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Zondo to ANC: no renewal unless you put country first

20 Jul 2022, 10:34

The state capture commission has found that the ANC played a major role in state capture in the country, having not taken action when allegations of an improper relationship between its former president Jacob Zuma and the Gupta family surfaced. The final instalment of the report of the commission was handed over to President Cyril Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

ANC fails to stop the corruption train, with 4 biggies in 2021 alone

02 Nov 2021, 11:03

By Ferial Haffajee First published on Daily Maverick Those who have done wrong and those who have failed to hold them to account would prefer that we forget about their nefarious deeds and failed responsibilities, but Daily Maverick intends to remind us, lest we forget. This article is part of our new series titled Lest We Forget, in Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

First party funding report devoid of disclosures from majority of parties

10 Sep 2021, 9:43

The Political Party Funding Act (PPFA), which came into force on 1 April, has yielded its first quarterly report. Out of over 500 registered parties, only three – the ANC, DA, and ActionSA – made declarations of qualifying donations received from donors. On 9 September the Independent Electoral Commission released the 2021/22 first quarter party Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

Failure of leadership has brought SA to the brink

19 Jul 2021, 8:49

Issued on behalf of the Corruption Watch board of directors The current crisis in South Africa that has seen widespread unrest, looting, disruption of services and destruction of infrastructure can be laid squarely at the feet of a political establishment out of touch with a population that it claims to represent, according to Corruption Watch. Read more >

OPINIONS

‘Step aside’ may have saved the republic, putting a stop to corrupt deployees

14 Jun 2021, 16:13

Without a consistently well-performing government, corruption-free with strong financial controls and integrity in the civil service, writes former human settlemens spokesperson Yonela Diko, the governing party’s manifesto becomes a wish list to hoodwink people into voting for them and not a decree to live and die by.. The step aside resolution may help to remedy Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

CW calls for vigilance after Zuma resignation

15 Feb 2018, 9:37

Corruption Watch greets President Jacob Zuma’s resignation with a mixture of joy and relief, and anger and resentment. Joy and relief because a critical obstacle in the way of renewing South Africa’s democracy has been removed; anger and resentment at the public resources that have been looted and the key institutions that have been crippled Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Gordhan on BBC HARDtalk: why believe the Guptas?

29 Aug 2017, 9:26

By Gareth van Zyl First published on BizNews In an interview aired on BBC HARDtalk earlier in August, former finance minister Pravin Gordhan decried the levels of corruption in South Africa and how “disclosures” concerning one family, namely the Guptas, have revealed how the state has been hijacked. Gordhan now is just an ordinary MP Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Ahmed Kathrada: a man of principle

28 Mar 2017, 14:58

We at Corruption Watch are deeply saddened by the passing of liberation stalwart Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada, who died in the early hours of Tuesday morning after complications following surgery earlier in March to relieve blood clotting on the brain. As an author, a scholar, a Rivonia trialist and struggle veteran, Kathrada was a voice of Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

ConCourt rules for DA in Nkandla SMS saga

20 Jan 2015, 12:13

The Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of the DA in the matter of a contentious SMS – in which it said that President Jacob Zuma stole taxpayers’ money to refurbish his Nkandla home – sent to Gauteng voters just before national elections in May last year. The SMS reads: “The Nkandla report shows how Read more >

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Zondo to ANC: no renewal unless you put country first

ANC fails to stop the corruption train, with 4 biggies in 2021 alone

First party funding report devoid of disclosures from majority of parties

Failure of leadership has brought SA to the brink

‘Step aside’ may have saved the republic, putting a stop to corrupt deployees

CW calls for vigilance after Zuma resignation

Gordhan on BBC HARDtalk: why believe the Guptas?

Ahmed Kathrada: a man of principle

ConCourt rules for DA in Nkandla SMS saga