CORRUPTION NEWS

Bribery: it just doesn’t pay

By Zaheer Cassim For some South Africans paying a bribe is the efficient way to get things done. It’s a basic transaction whereby someone provides a service and, in return, is compensated. But this is no lawful contract and many people are learning the hard way that dealing with corrupt individuals through bribery is not Read more >

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How UK Bribery Act affects you

Are you faced with an ethical dilemma? 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, My (South African) company is considering a merger with a Mozambican Read more >

HEROES & ZEROES

Alex whistleblower gets his job back

Our new hero is Job Sithole, who risked his life and employment when he exposed crooked politicians and corruption in Alexandra township, Johannesburg. But justice prevailed this week when Sithole’s name was cleared by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) and he was reinstated as director of the Alexandra Renewal Project. The renewal Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Joburg shows us its bribery-beating plan

Corruption Watch met with senior officials from the City of Joburg recently to advocate for urgent and stronger action against corruption and bribery in the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD). The meeting was a follow up on the April launch of Corruption Watch’s ‘No more tjo-tjo campaign’ and the release of ‘The law for sale’ Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Whistleblowers: champions of our times

Silence is golden – or so goes the expression, but at what cost does it come in the face of rampant corruption? This is the question three South Africans may have asked themselves as they took the risk of deliberately exposing rot in government structures. All three must have known that their whistleblowing could have Read more >

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Taxman is given greater powers

Are you faced with an ethical dilemma? 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,    The new Tax Administration Bill, about to be promulgated, will provide SARS officials Read more >

HEROES & ZEROES

Auditor-general: SA’s moral voice

Our hero of the week has shown the importance of integrity in governance by exposing deep levels of financial mismanagement, lack of accountability and corruption in municipalities. But it’s one thing to expose, and another to analyse the problem, get to the root cause and come up with recommendations. The office of the auditor-general, led Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Gauteng ‘big spenders’ probe results out

By Chantelle Benjamin Over the months we’ve been bringing you updates on the investigations into Gauteng Local Government and Housing MEC Humphrey Mmemezi and Speaker Lindiwe Maseko, who both came under fire for alleged misuse of public funds. The latest is that the province’s integrity commissioner Ralph Mgijima and the provincial privileges and ethics committee Read more >

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Be on guard for dodgy customers

Are you faced with an ethical dilemma? 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’.   I work for a private bank and we have many high-net-worth public servants as Read more >