve the Read more >
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Issued by: Department of Home Affairs The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) will open its offices on Saturday, 11 November 2023, for five hours, for citizens to collect their IDs and passports ahead of the upcoming voter registration weekend on 18 and 19 November. Operating hours are from 08h00 to 13h00, for Saturday, 11 November 2023 Read more >
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Image: Corruption Watch The fifth and final episode of our new podcast series series on land corruption, titled Land and Corruption: Story of the Marginalised, is now available. The series marks our work in the second phase of Transparency International’s (TI) Land and Corruption in Africa project, where our focus area was land in the Read more >
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Image: PixHere Corruption Watch (CW) is the South Africa lead for the Land and Corruption in Africa phase 2 (LCA2) project, driven by Transparency International (TI), and is part of an eight-chapter team – with Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe – that successfully completed the first phase from 2014 to 2019. Overall, Read more >
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Submissions must be received by no later than 30 November 2023 The Civilian Secretariat for Police Service has published the Draft National Policing Policy (NPP), which is now open for comment from the public. Citizens have until 30 November to submit their comments. “This policy envisions that by 2030 South Africa enjoys a police service Read more >
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Image: Wikimedia Commons The National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s (NSFAS) woes continue. A recently concluded investigation into corruption and irregular procurement at the organisation has revealed major concerns with the issuing of a tender to four service providers, for direct payment to students. The official implicated is CEO Andile Nongogo. The NSFAS board received the Read more >
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Image: Corruption Watch Episodes 1 and 2 of our new five-part podcast series on land corruption, respectively, laid down the background to the Land and Corruption in Africa phase 2 (LCA2) project, driven by Transparency International (TI), and moved towards discussion of land in the agricultural sector. Now episode 3 has been released. Corruption Watch Read more >
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Corruption Watch is releasing three new episodes of its podcast series titled Zondo Commission Unpacked, to mark a year since President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his government’s response to the commission’s recommendations. On 23 October 2022 Ramaphosa released the 77-page plan of implementations which would be put into action – but has this happened?Listen to episode Read more >
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By Mandisa NyathiFirst published on Mail&Guardian The Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) says the Political Party Funding Act needs more power to enable the commission to follow up on parties that do not disclose donations. IEC party funding chief executive George Mahlangu said the Act in its current form does not enable the Read more >