CORRUPTION NEWS

Youngsters urged to speak out for a cleaner SA!

Young South Africans are among the hardest hit by corruption in the country – whether it’s corrupt driving instructors demanding bribes to pass their students, having to pay grease money to get a document from home affairs, cops soliciting “cool drink” money, or textbooks not arriving at school on time. While this can make being Read more >

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Disclosure not enough

Are you witnessing corruption but don’t know what to do about it? Ask the team of Corruption Watch experts what to do by writing to: letters@businesstimes.co.za and mark your letter 'Dear Corruption Watch'. Dear CW, I see that the Public Service Commission (PSC) has reported recently that corruption in the public service costs us almost Read more >

HEROES & ZEROES

High-flying Joemat-Pettersson gets a big 0

We were spoiled for choice with zeroes this week, which is never a good sign. That the National Council of Provinces passed the Secrecy Bill was not too much of a shock, but it still raises major concerns about the intentions of government in this regard. The Bill stands to limit public access to classified Read more >

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Devise a tough plan against corruption

Consider the following example: A convoy of five trucks of Company A leaves South Africa with heavy construction machinery, to be delivered in northern Mozambique. The truck drivers are provided by Company B. At a remote border post between Zimbabwe and Mozambique, a Mozambican customs official demands $1,000 from the leader of the convoy because Read more >

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National Council of Provinces passes Secrecy Bill

The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Thursday passed the Protection of State Information Bill – or Secrecy Bill – in parliament. The results were 34 votes in favour of the bill, 16 against. No one abstained. The debate preceding the vote was opened by State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele, who said that South Africans Read more >

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‘Government under attack from its own people’

The government sector across the continent got the heaviest beating in KPMG’s recently released Africa Fraud Barometer, developed to provide a bigger picture of fraud prevalence on the continent. According to the tool, reported cases of fraud decreased from 520 in the second half of 2011 to 503 cases in the first half of 2012, Read more >

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New guide to boost whistleblowing at work

The fight against corruption relies heavily on employees being vigilant and standing up for their rights, but these employees need support – especially when their disclosure could make them vulnerable to discrimination or victimisation. A solution comes in the form of a recently produced manual by the Open Democracy Advice Centre (Odac), which advises shop Read more >

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These are your stories

Corruption Watch receives, on average, 100 reports of corruption a month and more than three reports per day. These are logged through our incident reporter form on our website, or by SMS, email, post, fax, social media or landline calls. From now on we’ll be bringing you a snapshot of some of the corruption reports Read more >

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What constitutes public interest?

  Are you witnessing corruption but don’t know what to do about it? Ask the team of Corruption Watch experts what to do by writing to: letters@businesstimes.co.za and mark your letter 'Dear Corruption Watch'.   Dear Corruption Watch,   I am trying to understand how the law defines 'public interest'. It seems to vary according Read more >