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African land corruption and its impact explored in webinar

24 Apr 2024, 16:44

Corruption Watch’s work in helping to expose and address corruption in the land sector is part of an international research project on how corruption affects the most marginalised of our communities in this regard. The project, overseen by Transparency International, has resulted in the recent release on 19 April 2024 of a report, This Beautiful Read more >

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Corruption, discrimination and land rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

22 Apr 2024, 9:58

Source: Transparency International The rising demand for land due to the global food crisis, climate change, rising sea levels, desertification, and extreme weather events, all limit its availability and accessibility. As global crises exacerbate inequalities, people who experience discrimination see their land rights affected the most. An earlier 2021 report by the Equal Rights Trust Read more >

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New TI report, webinar highlight how corruption denies access to land

18 Apr 2024, 14:26

Corruption Watch (CW) will participate in the webinar launch on 23 April 2024 of the new Transparency International (TI) report titled This Beautiful Land: Corruption, Discrimination and Land Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa. The webinar is hosted by the Land Portal. Around the world, corruption denies people access to the land and resources they need to Read more >

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Land and Corruption in Africa 2 – telling stories of the marginalised

13 Oct 2023, 14:32

Land ownership in South Africa is a complex topic, with dozens of laws regulating the purchase, redistribution, and tenure of land, as well as the property rights of landowners. These laws date back decades, through pre- and post-colonial apartheid eras, and they govern different spaces – urban and rural, commercial and residential, peri-urban and farming, Read more >

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Land and Corruption in Africa: a Transparency International project

12 Oct 2023, 10:00

For nearly 10 years, Transparency International (TI) has been conducting research into the connection between land and corruption in Africa, through its project of that name. Phase one of Land and Corruption in Africa was successfully rolled out from 2014 to 2019 and yielded rich country-by-country research on land corruption risks and the impact on Read more >

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African TI chapters urge AU to uphold its anti-corruption commitments

11 Jul 2022, 13:42

To mark African Anti-Corruption Day, held every year on 11 July, Transparency International’s (TI) 28 chapters across the African continent have written an open letter to the African Union (AU), reminding it of its anti-corruption commitments and urging it to accelerate action against the effects and perpetrators of corruption. The theme of this year’s event Read more >

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Corruption Watch intensifies war on land corruption

07 Jul 2022, 9:25

By Thabo MakwakwaFirst published on IOL Efforts to tackle corruption in the land sector received a boost as Corruption Watch intensified its work in enhancing whistle-blower tools and directly engaging communities to end land theft. Speaking to the Daily News on Tuesday, project leader and senior researcher at Corruption Watch (CW) Melusi Ncala said his Read more >

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Land corruption eroding women’s rights in Ghana

09 Feb 2017, 11:31

By Nicky Rehbock First published on Corruption Watch Connected In Ghana, land is an indispensable asset. It’s a source of livelihood and social identity, and men and women should have equal opportunities to benefit from it. But when entrenched patriarchy tips the power scales, and corruption reinforces cultural norms, the impact on women can be Read more >

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Urban land in Zim: power, politics and corruption

14 Dec 2016, 9:33

By Mary Jane Ncube, Farai Shone Mutondoro and Manase Chiweshe As political parties gear up for the 2018 national elections in Zimbabwe, urban land appears to be emerging as an important campaigning tool for ruling party Zanu PF. The use of land as a political tool is not new in Zimbabwe – in the early 2000s a controversial Read more >