By Soo Jin SoFirst posted on the Global Anticorruption Blog Artificial intelligence (AI) tools, with their capacity to efficiently process and analyse vast amounts of data, have enormous potential to enhance anti-corruption efforts. Traditional investigative methods, which often require extensive manual review of financial records, contracts, and communications, can be time-consuming and prone to human Read more >
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CORRUPTION NEWS
The Independent Directorate (ID), a unit within the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), was first established in 2019 to address complex corruption cases that arose out of the Zondo commission’s investigations. With an initial lifespan of two years, it was meant to bolster such cases to give the NPA the necessary advantage in dealing with them. Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
Image: Flickr/GovernmentZA By Jeff WicksFirst published on News24 Special Investigating Unit (SIU) head Andy Mothibi says corruption in government procurement has grown so rife that billions of rand are stolen – often at a rate faster than they can be recovered. In an exclusive interview with News24, Mothibi said crooked service providers had “perfected” their Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
Source: South African government / Image: Special Investigating Unit The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has entered into memorandums of understanding (MoU) with the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) Anti-Corruption Coalition, and the Transparency, Integrity, and Accountability Programme (TIP) of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, with the aim of preventing corruption through Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
Image: Freepik image generator Source: Transparency International As Transparency International’s official chapter in South Africa, Corruption Watch keeps a keen eye on the activities of our fellow chapters around the world. When those chapters are baselessly attacked for doing their work, it resonates with us because we, too, have experienced this unpleasantness. It’s something anti-corruption Read more >
OPINIONS
By Karam SinghFirst published on News24 One of the things I always listen for in the SONA is a strong statement up front saying that to build better lives for our people, grow the economy, make communities safer, and address load shedding – we must make significant strides in defeating corruption. But what tends to Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
By Institute for Economic Justice and 15 other organisationsFirst published on Daily Maverick Dear Mr President, 2024 is a watershed moment for South Africa. This year will mark the 30th anniversary of South Africa’s constitutional democracy and the seventh time South African citizens will exercise their democratic rights in a general election. As you finalise Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
Anti-corruption movement Transparency International (TI) today released the 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which paints a bleak picture of South Africa’s progress. Dropping below the global average, the country has lost a further two points since last year on the leading global index measuring perceptions of public sector corruption around the world. Since Corruption Watch Read more >
CW VOICES
By Moepeng Valencia Talane – CW Voices They say you ought not to praise a fish for swimming. Equally we should not pile accolades on a democratically elected government for managing public resources and interests professionally, efficiently, competently, and within the confines of the law, in line with the principles of good governance that Read more >