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Public sector professionalisation moving ahead

The parliamentary portfolio committee on Public Service and Administration met on 11 September to discuss progress in implementing the professionalisation plan for the public sector. Present were representatives of the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA), including Deputy Minister Pinky Kekana, and the National School of Government (NSG). “Professionalisation should be at the heart Read more >

Afrobarometer: Democracy at risk – the people’s perspective

In July pan-African research institution network Afrobarometer released what it describes as its inaugural flagship report, one focusing on the democratic aspirations and experiences of African citizens. The organisation intends this to be an annual series. Information is drawn from more than a decade’s worth of data, including the latest round of nationally representative surveys Read more >

CW board responds to allegations in recent Sunday World article

Media Statement                                                                     3 July 2024 Corruption Watch board responds to allegations in recent Sunday World article In the interests of transparency and accountability, the board of Corruption Watch wishes to respond to the unfounded and misleading allegations levelled against it that appeared in an article in Sunday World on 30 June 2024. Read more >

Corruption, weak governance must be tackled in SA climate action

The first State of Climate Action in South Africa report, released on 26 July, will inform the scaling up of the country’s actions to respond to climate change. This is the word from Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment DG Nomfundo Tshabalala, speaking at the launch event. The report was commissioned by the Presidential Climate Commission Read more >

Poor governance in water sector is significant cause for concern

Image: Wikimedia CommonsUsed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license South Africa is expecting an important visitor on its shores soon, in the form of the UN special rapporteur on toxics and human rights, Marcos Orellana. He is an international human rights law expert, and will examine the country’s position on toxics and human Read more >

African governance index shows a less secure and democratic continent

Released on 25 January, just days before this week’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), the Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) gives further insight into why sub-Saharan Africa is consistently the worst performing region in the CPI. Launched in 2007 by Sudanese-British businessman Mo Ibrahim, the IIAG is published every two years, and is described as Read more >