Urgently needed: meaningful citizen involvement in fight against corruption

By Janine Erasmus – CW Voices Events highlighted in South Africa’s news cycle in the last three months or so have exposed our country’s deep-rooted challenges with corruption, organised crime, and the haunting lack of protection for whistle-blowers who expose criminal activity. From the revelations of alleged criminal syndicate infiltration into our policing system – Read more >

Ad hoc committee starts hearings into Mkhwanazi’s allegations

Image: Justice and Security Cluster on X The 11-member ad hoc committee set up to investigate allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, commenced with its hearings on 7 October 2025. As with the currently sitting Madlanga commission of inquiry into the same topic, the first witness was Mkhwanazi. The committee is chaired Read more >

A quick guide to commissions of inquiry in South Africa

By Asive Xali, Africa CheckFirst published on Africa Check The Madlanga commission of inquiry, chaired by retired deputy chief justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, began its hearings on 17 September 2025. It was established after explosive allegations by a senior police official that a powerful criminal group had compromised South Africa’s law enforcement structures. Among those implicated is national police minister Read more >

CW calls for urgent action against Tembisa Hospital corruption syndicates

Corruption Watch (CW), in response to the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) interim investigation report on Tembisa Hospital released yesterday, 29 September 2025, joins the calls for decisive action against the syndicates and officials named in the stealing of over R2-billion of the hospital’s funds. The confirmation that three syndicates are involved in these brazen acts of Read more >

Ad hoc committee on Mkhwanazi allegations calls for public input

The parliamentary ad hoc committee set up to investigate allegations of criminality and corruption in the criminal justice system, made on 6 July 2025 by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, invites individuals and interested organisations to make written submissions on matters pertinent to the scope of the enquiry, as detailed in the Terms of Read more >