CW IN THE MEDIA

Corruption Watch’s big news week

Corruption Watch received extensive media coverage in the last week, ranging from our call to release a report on corruption in the Gauteng health department, to our intervention in the Nkandla saga, to the Mvula Trust R30-million tender exposé, and then our first-year anniversary report launch and press briefing. Below follow links to how these Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Meet the man behind Bra Tjotjo

Mdu Ntuli, the sizzling talent behind the Bra Tjotjo series, chats to Corruption Watch about where he got his inspiration for the project and how his dream to become a top basketball star was crushed because of corrupt dealings by officials in the game. Click on the pic below to watch the clip! You can Read more >

HEROES & ZEROES

Cogta, your silence is not so golden

Corruption Watch (CW) this week exposed tender irregularities involving respected rural development NGO Mvula Trust, which was allegedly used as a front so that a well-connected company could get some of the spoils. The findings have been passed on to the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), which was involved in the awarding Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

Corruption Watch exposes ‘fronting’ in R30m Mvula Trust contract

Corruption Watch has uncovered fronting in a R30-million tender won by Mvula Trust to manage the distribution of hundreds of millions of rand through a communities-based job-creation project. The revelations follow a four-month investigation after CW was approached last year by a whistleblower who alleged that rural development NGO Mvula Trust had obtained a government Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Mvula Trust exposé: the latest

Rural development non-profit Mvula Trust has issued a press statement in response to Corruption Watch’s exposé of “fronting” in a R30-million tender won by the respected NGO for a job-creation project. The story was broken on 702 Eyewitness News and Daily Maverick by Alex Eliseev. Read the original article here and press statement here. Earlier Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

‘Release details of contracts awarded for Nkandla upgrade’

Corruption Watch (CW) has written a letter to Minister of Public Works Thulas Nxesi to ask for a copy of the investigation report into the upgrade of President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla residence. In particular, the civil society organisation wants the Minister to publish the names of the companies or individuals who were awarded the contracts Read more >

DEAR CORRUPTION WATCH

Corruption Watch mandate explained

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, Congratulations on your first anniversary. I reported an incident early last year. But I was told it does not Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Big spending puts Public Works back on zero list

A few months ago, Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi warned corrupt officials that they could run but they could not hide. This week, it was revealed that his department spent millions of rand on renovating ministers’ houses. While this has not yet proven to be clear-cut corruption, it smacks of extreme wasteful expenditure, which means Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Misdeeds plague health ministry

From mismanagement of funds to fraud and misconduct by hospital health care workers, the national Department of Health has had its fair share of problems over the past few years. And it does not look like its woes are over yet, either, looking at the provincial departments under its watch. In one move, Corruption Watch Read more >