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CW releases two new reports on beneficial ownership transparency in SA mining

25 Nov 2022, 12:04

On Tuesday 22 November 2022 Corruption Watch (CW) launched not one, but two new reports, both relating to beneficial ownership transparency (BOT) in South Africa’s extractives sector. The organisation also hosted a webinar with guest speakers Michael Barron and Tim Law, experts in the fields of beneficial ownership and implementation of the Extractives Industries Transparency Read more >

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CSOs decry targeting of Abahlali human rights activists

16 Nov 2022, 11:38

Image: Wikimedia Commons, used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license Corruption Watch is one of more than 100 civil society organisations which have supported a letter from the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (Seri) of South Africa, to various members of the government, including National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, justice minister Ronald Lamola, police Read more >

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Risk assessment – what is it and how does it help fight corruption?

11 Nov 2022, 10:14

Illustration: Storyset It is fair to say that many – if not the majority of – public servants do their work diligently and honestly, to the best of their abilities – nevertheless, government departments and institutions remain at high risk for corruption. The same applies to the private sector, especially in its engagements with public Read more >

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Parly committee grills Saps on ‘misleading’ information, poor audit

02 Nov 2022, 12:56

The South African Police Service (Saps) presented a mixed bag or results in its 2021/2022 annual report, tabled before the parliamentary standing committee for police (Scop) in mid-October – and the committee was not impressed. At the same time Scop heard from the Auditor-General of South Africa (Agsa) on the audit outcomes for the Department Read more >

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Use of data for the public good is growing, albeit slowly

01 Nov 2022, 12:27

Public procurement is an area of governance that is particularly prone to corruption because it is the nexus of power, money, and decision-making. If any of those factors are abused, the losses for the state can be costly, and the gains for the corrupt substantial. Taxpayers have a right to know where their money goes, Read more >

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WC Police Ombud to investigate alleged link between Saps and gangs

28 Oct 2022, 13:54

Source: South African government On 27 October Western Cape premier Alan Winde requested the provincial police ombud Oswald Reddy to launch an investigation to answer one key question: Is there sufficient evidence and concern to warrant establishing a Commission of Inquiry to probe serous allegations of links between gangs and members of the South African Read more >

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SOEs, state security get overhaul, but no accountability for Kodwa, Mahlobo

28 Oct 2022, 12:19

While President Cyril Ramaphosa’s responses to the state capture commission’s recommendations on the renewal of state owned entities and the intelligence sector have positive prospects, he remains silent on the deputy ministers in his government who were fingered in wrongdoing. The biggest casualties of state capture in South Africa, SOEs that were robbed of billions Read more >

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Zondo recommendations: Public procurement is the space to watch

28 Oct 2022, 9:26

President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that lifestyle audits for members of the executive will soon be implemented by his office as per the recommendations of the state capture commission. Furthermore, they will be prohibited from partaking in procurement decisions for any government department or entity. This is contained in the response by Ramaphosa to the Read more >

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Some wins so far in the fight to undo state capture

26 Oct 2022, 12:30

A permanent Investigative Directorate (ID), some successes in asset recovery, and greater protection for whistle-blowers. These are some of the highlights of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s action plan in response to the findings and recommendations of the state capture commission, or Zondo commission. The ID, which falls under the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), is now a Read more >