CORRUPTION NEWSAGSA: Gauteng achieves 100% unqualified audits, but can do better 19 Sep 2018, 10:47 By Kwazi Dlamini The Auditor-General’s office recently released its yearly audit results of local government in Gauteng. Results were presented by Dumisani Cebekhulu, the business executive responsible for Gauteng province at the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA). Cebekhulu revealed that all municipalities sustained their outcomes from the previous year which meant that Gauteng was the Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS The corporate culture continuum: from ethical to toxic 17 Sep 2018, 11:20 By Cynthia Schoeman First published on Ethics Monitor The importance of organisational culture rests on the definition of culture as “the way things are done around here” because it illustrates that culture shapes behaviour in organisations. The quest for more ethical workplace behaviour makes culture especially pertinent and the establishment of ethical conduct as the Read more >
OUTREACH AND EVENTS Media advisory: People’s Tribunal to present final report 14 Sep 2018, 14:32 The First People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime in South Africa Delivery of Tribunal Panel’s Final Report Venue: Women’s Jail, Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, South Africa Date: Thursday 20 September 2018 Time: 13:00 – 14:30 ____________________________________________________________ The People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime will deliver its final findings to the public at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg Read more >
LEGISLATION AND SUBMISSIONS Foreign bribery largely unchecked in SA, OECD obligations not fulfilled 13 Sep 2018, 12:03 Yesterday Transparency International (TI) released the 2018 edition of its Exporting Corruption report, following on the previous edition published back in 2015. For South Africa, not much has changed for the better. Exporting Corruption 2018 rates countries on their enforcement against foreign bribery under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Anti-Bribery Convention. The Read more >
RAISING AWARENESS Media advisory: CW raises awareness of corruption in Western Cape 12 Sep 2018, 15:21 Corruption Watch will be amplifying its anti-corruption message in the Western Cape and expanding its footprint in communities where its presence has previously been limited. The awareness drive will include a series of activities at various community locations including schools, clinics, University of Cape Town, traffic departments, taxi ranks and shopping centres. These will run Read more >
LEGISLATION AND SUBMISSIONS South Africa fails to punish foreign bribery, TI report reveals 12 Sep 2018, 13:26 Transparency International (TI) has today released the 2018 edition of its Exporting Corruption report, rating countries based on their enforcement against foreign bribery under the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. The OECD convention requires signatory countries to criminalise bribery of foreign public officials and introduce related measures. TI examined the enforcement of 40 signatory countries and four Read more >
PRESS RELEASES CW demands transparency in promised Bain investigation 10 Sep 2018, 16:41 Corruption Watch has expressed disgust at the corrupt conduct of yet another large multinational corporation, Bain & Company, as recently revealed at the Nugent Commission of Inquiry into SARS. The commission revealed that the global management consultancy had, in undertaking a massively costly investigation at SARS, allowed itself to be used to further the corrupt Read more >
NEWS Zondo Commission – week 3 overview 10 Sep 2018, 11:08 In the third week of the public hearings for the Zondo Commission into state capture, implicated parties grabbed the spotlight by replying publicly to testimony and applying to cross-examine witnesses. After acting DG of the Government Information and Communication System (GCIS) Phumla Williams implicated former communications minister Faith Muthambi not only of mistreatment towards her Read more >
INVESTIGATION Mnquma Local Municipality – a failure of governance 07 Sep 2018, 13:09 By Kwazi Dlamini Corruption-ridden Mnquma Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape, together with its district municipality, Amathole, seems to be in tatters. Mnquma is off the radar – it cannot be reached by the usual forms of communication, while e-mail addresses provided on the website are unresponsive. The telephone number, also provided on their website Read more >
