Press Archives - Corruption Watch

Latest CW report tracks procurement risk trends

20 Sep 2023, 11:13

Corruption Watch (CW), working with procurement law expert Professor Geo Quinot of Stellenbosch University, released Procurement Risk Trends 2023, the third such report, following the first two that were published in 2021 and 2022, respectively. These reports, which cover the period between 2016 and 2023, specifically focus on trends in public procurement deviations and contract expansions. Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

Media advisory: report launch – Tracking Trends in Public Procurement

13 Sep 2023, 15:14

We hereby invite you to join Corruption Watch and procurement expert Prof Geo Quinot, in a webinar to launch the third in our series of Procurement Watch reports. Prof Quinot is the founding director of Stellenbosch University’s African Procurement Law Unit, and one of the country’s leading experts on all matters related to procurement. The Read more >

LEGISLATION AND SUBMISSIONS

PRWG issues statement on the Public Procurement Bill 2023

11 Sep 2023, 15:57

Issued by the Procurement Reform Working Group (PRWG) 11 September 2023 On 22 May 2023, the Public Procurement Bill [B 18-2023] was introduced into Parliament. The primary purpose of the Bill is to create a single piece of national legislation that regulates public procurement, including preferential procurement. This Bill stands to give effect to the Read more >

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Addressing corporate corruption in South Africa: The EOH experience

29 Aug 2023, 11:25

On Tuesday 29 August 2023, the National Business Initiative (NBI), Corruption Watch, and independent global affairs think tank ODI released a report named Addressing Corporate Corruption in South Africa: The EOH Experience. The launch of the report follows a webinar earlier today during which its findings were discussed by a panel of leading experts. In Read more >

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New report will address corporate corruption in SA, using EOH as a case study

25 Aug 2023, 12:50

We invite members of the media to join a webinar on Tuesday, 29 August 2023, launching a report highlighting corporate corruption in South Africa. Hosted in partnership by the National Business Initiative (NBI), Corruption Watch, and ODI, an independent global affairs think tank, the report documents research conducted by the three organisations that provides insight Read more >

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Correction re: Prof Boitumelo Mmusinyane – public protector app’t process

01 Aug 2023, 13:31

Corruption Watch wishes to correct a previous observation made, that Professor Boitumelo Mmusinyane may not qualify for the role of public protector due to not being admitted as an advocate. We have been corrected in this regard, and Prof Mmusinyane is, in fact, admitted as an advocate of the High Court. Corruption Watch apologises for Read more >

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President welcomes NACAC work towards building a corruption-free SA

19 May 2023, 9:06

President Cyril Ramaphosa chaired a meeting of the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council at Tuynhuys on Thursday, 18 May 2023, as part of sustaining government’s response to the recommendations of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector, Including Organs of State. President Ramaphosa appointed the council Read more >

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Health Sector Anti-Corruption Forum is cleaning up

18 Apr 2023, 11:42

Issued by the Special Investigating Unit The Health Sector Anti-Corruption Forum (HSACF) is playing a critical role in eradicating corruption in South Africa’s healthcare system. The HSACF has received a report from the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) of over R1.6-billion worth of civil action matters that have been instituted in the High Court and the Read more >

PUBLICATIONS

CW gears up to accelerate justice in 2nd decade of fighting corruption

04 Apr 2023, 9:10

Corruption Watch (CW) today released its 11th annual corruption report, Accelerating justice, at a time in the country when access to justice is looking more and more remote for millions. The report comes out at one of the lowest points in South Africa’s democratic history, where the consequences of years of graft and corruption have Read more >