In the same week of the deadline for nominations for the replacement of former Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) chairperson Pansy Tlakula, the matter of the lease contract that got her in trouble was entering the court space once more. The IEC wants the North Gauteng high court to set aside the R320-million lease agreement that Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
By Jennifer Cohen In the small Karoo village of Prince Albert, sitting quietly at the foot of the Swartberg mountains, Every Voice Matters. Or so residents have come to believe. After a dream convinced her, Hélène Smit, director of Depth Leadership Trust, decided to engage people living there, asking them, “If your voice could Read more >
DEAR CORRUPTION WATCH
Dear Corruption Watch It was heartening to see our judicial system work when the court ordered the release of the spy tapes to the DA. But what now? What "smoking gun" would they need to find to convince a judge that the president should stand trial to answer the many counts of corruption against him? Read more >
HEROES & ZEROES
Our zeroes this week are principals who, according to a preliminary investigation conducted by the KwaZulu-Natal education department, have artificially inflated the number of pupils enrolled in their schools. As many as 200 000 ghost pupils have been found – in one district alone, and there are 11 more to be assessed. Offenders have been warned Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
Back in September 2012, when Corruption Watch had only been existence for a few months, the organisation expressed concerns over the lack of attention to fraud and corruption-related crimes in the annual crime statistics released by the ministry of police. There was simply no breakdown of information relating to these crimes, despite numerous warnings from Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
By Lee-Ann Alfreds Around 40 local and international organisations are calling for the Arms Procurement Commission to be scrapped as concerns over its credibility ratchet up. Corruption Watch, Lawyers for Human Rights, the Right2Know Campaign, Section27, Equal Education and the Treatment Action Campaign are among the organisations which have "lost faith" in the commission's ability to get to the bottom Read more >
HEROES & ZEROES
The Department of Public Works has confirmed extensive misuse of public funds within its ranks – at a media briefing last week, Minister Thulas Nxesi said that investigations had uncovered a shocking R35-billion in wasteful expenditure, some of it going back 13 years. Public Works (DPW) is responsible for managing the accommodation needs of government Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
Dear Mr President I first wrote to you in 2012 asking you to take responsibility for your allegedly corrupt actions. Since then there’s been Guptagate, Public Protector spats, employment opportunities for your family, and Nkandlagate. You have operated with impunity, shifting the blame and avoiding responsibility. I know this letter will cause many to think Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
By Sipho Masondo First published in City Press Until it becomes “embarrassing to be caught with one’s hand in the cookie jar”, South Africa is never going to beat corruption. This is according to a Durban civil servant, who’s among the 70% of South Africans who don’t believe we’ll ever stop corruption, new research by Read more >