Image: groundWork A new policy brief, published by Corruption Watch (CW) under the auspices of the Rallying Efforts to Accelerate Progress in Africa (REAP) project, calls for the enactment of Interim Protection of Informal Land Rights Act of 1996 (IPILRA) regulations for obtaining free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC), thus emphasising the importance of meaningful Read more >
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A new research report by Dr Aninka Claassens examines several pivotal South African court judgments that guide on the use and interpretation of the major laws governing mining and tenure security in the country, and the way they could and should be read together. Claassens was the founding director of the Land and Accountability Research Read more >
PRESS RELEASES
Corruption Watch (CW) today launches the Best Practice Guideline on Community Consultation in the South African Extractives Industry 2024 (BPG), as part of the EU-funded Rallying Efforts to Accelerate Progress in Africa Project. The guide was developed in partnership with Webber Wentzel. Many communities in South Africa remain disadvantaged and marginalised, a legacy of South Read more >
PRESS RELEASES
We invite you to join Corruption Watch in launching the Best Practice Guide on Community Consultation in the South African Extractives Industry, as part of our Rallying Efforts to Accelerate Progress in Africa Project. The guide was developed in partnership with Webber Wentzel, and will be released at an in-person event and virtually on Thursday, Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
South Africa’s mining industry has, for decades, bolstered the country’s economy. But the cost in human terms, particularly for communities who are affected by mining operations, is significant and often overlooked in the drive for profit and productivity. A new paper, written by mining and labour law specialist Dr. Godknows Mudimu, explores the role of Read more >
OPINIONS
By Mashudu MasuthaFirst published on Business Day Development in mining-affected communities is crippled by a lack of transparency in the management and administration of benefits. Communities all over Africa live on land brimming with mineral wealth but are cheated out of benefits owed to them because of opacity, exclusion and lack of accountability in the Read more >