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CW gathers data on corruption threats to refugees

Reports received by Corruption Watch indicate that foreign nationals, most notably refugees, face extortion, threats and solicitation from a number of government agencies on a regular basis. To date Corruption Watch has received over 100 reports to this effect. All reports involve state officials demanding bribes, specifically from officials within the South African Police Service Read more >

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Open letter to the African Commission re: xenophobia

Open Letter to the African Commission Regarding the Xenophobic Attacks in South Africa 23 April, 2015 Dear Chair and Commissioners of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, We, the undersigned civil society organisations, write to you as concerned organisations and citizens of the African continent to raise concern about the xenophobic attacks currently Read more >

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People’s March Against Xenophobia – route

Here are more details for the People's March Against Xenophobia, which takes place tomorrow in Johannesburg. Download the essential information as a PDF. Date:  23 April 2015 Time:  13h00 Venue:  Start at Pieter Roos Park Ends at Mary Fitzgerald Square Length: 5 km walk Route map:                     Read more >

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Anti-xenophobia march – details

The People’s March against Xenophobia takes place on Thursday 23 April, beginning at 1pm at Pieter Roos Park in Hillbrow (for 2pm start), progressing all the way through Hillbrow, down through the CBD and ending in Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown.  The specific details of the march – route, park and ride facilities etc, will Read more >

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Press conference: march against xenophobia

The recent xenophobic attacks that have gripped South Africa have shamed the country, and sent shockwaves far beyond our borders. The attacks present a picture of South Africans to the world that suggests we are barbaric, violent and murderous. Representatives from social justice networks, trade unions, NGOs and the corporate sector have met to agree Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

CW urges stronger measures to enhance integrity within SAPS

Corruption Watch (CW), in its submission yesterday on the Draft White Paper on the Police to the Civilian Secretariat for the Police, has raised particular concern at the widely perceived prevalence of corruption and lack of accountability at the leadership level of the police, and a prevailing sense of inappropriate appointments to key leadership positions Read more >

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African youth shine in My Corruption-Free Africa

Personal musings, facts and figures, fictional accounts – this is the scope of the diversity of entries in our first My Corruption-Free Africa competition. We had a great response to this initiative, and entrants hail from Kenya and Cameroon to South Africa, Zimbabwe and Nigeria. My Corruption Free Africa is a blogging and photographic competition Read more >

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Net1 Responds to CW’s Notice of Motion

Last week we reported that Corruption Watch has approached the High Court for an order to set aside a R317-million payment by the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) to Cash Paymaster Services (CPS), the company administering the payment of social grants. Now Net1, CPS's parent company, has responded. Read Net1's statement below:    Net Read more >

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Corruption suspect still has access to school funds

By Kavisha Pillay First published in The Star Sluggish processes and negligence by the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) have allowed a school principal to have access to school finances even though he is under investigation for corruption at two Soweto schools. In March last year, The Star reported that Lebo Mashuga, the principal of Read more >