LOCKDOWN LIFESeeing people the day before lockdown was beautiful 03 Apr 2020, 10:45 Guest contributor I have asked people to share their experiences. Like a colleague of mine, I am personally afraid and locked in. Since out last day at the office I only went out the day before the lockdown to see my parents and buy some veggies from the street vendors. I did a WhatsApp Challenge Read more >
LOCKDOWN LIFE Lockdown in Tembisa 02 Apr 2020, 11:58 Guest contributor I live close to Tembisa hospital which is on a busy road but these past few days it’s been quiet. The first couple of days people saw it as an opportunity to visit their loved ones in hospital so there were lines in the evening. People that are discharged are able to find Read more >
LOCKDOWN LIFE It’s all quiet in Jhb’s southern suburbs 02 Apr 2020, 11:34 Guest contributor Glenvista is a suburb in the south of Johannesburg. It’s 5.36 square km in area with a population of 10 177. On ordinarily days, the Glenvista community is busy and very interactive especially in the morning with people going to work or heading to the gym or taking children to school. Since the dawn of Read more >
LOCKDOWN LIFE Lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic 01 Apr 2020, 13:40 Guest contributor I have to firstly applaud each and every person who stays at home during the lockdown, I am sure it’s not easy especially for people who enjoy going out. You are doing yourself, your family and the country good. We have the will to do what’s right for us, for our families and Read more >
LOCKDOWN LIFE Lockdown Life – a Corruption Watch blog 03 Apr 2020, 10:45 The novel coronavirus, named Covid-19 by the World Health Organisation, is raging in South Africa and across the world. This is a time of extreme danger, and so governments have generally responded with urgency, albeit to varying degrees. Because South Africa is a country still grappling with vast inequalities, there are some who will hardly Read more >
LOCKDOWN LIFE Seeing people the day before lockdown was beautiful 03 Apr 2020, 10:45 Guest contributor I have asked people to share their experiences. Like a colleague of mine, I am personally afraid and locked in. Since out last day at the office I only went out the day before the lockdown to see my parents and buy some veggies from the street vendors. I did a WhatsApp Challenge Read more >
LOCKDOWN LIFE Lockdown in Tembisa 02 Apr 2020, 11:58 Guest contributor I live close to Tembisa hospital which is on a busy road but these past few days it’s been quiet. The first couple of days people saw it as an opportunity to visit their loved ones in hospital so there were lines in the evening. People that are discharged are able to find Read more >
LOCKDOWN LIFE It’s all quiet in Jhb’s southern suburbs 02 Apr 2020, 11:34 Guest contributor Glenvista is a suburb in the south of Johannesburg. It’s 5.36 square km in area with a population of 10 177. On ordinarily days, the Glenvista community is busy and very interactive especially in the morning with people going to work or heading to the gym or taking children to school. Since the dawn of Read more >
LOCKDOWN LIFE Lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic 01 Apr 2020, 13:40 Guest contributor I have to firstly applaud each and every person who stays at home during the lockdown, I am sure it’s not easy especially for people who enjoy going out. You are doing yourself, your family and the country good. We have the will to do what’s right for us, for our families and Read more >
OPINIONS Lockdown Life – a Corruption Watch blog 01 Apr 2020, 13:24 The novel coronavirus, named Covid-19 by the World Health Organisation, is raging in South Africa and across the world. This is a time of extreme danger, and so governments have generally responded with urgency, albeit to varying degrees. Because South Africa is a country still grappling with vast inequalities, there are some who will hardly Read more >
LEGISLATION AND SUBMISSIONS CW makes submissions on MPRDA amendments 31 Jan 2020, 12:03 Corruption Watch has made submissions on the draft amendments to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act regulations, which were published at the end of 2019 with calls for public comment. The organisation’s concerns relate to the limitations that regulations might place on the ability of communities to voice their concerns and participate meaningfully in Read more >
CAMPAIGNS Take our police research survey and help us make a difference 22 Jan 2020, 14:06 In November 2018, Corruption Watch was one of four recipients of the Google Impact Challenge award – a nationwide competition aimed at improving inequality through innovation. Our innovation seeks to improve transparency and facilitate public involvement in the South African Police Service. We are now in the process of developing the product and we’re asking Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS Mining communities excluded from important talks 25 Nov 2019, 9:31 By Kwazi Dlamini Mining communities in the North West were left without answers after they were excluded from a roundtable session concerning mining in the province. The roundtable, organised between the North West provincial government and Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), sat on Thursday 21 November 2019 to discuss localisation of procurement in the mining industry, Read more >
CAMPAIGNS Profiles: shortlisted candidates for deputy public protector 30 Oct 2019, 12:25 On 23 October 2019, the parliamentary Committee on Justice and Correctional Services shortlisted eight of the 26 applicants who applied or were nominated for the position of deputy public protector. The committee acknowledged Corruption Watch’s contribution to the process in which we highlighted, through our submission, the results of our persona survey, as well as Read more >
