Corruption Watch (CW) will embark on a week-long series of community engagements in the Free State province from Tuesday 6 – Friday 9 September 2022, with a focus on how mining operations affect those communities. These engagements form part of the interventions that fall under the European Union Rallying Efforts to Accelerate Progress project (EU Read more >
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By Kwazi Dlamini As the world marks International Youth Day today, 12 August, it is time to acknowledge that the problems affecting the youth are problems affecting everyone. South Africans are no strangers to debating difficult issues of political substance, be it on TV and radio or social media, at the workplace or even around Read more >
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By Thabo MakwakwaFirst published on IOL Efforts to tackle corruption in the land sector received a boost as Corruption Watch intensified its work in enhancing whistle-blower tools and directly engaging communities to end land theft. Speaking to the Daily News on Tuesday, project leader and senior researcher at Corruption Watch (CW) Melusi Ncala said his Read more >
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On 9 December, International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD), Corruption Watch (CW) took to the streets again as part of its activism work on that day. Well, we took to a particular street corner – Jan Smuts Avenue and Empire Road – for a morning of colour, creativity, and paint. Johannesburg residents will be instantly aware that Read more >
FEATURE
By Melody EmmettFirst published on Safrea Chronicle Corruption Watch partnered with community radio stations in Mpumalanga, the Eastern Cape and Gauteng to investigate corruption in local communities. They unearthed ubiquitous distrust and contempt for the government and the police. “Sometimes the community does mob justice,” said Welcome Nkosi, a young producer with Voice of Hope Read more >
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By Thato Mahlangu Mining-affected communities are among the most vulnerable in our country. As part of its work in the mining sector, Corruption Watch (CW) recently visited three affected communities in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal. Our visits highlighted the particular vulnerabilities these people live with daily. The CW team, with Mining Affected Communities United in Action, held Read more >
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Corruption Watch invites members of the media to the launch of our Land Corruption in Africa (LCA) report, entitled Unearthing corruption in the land sector, to be held on 02 December in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The report reviews the historical context of South Africa’s land reform policies and looks into the legislative framework that governs the Read more >
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By Mashudu MasuthaFirst published in Business Day It is no secret that management of the broader societal issues in mining leaves much to be desired and that much of the dissatisfaction is attributed to the long history of mismanagement of community benefits and mining royalties. The 2018 Corruption Watch report on mining royalties illustrated the Read more >
FEATURE
Discovery 947 Ride Joburg cycle race Please join Corruption Watch’s cycling team, the WHEELS OF CHANGE, for the 2019 Discovery 947 Ride Joburg cycle race. This team’s determined level of commitment inspires us to keep our feet on the pedals as an organisation, and to continue to intensify our efforts in the fight against corruption Read more >