In what was arguably his most keenly anticipated Cabinet announcement, President Jacob Zuma both appeased and disappointed South Africans with the appointments and redeployments he revealed to the country on Sunday. Economic prosperity, good governance and oversight and a clear commitment to combat corruption were key areas of pubic concern ahead of the announcement of Read more >
By Lee-Ann Alfreds Schabir Shaik and Tony Yengeni are well known to South Africans. Fana Hlongwane and Johnny Kamerman are not. But now their names have entered the public domain. Hlongwane and Kamerman have been subpoenaed to answer questions about their roles in South Africa’s controversial 1999 arms deal – synonymous with bribes, dodgy and Read more >
Dear CW, You were one of two NGOs who intervened in the case around suspected corruption in the tender for administering social grants. How does an NGO go about doing this? Why did the court agree to hear you when it had two well-resourced contesting parties before it already? Wasn't it a waste of time, Read more >
By Valencia Talane A countrywide campaign focused on stopping illegal debt deductions from social grant beneficiaries’ accounts is underway. Human rights NGO Black Sash is driving the Hands off the Social Grants campaign, which was prompted by a growing number of grant recipients lodging complaints with the South African Social Services Agency (Sassa) because money Read more >
Source: SECTION27 This is a summary of the third day of the Netcare v KPMG case. Today’s proceedings, as the last day of the hearing and the only day upon which all three parties made submissions, were the most detailed. What follows is therefore a condensed, integrated summary of the submissions from all three parties, Read more >
Source: Competition Commission On 16 April the Competition Commission addressed stakeholders on the administrative guidelines, administrative timetable, and statement of issues for the health market inquiry. The Competition Act of 1998 defines a market inquiry as “a formal inquiry in respect of the general state of competition in a market for particular goods or services, Read more >
Source: SECTION27 The case between Netcare and KPMG and the Competition Commission is being held in the High Court between 20 and 22 May. Netcare has approached the High Court in order to protect its confidential information from being disclosed by KPMG to the Competition Commission. The commission has launched a market inquiry into the Read more >
SECTION27 and Corruption Watch have partnered in convening a civil society engagement during the Competition Commission’s market inquiry into the private healthcare sector. The first two engagements were held on 15 and 29 April 2014, and the first stakeholder meeting convened by the market inquiry panel was held on 16 April 2014. The next civil Read more >
Important dates to remember during the market inquiry into private healthcare: 20 May – 22 May: High Court hearing of the case between Netcare and KPMG and the Competition Commission, in the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg. 31 May: Competition Commission panel to release a draft statement of issues and administrative guidelines for comment. Read more >