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 >
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On this day a decade ago, Corruption Watch (CW) was launched. It has been a time of change in many ways, and a series of ups and downs just like any other entity existing in South Africa, but a number of original staffers are still here, and they and those who came after are as Read more >
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The Sub-Committee of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration has met to shortlist candidates for the post of Commissioner of the Public Service Commission. The portfolio committee received 146 applications in response to its advertisement for the job of Commissioner of the Public Service Commission (PSC). As the PSC is the custodian of good Read more >
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Image: Flickr/dirkb86 There’s not much to say about South Africa’s showing in this year’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released today by Transparency International (TI). We’ve said it all before in recent years, because South Africa has produced yet another mediocre score – one that has not changed by more than three points in the last Read more >
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South African Airways (SAA) did not avoid the TNA Media contracts that continue to dog the legacies of fellow state-owned entities (SOEs) Transnet and Eskom. Evidence led before the state capture commission on the airline’s dealings with the Gupta-owned media company was narrowed to two witnesses – its former board chairs Cheryl Carolus and Vuyisile Read more >
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By Cynthia StimpelFirst published in Daring to Act Whistle-blowing is a pro-social act that encourages, among other things, freedom in the sharing of information and the protection of human rights. However, whistle-blowers often experience severe victimisation and retaliation in the workplace. They are treated as the pariahs of society, and often face such reprisals as Read more >