State institutions owe the Special Investigating Unit over R1-billion in debt. This could have a serious effect on the organisation's sustainability, and so, under its recently launched Project Khokela, the unit is taking steps to recover that money - this includes sending invoices of money outstanding and issuing letters of demand.
State institutions owe the Special Investigating Unit over R1-billion in debt. This could have a serious effect on the organisation's sustainability, and so, under its recently launched Project Khokela, the unit is taking steps to recover that money - this includes sending invoices of money outstanding and issuing letters of demand.
SIU looks to recover R1-billion debt owed to it by state entities
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The Government of National Unity marks 100 days this week, after a fairly rocky and uncertain start. While the rebuilding work that lies ahead is immense and covers many aspects, Good Governance Africa has recommended 10 priority areas for the coalition government to focus on. We share them here.
The Government of National Unity marks 100 days this week, after a fairly rocky and uncertain start. While the rebuilding work that lies ahead is immense and covers many aspects, Good Governance Africa has recommended 10 priority areas for the coalition government to focus on. We share them here.
GGA gives GNU some recommendations to chew on
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First country ratifies the Asset Declaration Treaty
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Corrupt public officials hide their wealth abroad, as this is quite easy to do – but at the same time, bodies verifying asset declarations lack access to data abroad, writes Tilman Hoppe for the Global Anticorruption Blog. The new International Treaty on Exchange of Data for the Verification of Asset Declarations can change all that – and, says Hoppe, states worldwide should embrace and ratify this treaty with haste.
Corrupt public officials hide their wealth abroad, as this is quite easy to do – but at the same time, bodies verifying asset declarations lack access to data abroad, writes Tilman Hoppe for the Global Anticorruption Blog. The new International Treaty on Exchange of Data for the Verification of Asset Declarations can change all that – and, says Hoppe, states worldwide should embrace and ratify this treaty with haste.
The UK and its overseas territories and dependencies continue to be the world’s greatest facilitators of cross-border tax abuse, comprising six of the top 15 countries on the latest edition of the Corporate Tax Haven Index. Says the Tax Justice Network, which publishes the index: "Countries are estimated to lose $84-billion in corporate tax a year due to multinational corporations using the UK and its British tax havens to underpay tax."
The UK and its overseas territories and dependencies continue to be the world’s greatest facilitators of cross-border tax abuse, comprising six of the top 15 countries on the latest edition of the Corporate Tax Haven Index. Says the Tax Justice Network, which publishes the index: "Countries are estimated to lose $84-billion in corporate tax a year due to multinational corporations using the UK and its British tax havens to underpay tax."
Tax havens continue to facilitate theft out of developing countries
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The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) hopes to recover more than R1-billion that other state institutions owe to it, through an initiative called Project Khokela. This project was started during the 2022/23 financial year, and the SIU hopes that speedy recovery of the outstanding funds will help to sustain its medium- to long-term operations and offset Read more >
Public Interest South Africa (PISA) is proud to announce the opening of nominations for the 2024 Whistleblowers Awards. These prestigious awards aim to recognise and honour whistleblowers for their courageous efforts in exposing unethical behaviour and to promote ethical conduct, transparency, and accountability within organisations and society. The 2024 Whistleblowers Awards are presented in partnership Read more >