President Jacob Zuma’s 2013 State of the Nation Address, delivered yesterday evening, did not impress much. His message on corruption lacked a critical element of redress – accountability. Zuma did a reasonably good job of hailing the work done by those organs of state tasked with fighting the corruption that has worried many South Africans Read more >
PRESS RELEASES
In his State of the Nation Address President Jacob Zuma should demonstrate his commitment to accountability and transparency by announcing the release of the Nkandla upgrade report to the public. “If the government wants to be taken seriously in the fight against corruption, details on Nkandla upgrade should be released. Government’s commitment to fighting corruption Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
Financial woes plaguing local government create an ideal environment for fraud and corruption to fester, the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) said this week. This was in reaction to Auditor -General Terence Nombembe’s statement that financial controls in government departments are slipping, particularly in municipalities. He was talking at a public sector forum convened Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
The troubled Free State municipality of Nala has received a lot of attention since the beginning of 2013, with much of its dirty laundry – including fraud and corruption allegations and poor service delivery reports – being hung out in the last few weeks. Read our original article about this here. In between a visit Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
The board of Mvula Trust has relieved the organisation’s acting CEO of his duties before appointing a permanent replacement, Alex Eliseev reports following Corruption Watch’s exposé on the respected NGO in late January. Read the original article here. The move comes less than two weeks after an investigation which revealed allegations of fronting against the Read more >
DEAR CORRUPTION WATCH
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 media and opposition parties have alleged that the President did not tell the truth to Parliament in respect Read more >
HEROES & ZEROES
Durban’s queen of bling Shauwn Mpisane stands accused of faking documents to secure R140-million in tenders from the Department of Public Works. Yesterday the Anti-Corruption Task Team swooped on her and her husband’s plush pad in La Lucia to seize their assets, including a flashy fleet of 25 cars. Although Mpisane’s alleged corrupt ways of Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
Yesterday Public Protector Thuli Madonsela announced that Justice Department whistleblower "Mrs M" would be reinstated, following an investigation into how “Mrs M” was treated for reporting corrupt colleagues at the department where she worked. The whistleblower worked at a division of the KwaZulu-Natal High Court Master’s office that dealt with children. Madonsela’s report on the Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
With the first round of Arms Deal Commission hearings just around the corner, the release of Transparency International’s (TI) inaugural government defence-corruption index couldn’t be more topical. According to the results South Africa scores a D+ and is labelled a “high risk” nation in terms of the susceptibility of our government to corruption in the Read more >