Effective parliamentary oversight is essential for a well-functioning democracy. Parliament is the body that exercises oversight over the workings and decisions of government’s executive branch, ensuring that service delivery takes place as promised and where this does not happen, that government is answerable to the people it serves – so that all citizens can live Read more >
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CORRUPTION NEWS
The National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council (NACAC) has, through its chairperson Firoz Cachalia, made public some of the contents of its wish list for an anti-corruption body it proposed to President Cyril Ramaphosa in a mid-term report it submitted early this year. Cachalia was a panellist in a discussion at the third state capture commission conference Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
Former evidence leader and head of the legal team of the state capture commission, Advocate Paul Pretorious, believes that for government’s efforts to fight capture to succeed, all institutions charged with implementing recommendations would have to look back at the commission for inspiration. The commission, which was chaired by former chief justice Raymond Zondo from Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
Public procurement is particularly susceptible to corruption, says the UN Office for Drugs and Crime. Such corruption includes bribery, embezzlement, abuse of power, collusion to fix prices, existence of cartels, and other practices that result in government not receiving value for money in the procurement process. This sector in our own country was the scene Read more >
NEWS
By Kwazi Dlamini British philosopher John Stuart Mill once said, “Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” In South Africa in the recent past, corruption and dishonest individuals have thrived under the unobservant eye of their peers, while those who are watchful of Read more >
PRESS RELEASES
On Tuesday, 30 June Corruption Watch (CW) made a submission to the draft Public Procurement Bill in response to National Treasury’s gazetted call for comments. The organisation has received over 30 000 reports alleging corruption since it launched in 2012. Of these reports, 9% relate to corruption in procurement, particularly in local and provincial government Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
By Lorraine Louw Ethics was a topical point at the centenary conference of the Public Service Commission (PSC), where the twin issues of good governance and corruption were discussed by a variety of speakers. The PSC was originally formed by the colonial government on 1 August 1912; it has had a number of permutations since Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
By Lorraine Louw A lively debate about what constitutes corruption was held at the Public Service Commission’s centenary conference in Cape Town on 1 August. Integrity, said Ayanda Dlodlo, the deputy minister of public service and administration in the opening presentation of the breakaway session “The fight against corruption”, was more than simply the absence Read more >