Corruption Watch applauded for “bold” new media campaign

Corruption Watch (CW) on Wednesday 24 June launched its latest public awareness campaign in Sandton, Johannesburg, to an audience comprising civil society and public service partners, funders, and the media, among others. The Impimpi-Impempe Campaign is the culmination of a creative collaboration between CW and Avatar Agency Group, which hosted the event at its offices. Read more >

Public service without accountability is a betrayal of democracy

Image: Vuk’uzenzele By Duduzile Zwane – CW Voices Every South African knows the situation. The clinic that never answers. The municipality that never fixes. The government office that treats citizens as interruptions rather than the very reason it exists. We complain about these experiences so often that they have become normal, and perhaps that is Read more >

IEC officially launches the 2026 Local Government Elections campaign

First published on SAnews.gov.za Image: IEC South Africa on X The Independent Electoral Commission has officially launched the 2026 local government elections (LGE), marking the commencement of the mass awareness campaign towards Election Day in November. This is after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced 4 November 2026 as the date for South Africa’s upcoming local government Read more >

Parliament is repeating its mistakes on Chapter 9 appointments

By Tawanda Kaseke On 29 May 2026 Corruption Watch sent an urgent letter to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development, in connection with applications for a vacancy at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC). We highlighted serious concerns about the process calling for public comment on an unreasonably long list of candidates. Read more >

CW asks parly committee to abide by ConCourt ruling on public participation

Corruption Watch (CW) has written to Parliament’s portfolio committee on Justice and Constitutional Development urging it to extend the window for public commentary on the currently advertised vacancy at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC). Fresh off its August 2025 victory in the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) leadership appointment matter in the Constitutional Read more >