The commission dealt this week with the challenge by News24 and Daily Maverick, brought in the interests of transparency, to the in camera ruling that was to apply. The parties reached a compromise on the witness appearing at the beginning of the week - agreeing to a system that would see the witness testify remotely and an intermediary relay their responses - and accepted the need for the testimony in the later part of the week to be held behind closed doors.

The commission dealt this week with the challenge by News24 and Daily Maverick, brought in the interests of transparency, to the in camera ruling that was to apply. The parties reached a compromise on the witness appearing at the beginning of the week - agreeing to a system that would see the witness testify remotely and an intermediary relay their responses - and accepted the need for the testimony in the later part of the week to be held behind closed doors.

Madlanga week 4 wrap-up: safeguarding witnesses while ensuring transparency

Madlanga commission

So far, 325 submissions have been received in response to a call for submissions to the parliamentary ad hoc committee set up to investigate the allegations of Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. The deadline is 17 October. Meanwhile, the committee has also announced an extension of its term from the end of October to 28 November which, members say, will allow it to properly execute its mandate.

So far, 325 submissions have been received in response to a call for submissions to the parliamentary ad hoc committee set up to investigate the allegations of Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. The deadline is 17 October. Meanwhile, the committee has also announced an extension of its term from the end of October to 28 November which, members say, will allow it to properly execute its mandate.

Final day for submitting to Mkhwanazi ad hoc committee

Public participation

Disabling the enablers - hitting back at organised crime in SA

South Africa's Prevention of Organised Crime Act is designed to dismantle the core ranks at the centre of criminal entities, says the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime - but it does not cover the secondary networks of enablers who are vital to the smooth running of organised crime groups. The organisation, in a new report, proposes legislative amendments that will fill this gap and criminalise the activities of enablers who knowingly provide support to crime syndicates.

South Africa's Prevention of Organised Crime Act is designed to dismantle the core ranks at the centre of criminal entities, says the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime - but it does not cover the secondary networks of enablers who are vital to the smooth running of organised crime groups. The organisation, in a new report, proposes legislative amendments that will fill this gap and criminalise the activities of enablers who knowingly provide support to crime syndicates.

South African whistle-blowers have been overwhelmingly subjected to reprisals, write UJ's Ugljesa Radulovic and Tina Uys – from murder to social, work-related, and legal retaliation. The problem, say the authors, lies in government's failure to recognise the dire situation South African whistle-blowers find themselves in, compounded by lacklustre whistle-blower protection legislation.

South African whistle-blowers have been overwhelmingly subjected to reprisals, write UJ's Ugljesa Radulovic and Tina Uys – from murder to social, work-related, and legal retaliation. The problem, say the authors, lies in government's failure to recognise the dire situation South African whistle-blowers find themselves in, compounded by lacklustre whistle-blower protection legislation.

SA whistleblowers face retaliation and murder: their stories over five decades

Corruption Watch, in collaboration with Social Change Assistance Trust or SCAT, and Transparency International, and co-funded by the European Union, has embarked on the Strengthening Action Against Corruption (SAAC) project which focuses specifically on empowering and educating community advice offices/civil society organisations in the Eastern Cape province. Follow our activities here.

Strengthening Action Against Corruption

Veza (a colloquial term for ‘reveal’ or ‘expose’) allows you to:
· Report incidents of police corruption and police misconduct,
· Access information on your rights when you encounter the police,
· Access information on SA's 1 150 police stations, such as locations, resources, budget and personnel,
· Locate your nearest Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) unit,
· And much more.

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