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RESOURCES AND INFORMATION ON THE SAAC Project
On this page you’ll find research, reports and other documentation, photo galleries, and much more. To see other pages in this mini-site, use the navigation aid just below the main image on this page.
SAAC corruption risk assessment reports – August 2026
Download our corruption risk assessment reports for five Eastern Cape municipalities: Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Umzimvubu Municipality, Senqu Municipality, Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, and Makana Municipality.
Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality
SAAC case studies and policy brief – August 2026
Download our new publication, titled SAAC PROJECT: PROVINCIAL CASE STUDIES AND POLICY BRIEF, EASTERN CAPE.
This policy brief documents field evidence gathered by community-based organisations and civil society partners participating in the SAAC Project across the Eastern Cape. Through systematic community monitoring, stakeholder engagements, and grassroots advocacy, participating organisations have recorded widespread and recurring failures in water provision, housing delivery, and road infrastructure maintenance.
New educational brochures – August 2026
Download our educational brochures that shed some light on essential municipal functions such as budgeting and procurement, and give advice on problems such as being denied information that should be public.
Procurement processes in local government
How municipal budgets are made and spent
Key service delivery responsibilities of municipalities
Code of conduct for municipal staff and procurement oversight
Strengthening Accountability in Local Government – August 2026
Download our new report, titled Strengthening Accountability in Local Government: A Corruption Risk Assessment of Eastern Cape Municipalities, South Africa.
The SAAC team presents findings from a corruption risk assessment of nine municipalities in the Eastern Cape province. Key findings show that corruption risks are concentrated within financial management, procurement, and recruitment systems. Despite these challenges, the assessment also identified pockets of resilience, which are also discussed.
Toolkit for assessing corruption risks in local municipalities of South Africa – December 2025
Download our new Toolkit for assessing corruption risks in local municipalities of South Africa.
The SAAC team has developed a bespoke corruption risk assessment toolkit to generate evidence on corruption risks within local municipalities in South Africa and use the evidence to advocate for reforms. This will strengthen the capacity of community-based organisations (CBOs) and community advice offices (CAOs) in the Eastern Cape to develop and advocate for context-specific responses to corruption. Their proximity to local communities enables these organisations to uncover corruption and its risks that may otherwise go unnoticed, and advocate for targeted interventions that resonate with local realities.
Anti-corruption Guide on Understanding Corruption and Public Accountability – July 2025
Download our Anti-corruption Guide on Understanding Corruption and Public Accountability.
The document explains corruption in understandable terms, and offers advice on topics such as how to hold municipalities accountable, identifying what is corruption and what is not corruption, how to recognise various forms of corruption, how to be an active citizen, and more. It also provides a useful infographic of the structure of government.
Report-back from the second Corruption Busting Bootcamp – May 2025
We present the report from our second Corruption Busting Bootcamp (CBB2), which took place from 19 to 23 May 2025. For more information about the happenings and discussions that took place at May’s bootcamp, please download the CBB2 report, or read it online below.
Youth Ambassador for Accountability workshop
At the beginning of April 2025 we hosted a week-long training workshop for a cohort of young people, nominated through their community work across different parts of the Eastern Cape. They received training in advocacy work, communications, and media, and how to hold each other accountable as part of the SAAC’s Youth Ambassador for Accountability (YAfA) programme. The workshop was successful in bringing to the fore the key issues that young people affected by corruption and poor governance see in their communities every day, and encouraging them to be able to confidently answer the question: ‘what can I do about it?’ Read more in this short opinion piece.
Photo gallery from the first YAfA training workshop, held in April 2025
First Corruption Busting Bootcamp 15 to 19 May 2024
Our first Corruption Busting Bootcamp (CBB1) took place from 15 to 19 May 2024. It brought together participants from around 30 community-focused organisations that span the length and breadth of the Eastern Cape. These include community advice centres, community development organisations, and advocacy groups, among others. The structure and focus of the CBB was informed by a baseline survey conducted in April 2024 that sought to assess the level of awareness among the envisaged bootcamp participants regarding the topic of corruption.
Photos from the first Corruption Busting Bootcamp, held from 15 to 19 May 2024
SAAC baseline survey
Download, or read below, the baseline survey conducted in April 2024 that sought to assess the level of awareness among the envisaged bootcamp participants regarding the topic of corruption. The information gathered in this survey informed the structure and focus of our first Corruption Busting Bootcamp. The photo gallery is just below the baseline survey.
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