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Youth believe corruption threatens their employment prospects, survey reveals

09 Jun 2014, 7:54

A Corruption Watch survey conducted via Mxit and online reveals that youth identify corruption as one of the limiting factors that negatively affect their employment opportunities and access to basic services. Out of over 6 000 respondents between the ages of 14 and 34 who participated in the survey, seven in 10 admitted to having Read more >

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Corruption steals from youth’s future prospects

08 Jun 2014, 14:26

By Valencia Talane Employment prospects of many young people across the country are hampered by corruption and they do not access all the necessary basic services they need because of it. They would take part in a march, if given the chance, to show their unhappiness with the corruption in South Africa. This was revealed Read more >

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Bra Tjotjo gets involved in the construction industry

12 May 2014, 8:12

Bra Tjotjo makes his 2014 debut with a humorous take on the misuse of power and public money in a certain major building project – which took a back seat to the general election in recent weeks, but is still an issue that has not yet been resolved. The arch-schemer never misses an opportunity to Read more >

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CW board calls for Nkandla accountability from country’s leaders

10 Apr 2014, 11:55

The Corruption Watch Board calls on the President and Cabinet to assume collective responsibility for the misuse of public funds in the upgrade of President Jacob Zuma’s private home in Nkandla. The Board has welcomed the report by Public Protector, Thuli Mandonsela, which was released on 19 March 2014 with the title Secure in Comfort, Read more >

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Join our online budget discussion

03 Mar 2014, 11:26

Do you think finance minister Pravin Gordhan has adequately addressed the needs of the people in his 2014 budget speech? What did he do right, or wrong? Has he taken the issue of corruption seriously enough to put proper measures in place to combat it? If you think he has, if you think he hasn’t, Read more >

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Business must get actively involved in nailing corruption

20 Feb 2014, 7:56

by David Lewis Corruption is "literally killing us". This was the view of a panellist at a recent Corruption Watch colloquium on business’s role in combating corruption, held at the Gordon Institute of Business Science. "Service delivery protests are a direct consequence of the public resources squandered by corruption," said Mark Lamberti, chairman of Transaction Read more >

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Our future is not for sale

10 Feb 2014, 12:20

The new Corruption Watch television advert doesn’t just feature people doing corrupt activities – it features Corruption Watch staff making their national screen debut doing all the things they fight against every day. The organisation has never made a television ad before, but the production adds a new facet to its mission of raising awareness Read more >

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Corruption fuels poor service delivery

03 Feb 2014, 11:38

Although the basic right to sufficient water is enshrined in South Africa’s Constitution, gaining access to that clean water has been a long struggle for millions of people. The struggle is still happening, and it’s a crucial driver of uprisings in South Africa today. A 2012 study by the South African Water Research Commission confirms Read more >

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The arms deal: what you need to know

22 Jan 2014, 11:18

Browse the mini-site: What is the arms deal? What equipment was bought? When did it all go down? Who were the people involved? Allegations of corruption What is the Seriti Commission? Useful resources Updates and analysis Formally known as the Strategic Defence Package, the arms deal, to use its notorious nickname, was a multi-billion-rand military Read more >