South Africa’s score in relation to perceptions of tackling corruption in the country over the past year will once again be in the spotlight when global anti-corruption movement Transparency International releases its renowned annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) on Tuesday, 30 January 2024. The CPI is the leading global indicator of public sector corruption, providing Read more >
Statement issued by the Procurement Reform Working Group (PRWG) – 12 December 2023 Parliament’s National Assembly has passed the Public Procurement Bill, sending it to the National Council of Provinces. This Bill is among the most consequential statutes advanced by President Ramaphosa’s administration. It will govern South Africa’s trillion rands of annual procurement expenditure, a Read more >
Corruption Watch, ahead of the gathering next week in Atlanta, US, of the 10th session of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) Conference of the States Parties (COSP), today issued an open letter urging the South African delegation to intensify its anti-corruption efforts. The letter outlines the areas that require urgent intervention and implementation. Read more >
Corruption Watch calls for ceasefire in Gaza, end to arms industry complicity in the conflict Corruption Watch joins the growing calls from around the world for an immediate ceasefire to Israel’s war on the Palestinian people in Gaza. Israel’s blanket violence against the people of Palestine, under the cloak of legitimate defence after the attack Read more >
The continued failure to address land rights in South Africa and the devastating impact of corruption came under the spotlight on 23 October 2023 at a Corruption Watch (CW) event. The organisation hosted a listening session of its new podcast series titled Land and Corruption: Story of the Marginalised, and simultaneously released a research report Read more >
Corruption Watch (CW) invites you to join moderator Sakina Kamwendo and the CW team for a listening session marking our new five-part podcast series, Land and Corruption: Story of the Marginalised, as well as the release of a research report that addresses the intersection between land, corruption, and discrimination. An episode of the podcast series Read more >
Corruption Watch (CW), working with procurement law expert Professor Geo Quinot of Stellenbosch University, released Procurement Risk Trends 2023, the third such report, following the first two that were published in 2021 and 2022, respectively. These reports, which cover the period between 2016 and 2023, specifically focus on trends in public procurement deviations and contract expansions. Read more >
We hereby invite you to join Corruption Watch and procurement expert Prof Geo Quinot, in a webinar to launch the third in our series of Procurement Watch reports. Prof Quinot is the founding director of Stellenbosch University’s African Procurement Law Unit, and one of the country’s leading experts on all matters related to procurement. The Read more >
Issued by the Procurement Reform Working Group (PRWG) 11 September 2023 On 22 May 2023, the Public Procurement Bill [B 18-2023] was introduced into Parliament. The primary purpose of the Bill is to create a single piece of national legislation that regulates public procurement, including preferential procurement. This Bill stands to give effect to the Read more >