CORRUPTION NEWSSchools corruption hotspots in Gauteng 20 Jun 2013, 9:57 Image Excerpt Check out this map to find where the most schools complaints are coming from in Gauteng – is your area one of the danger zones? File Upload GOOGLEMAP-FINAL.jpg
CORRUPTION NEWS We expose fraud at Soweto school after tip-off 04 Jun 2013, 15:05 By Gcina Ntsaluba Corruption Watch has found gross fraud and financial misconduct at a Soweto public school, Thubelihle Intermediate. Read the press release here. Following a tip-off from angry and exasperated teachers, Corruption Watch began a three-month investigation into allegations of financial misconduct levelled against the school principal and the former chair of the school Read more >
PRESS RELEASES CW probe exposes gross fraud, misconduct at Soweto school 04 Jun 2013, 14:36 A tip-off from concerned teachers has prompted a Corruption Watch (CW) investigation into Thubelihle Intermediate School in Soweto, revealing gross fraud and financial misconduct. The probe forms part of CW’s effort to expose corruption in schools after the organisation noted high volumes of complaints implicating teachers, principals, and school governing body members in the last Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS More of your schools stories: Fees stolen for Thai trip 16 May 2013, 10:13 Here’s a snapshot of some of the reports* on schools we’ve received from the public recently so you can get a feel for the kind of trends we’re picking up: a principal in Mpumalanga using school fees to fund his romantic getaway to Thailand and an outraged school treasurer who speaks out about the thieving Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS How school governing bodies should be run 09 May 2013, 8:49 By Lorraine Louw The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has released a policy document setting out the rules of school governance, and how schools need to be managed and run. The Basic Financial System for Schools is 80 pages of helpful information designed to assist school governing bodies keep within the law, and ensure well-managed Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS Corruption Watch sees spike in schools reports 07 May 2013, 14:20 By Valencia Talane Nepotism, stealing public money and extortion: not really the crimes you’d associate with institutions of learning, but they’re crippling many of our country’s public schools – as recent reports from concerned teachers, parents and community members shows. • Also read Stealing hope from the next generation Corruption Watch has recorded an upsurge Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS Schools stories: drunk principal with sticky fingers 18 Apr 2013, 14:04 Here’s a snapshot of some of the reports* on schools we’ve received from the public recently, so you can get a feel for the kind of trends we’re picking up: an education department clerk offering jobs to friends and family, learners at a no-fees school forced to give teachers money, and a drunken principal embezzling Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS Stealing hope from the next generation 05 Mar 2013, 9:55 Corruption in schools not only robs pupils of the benefits of feeding schemes, transport and textbooks, it also robs taxpayers of the ability to make a difference in the lives of disadvantaged children who only have education as a way out of poverty. Corruption Watch stats reveal that the biggest culprits in schools are governing Read more >