By Ugljesa Radulovic, senior postdoctoral research fellow, and Tina Uys, professor of sociology, University of Johannesburg First published on The Conversation: Africa South Africa’s long history of wrongdoing spans from Willem Adriaan van der Stel’s days of running a corrupt trading monopoly to present-day South Africa. Van der Stel was the second Governor of the Read more >
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By Nthabi NhlapoFirst published on News24 The R2-billion Tembisa Hospital fraud confirmed by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) paints a grim picture of what our country has become. It’s a picture that News24 journalists, particularly Jeff Wicks, have been piecing together for years. This is a victory for journalism and a sign that if even Read more >
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Corruption Watch (CW), in response to the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) interim investigation report on Tembisa Hospital released yesterday, 29 September 2025, joins the calls for decisive action against the syndicates and officials named in the stealing of over R2-billion of the hospital’s funds. The confirmation that three syndicates are involved in these brazen acts of Read more >
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Image: Newsday Article first published on Newsday Whistle-blower Babita Deokaran, who worked in the Gauteng Department of Health, sent a chilling message to her boss: “Our lives could be in danger.” Twelve days later, she was dead. Award-winning News24 journalist Jeff Wicks has devoted years to unravelling the dark web of who ordered her murder Read more >
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The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) met at the end of February to receive a briefing from the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) on the results of its investigations into irregularities relating to the Temporary Employee Relief Scheme (TERS). This scheme was established under the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) to provide relief during the Covid-19 Read more >
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“Nobody lives in a national address; everybody lives in a local address and it’s very important that we make sure that our local government works as it should, so that people can get the services that they deserve and secondly, so that the equitable share that is transferred to local government is used in the Read more >
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By Belinda PhetoFirst published on News24 Corruption Watch has called for harsher sentences in cases involving whistle-blowers. The organisation was responding to the sentences handed down to the killers of Babita Deokaran, a senior health official at the Gauteng Department of Health. She was assassinated after flagging suspicious payments worth R850-million to shell companies and Read more >
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Image: Flickr/GovernmentZA First published on Daily Maverick When devastating floods struck KwaZulu-Natal on 11 April, South Africans’ first response was to commiserate with their compatriots. Their next response was to warn against giving a cent to the government and loudly proclaim that their donations were going to organisations like the Gift of the Givers. It’s Read more >
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By Petrus Marais and Karam SinghFirst published on City Press Business success – and survival – relies largely on developing a strategy that takes into account various scenarios, considers mitigating factors, makes certain assumptions, spotlights threats and charts a course for the future. Three years ago very few C-suite executives factored in a global pandemic Read more >