Image: Wikimedia Commons, used under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license First published on BusinessTech The Department of Trade and Industry and Competition has gazetted its intention to submit the Companies First and Second Amendment Bills to Parliament in August 2023. The two bills aim to shift the dial significantly on red tape and inequality in Read more >
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CORRUPTION NEWS
Corruption Watch (CW) has written to the minister of trade and industry, Ebrahim Patel, and the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry on the upcoming appointments to the National Lotteries Commission (NLC). The NLC has been in the news frequently of late, for all the wrong reasons – opacity, nepotism, misuse of funds, corruption. Patel Read more >
NEWS
By Thato Mahlangu More than 25 retailers have been found guilty of price inflation during the national COVID-19 outbreak after consumers complained about the corrupt practices to competition and consumer watchdogs. These retailers are also investigated for potential collusive behaviour which may have a negative impact on consumers and those businesses which are trading fairly. Read more >
FEATURE
SCAM ALERTCorruption Watch and the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) are aware of an advertisement currently circulating on social media claiming that the department and Transnet is recruiting for general work posts in all nine provinces. See below for the advertisement. Please note that this is not the case and the message is a Read more >