CORRUPTION NEWSCSOs urge Zondo to prioritise key state capture witnesses 26 Oct 2020, 12:31 Corruption Watch is one of 19 organisations from the Civil Society Working Group (CSWG) on State Capture who have written an open letter to Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo urging him to give priority to a list of key state capture witnesses whose testimony has not yet been heard. The group wants Zondo to use Read more >
LOCKDOWN LIFE Groups, NGOs bemoan plans to reopen schools 04 Jun 2020, 12:30 Corruption Watch The Department of Basic Education’s plans to reopen schools on 1 June 2020 have been met with criticism, with calls for the minister, Angie Motshekga, to reconsider choosing a later date or face a court action. Motshekga, in a press briefing held on Monday, 1 June 2020, said the postponement of the reopening Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS CSO coalition asks Zondo to probe private sector role in state capture 20 Feb 2020, 12:02 By Jenna Etheridge and Cebelihle MthethwaFirst published on News24 More than 20 civil society groups have submitted their recommendations to the Zondo commission on how to reform the state and private sector in the wake of state capture. An Agenda for Action was submitted to the commission this month by organisations including Open Secrets, the Read more >
PRESS RELEASES People’s Hearing on State Capture to take place in Oct 04 Oct 2019, 12:08 The Civil Society Working Group on State Capture – a coalition of over twenty civil society organisations – is organising a People’s Hearing on State Capture scheduled to take place in Johannesburg on 12 October 2019. The Civil Society Working Group recognises that the Zondo Commission on State Capture in South Africa is making an Read more >
RAISING AWARENESS “No-fee” schools turn away children who can’t pay 15 Jan 2019, 8:52 By Cally Ballack First published on GroundUp.org South African schools are divided into five categories known as quintiles. The quintiles range from the poorest to the least poor, with quintile 1 being the poorest 20% of schools in the country. Quintile 5 covers the least poor public schools and parents of children who go to Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS South African NGOs question IFC’s investment into Net1 07 Sep 2017, 11:29 Earlier this week Corruption Watch, Black Sash and Equal Education filed a complaint with the Compliance Advisor / Ombudsman (CAO) of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) regarding the circumstances under which the IFC made a combined equity investment of $107-million in Net1 UEPS Technologies Inc. and its subsidiary, Cash Paymaster Services (Pty) Ltd. The complainants Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS EE acts against poor school support from government 02 Apr 2015, 6:10 EE DEMANDS MINISTER MOTSHEKGA RELEASE PROVINCIAL IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR NORMS AND STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE! Yesterday and today (1 and 2 April), more than 600 Equal Education (EE) student members – equalisers – have been holding sleep-in protests outside the Department of Basic Education (DBE)in Pretoria, Parliament in Cape Town, and the Eastern Cape Department Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS Lwando Mzandisi and the fight for good education 25 Jun 2014, 12:32 By Janine Erasmus A good education is something nobody can ever take away from you – but what if you never got one in the first place? Lwando Mzandisi of Equal Education comes from Eastern Cape, a province where the quality of the education system has declined, partly because of mismanagement and corruption. Now an Read more >
