Residents resorted to protest action to get the Sengqu Local Municipality to pay attention to the water crisis in Walaza.
Residents resorted to protest action to get the Sengqu Local Municipality to pay attention to the water crisis in Walaza.
Water woes for neglected villagers
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Heavily patched road in South Africa
The road had been in a bad condition for a long time and, although other roads in the area have received attention from the municipality, some work had begun on this one, but it was not completed.
The road had been in a bad condition for a long time and, although other roads in the area have received attention from the municipality, some work had begun on this one, but it was not completed.
No answers over unfinished village road
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SIU probe details exploitation of immigration system

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The Special Investigating Unit recommends that all Department of Home Affairs staff be vetted to curb gross systemic corruption.
The Special Investigating Unit recommends that all Department of Home Affairs staff be vetted to curb gross systemic corruption.
Holomisa: "The corruption and maladministration have not merely touched the state. They have engulfed it, reaching even into our law enforcement agencies."
Holomisa: "The corruption and maladministration have not merely touched the state. They have engulfed it, reaching even into our law enforcement agencies."
R1.6bn recovered in defence corruption probe

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Water woes for neglected villagers

Working in the field of community development often lays bare the intersectionality of issues of human and socio-economic rights, climate governance and even corruption that manifests in the absence of accountability. The realities of all this are all too familiar for Sizeka Mavumengwana, the director of Ukhahlamba Legal Advice and Development Agency  (ULADA) based in Read more >

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No answers over unfinished village road

For many school children and working residents of ward 6 of Balasi in Flagstaff in the Eastern Cape, rainy days mean they have to struggle to get to school and work. The reason for this is that the road from their village to the nearest access road with public transport usually gets muddy and hard Read more >

Government embarks on audits into farm worker equity schemes

Corruption Watch (CW) has been exposing weaknesses and corruption in South Africa’s farm worker equity scheme system for years, through its participation in Transparency International’s Land and Corruption in Africa project which tackles land corruption risks and injustices in sub-Saharan Africa. The organisation completed phase one of the project between 2015 and 2019, and wound Read more >

CPI 2025: SA’s performance unchanged, global average declines

Anti-corruption movement Transparency International (TI) today released the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), highlighting worsening corruption and a decline in leadership globally. The picture in South Africa is equally discouraging, showing little to no progress in the last three years. South Africa’s anti-corruption efforts, as reflected in this year’s index, are still found wanting as Read more >