Women’s parly committee set on process reforms following CGE ruling

Parliament’s portfolio committee on women, youth and persons with disabilities plans to start a new process of appointing commissioners to lead the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) in September. This follows a Constitutional Court ruling earlier this month that found the previous appointment process of five commissioners, undertaken in 2022, invalid as it offered inadequate Read more >

Border authority cracks down on corrupt officials

By Nandi NtiniFirst published on Sowetan Live The Border Management Authority (BMA) has intensified its fight against corruption and dismissed nine officials for misconduct in the last quarter. “Corruption has been a serious challenge in the broader border management ecosystem,” said BMA commissioner Michael Masiapato during the authority’s quarterly performance briefing on Sunday. “Since taking Read more >

Corruption Watch celebrates ConCourt victory in CGE challenge

Today Corruption Watch (CW) was in the Constitutional Court to receive the judgment in its application challenging the National Assembly (NA)’s compliance with constitutionally mandated public participation processes in the appointment of five commissioners to the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE). One of the cornerstones of South Africa’s constitutional democracy is the provision for members Read more >

ConCourt ruling vindicates CW in public participation case

In a victory for South Africa’s constitutional principle of public participation in democratic processes, the Constitutional Court on Friday handed down a unanimous judgment that found that the National Assembly failed to comply with its constitutional obligation to facilitate reasonable public involvement in recommending persons to be appointed as members of the Commission for Gender Read more >

Madlanga commission terms of reference gazetted

President Cyril Ramaphosa has gazetted the upcoming Madlanga inquiry into law enforcement corruption. The gazette also includes the terms of reference which lay out the scope of the inquiry, and other regulations which guide its work. Ramaphosa established the “Judicial Commission of Inquiry into criminality, political interference, and corruption in the Criminal Justice System arising Read more >

South Africans are sick to death of persistent corruption by politicians

By Lonwabo Patrick KulatiFirst published on Daily Maverick Greg Mills, in his book Why States Recover, illustrates that the key reason behind economic failure is politics: “Today, the bulk of the world’s poor – totalling 1.1 billion of the planet’s seven billion people – live in failed or failing states,” he states. The continued failure Read more >

Corruption Watch condemns threats and attacks on Abahlali and SERI

Corruption Watch (CW) strongly condemns the recent threats, physical violence, and verbal attacks on human rights defenders Abahlali baseMjondolo (Abahlali), the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI), and the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) by anti-immigrant organisation Operation Dudula and its allied groups. This follows Operation Dudula’s marches on 17 July to the Durban and Johannesburg Read more >