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Treasury opens up on Covid vaccine procurement oversight

25 Jan 2021, 11:04

By Janine ErasmusFirst published on Maverick Citizen With the upcoming deployment of South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccine programme, Corruption Watch felt strongly enough about the possibility of corruption marring the process to write to National Treasury asking for clarification on aspects of the procurement process, given that emergency procurement thus far has been riddled with corruption. Read more >

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CW seeks clarity on anti-corruption vaccine procurement measures

21 Jan 2021, 8:56

In an exchange of letters with National Treasury (NT), Corruption Watch (CW) has raised its concerns about the threat of corruption risks in the procurement and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa. In a bid to avoid the levels of corruption that erupted in the procurement of PPEs, the organisation laid out a number Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Deputy AG Tsakani Maluleke gets parly nomination for top position

21 Oct 2020, 11:48

Deputy auditor-general (AG) Tsakani Maluleke is set to take over from her boss Kimi Makwetu, becoming the first woman to hold this vital office. Makwetu was appointed om 1 December 2013, and steps down at the end of November after a distinguished 7-year term. Also the chairperson of the Auditor-General of South Africa’s (AGSA) executive Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Covid millions lost to greed, carelessness, and mismanagement

28 Sep 2020, 10:27

At the beginning of September the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) released its first special report on the management of funds set aside for government’s Covid-19 response. The fiscal relief package was funded reprioritising the 2020-21 budgets and by securing loans. Although, regrettably, the nation fully expected gross misuse and irregularities, the sheer scale of Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Covid-19 corruption pushes govt out of lethargy

08 Sep 2020, 14:40

By Janine ErasmusFirst published on Transparency International Along with other ordinary South Africans, we at Corruption Watch have followed with increasing dismay the growing number of reports of corruption related to the Covid-19 pandemic. The perpetrators of this corruption have been unashamedly brazen in their hijacking of the emergency measures put into place to deal Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Covid-19 audit flags weak controls, as expected

02 Sep 2020, 17:10

The report covers about R69-billion of the R147-billion spending for the period from April – when the R500-billion fund was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa – to the end of July. It has flagged, so far, glaring signs of trouble: Exorbitant spending against suppliers when compared to their pre-Covid-19 spendingSuppliers used for the first time Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

CW scrutinises AG hopefuls and submits results to parly

20 Aug 2020, 15:03

The short list for the upcoming position of auditor-general (AG) was announced at the beginning of August. Current AG Kimi Makwetu ends his distinguished term of office on 30 November, and the six candidates to replace him are: Mr Michael Sass, CA (SA)Dr Moses Gasela, (FCCA, UK)Ms Shabeer Khan, CA (SA)Ms Tsakani Maluleke, CA (SA)Mr Read more >

PUBLICATIONS

SIU investigations into water dept are progressing

03 Aug 2020, 10:19

Towards the end of June the parliamentary standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) received an update from the Special Investigating Unit on its investigations into the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). Cases discussed included Mhlathuze Water Board, Vuwani Steel Pipeline, Lepelle Northern Water, Gauteng Department of Human Settlements, the DWS SAP licence contract, Umgeni Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

CW’s auditor-general submission discussed in Parly

31 Jul 2020, 10:12

Earlier in July Corruption Watch (CW) wrote to the parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee on the Appointment of the Auditor-General (AG) with a detailed submission containing our views, plans and recommendations. The term of the incumbent AG Kimi Makwetu, who has served with distinction, comes to an end on 30 November 2020. Our submission to the Read more >