A Corruption Watch survey conducted via Mxit and online reveals that youth identify corruption as one of the limiting factors that negatively affect their employment opportunities and access to basic services. Out of over 6 000 respondents between the ages of 14 and 34 who participated in the survey, seven in 10 admitted to having Read more >
INVESTIGATION
Corruption Watch has written to the Mpumalanga Department of Education calling for an urgent probe into the irregular tender awarded by the department to a number of private companies, for the management and supply of bulk foodstuffs to schools in the province. “Our public finance management laws require state departments to investigate any allegations of Read more >
INVESTIGATION
A senior public official at the Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development (GDID), managing the Roodeplaat Dam Nature Reserve, north of Pretoria, was suspended after a Corruption Watch investigation found she was using government land to run a private resort without authorisation. The investigation follows an anonymous tip-off sent to Corruption Watch, alerting the organisation to Read more >
PRESS RELEASES
Corruption Watch is prepared to take further action based on the Constitutional Court’s findings that declared illegal and invalid the award of a R10-billion contract by the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) to Cash Paymaster Services (CPS). Welcoming the Constitutional Court’s judgment, Corruption Watch executive director David Lewis said he was pleased that the Read more >
RAISING AWARENESS
The Corruption Watch Board calls on the President and Cabinet to assume collective responsibility for the misuse of public funds in the upgrade of President Jacob Zuma’s private home in Nkandla. The Board has welcomed the report by Public Protector, Thuli Mandonsela, which was released on 19 March 2014 with the title Secure in Comfort, Read more >
PRESS RELEASES
19 March 2014 President’s failure to protect public resources has damaged government’s credibility The Public Protector’s findings on Nkandla have severely damaged the credibility of the government and key custodians of public resources. Even though Advocate Thuli Madonsela’s report exonerates President Jacob Zuma from having deliberately misled Parliament regarding the upgrade to his private residence, Read more >
LEGISLATION AND SUBMISSIONS
On 7 March 2014 Corruption Watch (CW) made submissions to Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration regarding the new Public Administration Management Bill (PAM Bill). The organisation expressed deep concern and disappointment that two key provisions that were initially introduced in an earlier version of the PAM Bill have been excised. Firstly, CW Read more >
PRESS RELEASES
Corruption Watch is two years old. In this period, spiralling corruption has become the most intensely discussed topic on the South African public agenda. It’s widely held to be a significant contributor to poverty and unemployment and to the service delivery protests that are rocking the country. South Africans will expect corruption to feature in Read more >
OUTREACH AND EVENTS
Corruption Watch is engaging with corruption fighters in a whole new way – the organisation has launched two digital collaborative communities, and a new television advert hits local screens today. Read the press statement below: Corruption Watch launches online communities of corruption fighters Corruption Watch has partnered with Mxit, Indigo New Media and Concursive Corporation Read more >