SIU probe details exploitation of immigration system
The Special Investigating Unit recommends that all Department of Home Affairs staff be vetted to curb gross systemic corruption.
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R1.6bn recovered in defence corruption probe
Holomisa: “The corruption and maladministration have not merely touched the state. They have engulfed it, reaching even into our law enforcement agencies.”
Financial help, safeguards for whistle-blowers
Justice Minister: We are building an ethical state and we are going to fire quite a number of them if they continue that way. So, lifestyle audits are compulsory.
CPI 2025: SA’s performance unchanged, global average declines
CW ED Lebogang Ramafoko reacts to latest CPI: “It is time for governments and leaders to take decisive action in order to turn the tide against corruption.”
CW impresses in latest Loeries rankings
The official rankings for the 2025 Loeries have been announced, and Corruption Watch sits pretty in impressive spots in two categories.
Madlanga interim report wants immediate investigation into several individuals
The Madlanga commission, in its interim report, has made referrals for investigation into the actions of several police service members, concerning allegations of criminality, corruption, fraud, murder, perjury, and other unlawful actions. It also found prima facie evidence of wrongdoing with regard to certain current and former employees of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.
Leading SA society towards zero tolerance for corruption
A new research study released last month by by the Human Sciences Research Council focuses on how South Africans can be encouraged to adopt an anti-corruption mindset and work with the authorities to fight corruption. The study was founded on the objectives of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy 2020–2030, which calls for a “whole-of-society approach” to corruption.
Does merit still matter when places at university can be bought and sold?
“The buying of university spaces, if left unchecked, not only harms individual students but also reshapes the moral logic of education itself. It teaches young people that effort is optional and money is decisive. That is a lesson no society can afford to teach.” These are the views of Nyaniso Qwesha, writing in the Sunday Independent about corruption in the allocation of places at our universities.
Let 2026 be the year you write to a parliamentary committee
Although committees regularly invite public submissions, writes the Parliamentary Monitoring Group, stakeholder groups and ordinary citizens rarely try to influence committee programmes proactively. Yet the public has the right to do so, and citizens do not need to wait for a formal call for submissions to raise concerns or propose issues for scrutiny. Committees benefit from on-the-ground experience, specialist knowledge, and independent research that MPs and officials may not have, the organisation adds.