Entries by Corruption Watch

Victory for Abahlali and the Sheffield shack dwellers

3rd August 2023 in , /by

KZN’s KwaDukuza Municipality will include over 300 households from the Sheffield informal settlement in a new housing project, as agreed in a recent court settlement, reports Tsoanelo Sefoloko for GroundUp. The agreement ends nearly five years of continuous evictions and court battles against the shack dwellers, who were supported by housing movement Abahlali BaseMjondolo, and represented in court by the Socio-economic Rights Institute of South Africa.

Who will be our next public protector? Here are the shortlisted candidates

31st July 2023 in , , , /by

South Africa’s new public protector is due to start their non-renewable seven-year term in just a few months. Currently the parliamentary committee tasked with nominating one individual for appointment is working with a shortlist of eight. Here are Corruption Watch’s findings of a desktop vetting process of the eight shortlisted candidates.

CW adds voice to UN report on women human rights defenders

24th July 2023 in , , , /by

Corruption Watch has contributed to the the next report of the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, which will be presented to the UN General Assembly in October 2023. Our submission focused on the risks that whistle-blowers, particularly women, face on a daily basis in South Africa. We noted that during and since the state capture era, intimidation of whistle-blowers has increased.