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CORRUPTION NEWS

Still a paucity of parly action on Zondo recommendations, says PMG

Independent NGO Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG) has published a follow-up to its 2022 review of Parliament’s actions in response to the multi-part final report of the Zondo commission into state capture. The first report is titled Where was Parliament? and the follow-up is A PMG Review of Parliament’s Processing of the State Capture Commission Report. Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Using the law to frustrate, rather than support, whistle-blowers

Whistle-blowers and their challenges and potential hardships have been in the news lately. Plans to amend the legislation governing their protection are in motion – though not at the urgent speed we would like to see. Civil society organisations, including Corruption Watch, have been asking for meaningful changes for years, and it is only with Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Lamola: Public must invoke Mandela spirit in guiding whistle-blower law changes

Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Ronald Lamola urged members of the public to make meaningful contributions to the discussion document released by his department in June on amendments to whistle-blower protection legislation. Lamola delivered the keynote address at a symposium on the topic, hosted by the Public Service Commission (PSC) on Friday. In contributing, Read more >

STATE CAPTURE

Parliament must take state capture complicity criticism on the chin

Image: Flickr/GovernmentZA By Karam SinghFirst published on News24 A strong constitutional democracy based on the model chosen by South Africa requires the legislature to play a vital role, beyond passing legislation, in providing oversight and holding the executive branch accountable. As part of the separation of powers, the legislature plays a vital democratic role in Read more >

STATE CAPTURE

Zuma in Russia, while DCS ponders next steps

As former president Jacob Zuma receives medical treatment for an undisclosed illness in Russia, the National Department of Correctional Services (DCS) here at home is seeking legal advice on the next steps, following the Constitutional Court’s ruling on Thursday upheld the Supreme Court of Appeal’s order that Zuma’s medical parole by the Department of Correctional Read more >

LEGISLATION AND SUBMISSIONS

SA public has say in how whistle-blowers should be protected

It may have taken the state capture commission and its recommendations for us to get here, but government is finally taking stock of the many public submissions from whistle-blowers, whistle-blower advocacy organisations, and civil society organisations in amending our whistle-blower protection regime. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has released a discussion paper for Read more >

STATE CAPTURE

Ousted Magashule’s criminal headache as a one-man show

Image: Flickr/GovernmentZAUsed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic license A mere two weeks after he was expelled from the ANC following decades in its leadership ranks, Ace Magashule is reportedly pursuing a ‘moonshot pact’, liaising with some opposition parties and looking for a new political home. Magashule held the powerful position of secretary-general of Read more >