We invite members of the media to join a webinar on Tuesday, 29 August 2023, launching a report highlighting corporate corruption in South Africa. Hosted in partnership by the National Business Initiative (NBI), Corruption Watch, and ODI, an independent global affairs think tank, the report documents research conducted by the three organisations that provides insight Read more >
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The South African government’s extensive, but sometimes redundant use of management consultants to help drive its strategic goals once again came under the spotlight recently with the online launch of The Consultants, a report by civil society group Open Secrets. Authored by Zen Mathe, Luvano Ntuli, and Mamello Mosiana, the report looks into the dubious Read more >
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Image: ActionSA By Melusi NcalaFirst published on News24 Is President Cyril Ramaphosa gaslighting the society that he swore to serve and protect? This is one explanation for the fact that he still occupies the presidential office, cloaked in his reformist and anti-corruption cape – yet the Phala Phala scandal, broken down to its bare tenets, Read more >
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By Belinda PhetoFirst published on News24 Corruption Watch has called for harsher sentences in cases involving whistle-blowers. The organisation was responding to the sentences handed down to the killers of Babita Deokaran, a senior health official at the Gauteng Department of Health. She was assassinated after flagging suspicious payments worth R850-million to shell companies and Read more >
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Image: Newzroom Afrika The National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) investigative directorate (ID) is now a permanent fixture in South Africa’s law enforcement infrastructure, following Cabinet’s approval of the NPA Amendment Bill last week. It is a welcome move, provided several provisions are made to ensure its independence and protection from political interference, according to Corruption Watch’s Read more >
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Source: Independent Electoral Commission The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) recently published a myriad of draft regulations for public comment. This is a sequel to the promulgation of the Electoral Amendment Act. The Amendment Act heralds a new framework for the participation of independent candidates in national and provincial elections. The South African public is urged Read more >
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Independent NGO Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG) has published a follow-up to its 2022 review of Parliament’s actions in response to the multi-part final report of the Zondo commission into state capture. The first report is titled Where was Parliament? and the follow-up is A PMG Review of Parliament’s Processing of the State Capture Commission Report. Read more >
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President Cyril Ramaphosa signed Act 6 of 2018, otherwise known as the Political Party Funding Act (PPFA), into law in January 2019. The PPFA came into force on 1 April 2021 – more than two years later. The act represents a significant step forward for democracy and accountability in the murky world of political party Read more >
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Image: Wikimedia Commons, used under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license First published on BusinessTech The Department of Trade and Industry and Competition has gazetted its intention to submit the Companies First and Second Amendment Bills to Parliament in August 2023. The two bills aim to shift the dial significantly on red tape and inequality in Read more >