Corruption Watch (CW) has noted with grave concern President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to appoint former communications minister Dina Pule as minister of social development, as part of this week’s Cabinet reshuffle. This decision does not invite confidence, as the appointment places a politician with a well-documented record of ethical misconduct at the helm of a Read more >
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Image: Ashraf Hendricks, GroundUp In January we reported that the parliamentary portfolio committee for social development had decided that it wanted a full investigation into the entire social grant payment system. The reason given was that committee members were concerned about the integrity of the social relief of distress (SRD) and other grants that were Read more >
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Image: Barbara Maregele for GroundUp Things may finally be heating up for corrupt Sassa officials, more than a decade after Corruption Watch (CW) helped expose widespread corruption in the distribution and payment of social grants. In 2013 CW, as amicus curiae in the case between AllPay Consolidated Investment Holdings and the South African Social Security Read more >