Working in the field of community development often lays bare the intersectionality of issues of human and socio-economic rights, climate governance and even corruption that manifests in the absence of accountability. The realities of all this are all too familiar for Sizeka Mavumengwana, the director of Ukhahlamba Legal Advice and Development Agency (ULADA) based in Read more >
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CORRUPTION NEWS
For many school children and working residents of ward 6 of Balasi in Flagstaff in the Eastern Cape, rainy days mean they have to struggle to get to school and work. The reason for this is that the road from their village to the nearest access road with public transport usually gets muddy and hard Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
The significance of the recent murder of yet another whistle-blower, Marius van der Merwe, just days before the world commemorated International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD) on 9 December is not lost on ordinary South Africans. Van der Merwe testified in camera before the Madlanga commission several weeks ago, where he was only identified as Witness D. Read more >
CW VOICES
By Moepeng Valencia Talane – CW Voices Corruption Watch’s Strengthening Action Against Corruption (SAAC) project – which we launched in 2024 in partnership with the Social Change Assistance Trust and Transparency International, with the intention of awakening a sense of community and ownership in the fight against corruption – is gaining steady, and healthy, momentum. Read more >
PUBLICATIONS
Corruption Watch (CW) today releases its 13th annual corruption report, titled Accountable Together, as the country navigates a major political shift represented by the government of national unity (GNU), in place since the May elections last year. It now falls to the entire country to seize this opportunity to work together so that all can Read more >
PRESS RELEASES
Corruption Watch (CW) will release its 13th annual corruption report, titled Accountable together, on Thursday 27 March 2025. This year’s report represents a critical moment in South Africa’s democratic history, after the advent of the significant political shift predicted in CW’s 2023 annual report, Changing the Landscape. The government of national unity (GNU) is the result of Read more >