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 >
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 >
PRESS RELEASES Resisting the looters who stole our human rights 25 Mar 2019, 14:44 Media Statement: Civil Society Working Group The struggle against state capture and corruption in South Africa is a struggle for human rights. This is why the current revelations at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture (the Zondo Commission) are important – they lay bare the various networks of looters in the public and private Read more >
LITIGATION Damning new evidence of failure by arms commission 11 Oct 2018, 12:41 This week Corruption Watch (CW) and the Right2Know (R2K) Campaign submitted damning new evidence to the High Court that the Arms Deal Commission failed to do its job. This is an important step in the civil society group’s ongoing challenge against the commission’s findings. The new evidence shows that the commission not only failed in Read more >
LEGISLATION AND SUBMISSIONS Open Secrets: joining the corruption dots 06 Feb 2018, 11:47 By Kwazi Dlamini The People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime commenced at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg on 3 February. On 6 February the Corruption Watch team made submissions to the tribunal regarding its legal challenge, with the Right2Know Campaign, to the findings of the Seriti Commission into arms deal corruption. The tribunal is organised by various Read more >
LEGISLATION AND SUBMISSIONS People’s Tribunal set to uncover corruption secrets 31 Jan 2018, 12:17 In recent years South Africa has experienced several commissions of inquiry, set up by President Jacob Zuma to investigate important matters such as the arms deal. However, South Africans looking for some form of justice have been disappointed. The arms deal commission, particularly, was dismissed as a cover-up, and Corruption Watch and the Right2Know Campaign Read more >
LEGISLATION AND SUBMISSIONS People’s Tribunal: call for information and witnesses 12 Jan 2018, 10:05 SAVE THE DATE: People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime in South Africa Constitution Hill, Johannesburg First hearings: 3 – 7 February 2018 The organising committee for the People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime in South Africa hereby invites members of the public to submit information to be presented at the first hearings of the People’s Tribunal in Read more >
OUTREACH AND EVENTS People’s Tribunal issues call for evidence 20 Sep 2017, 12:50 People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime in South Africa Constitution Hill, Johannesburg First hearings: 8-12 November 2017 Given the failure of state institutions to fully investigate allegations of corruption and state capture, members of civil society have today announced the creation of a People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime in South Africa. We urge members of the Read more >