A photo of former Corruption Watch executive director David Lewis speaking to the audience at the launch of the organisation's latest campaign.
Corruption Watch (CW) on Wednesday 24 June launched its latest public awareness campaign in Sandton, Johannesburg, to an audience comprising civil society and public service partners, funders, and the media, among others. The Impempe Campaign, with a focus is public awareness and community mobilisation against corruption, is the culmination of a creative collaboration between CW and Avatar Agency Group, which hosted the event at its offices.
Corruption Watch (CW) on Wednesday 24 June launched its latest public awareness campaign in Sandton, Johannesburg, to an audience comprising civil society and public service partners, funders, and the media, among others. The Impempe Campaign, with a focus is public awareness and community mobilisation against corruption, is the culmination of a creative collaboration between CW and Avatar Agency Group, which hosted the event at its offices.
Corruption Watch applauded for “bold” new media campaign
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Every year on 23 June, designated as World Whistle-blower Day, Corruption Watch joins the world in honouring the brave patriots who have risked their lives and their livelihoods in pursuit of the truth. We also reflect on what we, as a society and as individuals, are doing to make the environment for blowing the whistle more enabling and encouraging.
Every year on 23 June, designated as World Whistle-blower Day, Corruption Watch joins the world in honouring the brave patriots who have risked their lives and their livelihoods in pursuit of the truth. We also reflect on what we, as a society and as individuals, are doing to make the environment for blowing the whistle more enabling and encouraging.
World Whistle-blower Day a sober reminder of the trials of exposing corruption
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Public service without accountability is a betrayal of democracy

Opinion

A society should never become comfortable with being failed, writes Duduzile Zwane for CW Voices, and South Africa must demand a government that serves, not one that benefits from power. This Africa Public Service Day - held annually on 23 June - provides another opportunity to reflect on the quality of South Africa's public service, and who it is really serving.
A society should never become comfortable with being failed, writes Duduzile Zwane for CW Voices, and South Africa must demand a government that serves, not one that benefits from power. This Africa Public Service Day - held annually on 23 June - provides another opportunity to reflect on the quality of South Africa's public service, and who it is really serving.
As Johannesburg crumbles under years of political dysfunction and corruption, business has offered to help fix the city. Corruption Watch's Janine Erasmus warns this must never become a substitute for accountability or an excuse for leaders to escape the consequences of their failures.
As Johannesburg crumbles under years of political dysfunction and corruption, business has offered to help fix the city. Corruption Watch's Janine Erasmus warns this must never become a substitute for accountability or an excuse for leaders to escape the consequences of their failures.
Can business save Joburg – without letting leaders off the hook?

Opinion

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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.
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Public service without accountability is a betrayal of democracy

Image: Vuk’uzenzele By Duduzile Zwane – CW Voices Every South African knows the situation. The clinic that never answers. The municipality that never fixes. The government office that treats citizens as interruptions rather than the very reason it exists. We complain about these experiences so often that they have become normal, and perhaps that is Read more >

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