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Latest CW report tracks procurement risk trends

20 Sep 2023, 11:13

Corruption Watch (CW), working with procurement law expert Professor Geo Quinot of Stellenbosch University, released Procurement Risk Trends 2023, the third such report, following the first two that were published in 2021 and 2022, respectively. These reports, which cover the period between 2016 and 2023, specifically focus on trends in public procurement deviations and contract expansions. Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Fine qualifications alone do not a public protector make

18 Sep 2023, 9:33

The unprecedented removal of Busisiwe Mkhwebane as public protector highlights the importance of selecting the right person for a job – especially one of such importance – through a rigorous process that disregards party or cadre issues and focuses solely on merit and suitability. Never before has a South African public protector been removed from Read more >

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Media advisory: report launch – Tracking Trends in Public Procurement

13 Sep 2023, 15:14

We hereby invite you to join Corruption Watch and procurement expert Prof Geo Quinot, in a webinar to launch the third in our series of Procurement Watch reports. Prof Quinot is the founding director of Stellenbosch University’s African Procurement Law Unit, and one of the country’s leading experts on all matters related to procurement. The Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Phala Phala findings ‘raise more questions than answers’ – CSOs

28 Aug 2023, 11:23

Image: Ziphozonke Lushaba, TimesLive By Khanyisile NgcoboFirst published on TImesLive Civil society organisations say “something doesn’t add up” in the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) findings on the Phala Phala matter and it “raises more questions than answers”. The Reserve Bank on Monday released its findings from a report into the matter after allegations by Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

MVC launches interactive party funding monitoring app

16 Aug 2023, 14:06

President Cyril Ramaphosa signed Act 6 of 2018, otherwise known as the Political Party Funding Act (PPFA), into law in January 2019. The PPFA came into force on 1 April 2021 – more than two years later. The act represents a significant step forward for democracy and accountability in the murky world of political party Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Who will be our next public protector? Here are the shortlisted candidates

31 Jul 2023, 15:40

By Kirsten Pearson and Kavisha Pillay CORRECTION: Corruption Watch wishes to correct a previous observation made, that Professor Boitumelo Mmusinyane may not qualify for the role of public protector due to not being admitted as an advocate. We have been corrected in this regard, and Prof Mmusinyane is, in fact, admitted as an advocate of Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Short list for PP appointment released, more screening to follow

27 Jul 2023, 11:56

The Ad Hoc Committee to Nominate a Person for Appointment as Public Protector (PP) is on track with its schedule of selecting a suitable person to be named as the next public protector. On 12 July the committee met to discuss the list of applications and nominations from which the short list would be compiled, Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Public protector nominations and applications discussed in Parliament

13 Jul 2023, 10:20

The Ad Hoc Committee to Nominate a Person for Appointment as Public Protector met on 12 July to discuss the nominations and applications received now that the deadline of 7 July has passed. The committee revealed that 53 nominations and 17 applications were put forward. Of these, 38 names made it to the preliminary list Read more >

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AG offers little comfort to long-suffering municipal residents

09 Jun 2023, 11:34

By Kwazi Dlamini Lack of accountability in local government continues to impede on service delivery and leads to the deterioration of municipalities, says Auditor-General (AG) Tsakani Maluleke in her recently released 2021/2022 audit outcomes of the Municipal Finance Management Act. Reporting to Parliament on 31 May 2023, Maluleke said that most municipalities are struggling to Read more >