Entries by Corruption Watch

TI: Do not use Corruption Perceptions Index to mask democratic decline

Transparency International, who releases its 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index on 11 February, says countries should not use their scores to cover up declines in democracy. Some countries use their score on the index to create a distorted narrative around their anti-corruption activities, says the organisation, when in reality they are committing human rights violations and other atrocities.

Statement of SA civil society orgs in response to Trump’s threats

A group of prominent civil society organisations, all working in the human rights space in South Africa, have issued a statement decrying US president Donald Trump’s puzzling pronouncements on perceived happenings in the country. These include “confiscating land and treating certain classes of people very badly” – which the organisations have refuted in emphatic terms.

SIU wants lifestyle audits & background checks for Joburg, Tshwane officials

The Special Investigating Unit and the Auditor-General of South Africa briefed the parliamentary standing committee on public accounts on audit outcomes for a handful of municipalities including Johannesburg and Tshwane. At the same meeting, the Special Investigating Committee shared progress and results from various investigations into procurement at the municipalities.

Lottery bosses asked State Security Agency to investigate whistle-blowers

Former National Lotteries Commission (LRC) board chairperson Alfred Nevhutanda asked the State Security Agency to investigate whistle-blowers, writes Raymond Joseph for NGO GroundUp, which has conducted extensive research and investigation into the LRC’s affairs. The outcome of that investigation, however, was probably not what Nevhutanda had hoped.

CW soon in ConCourt to challenge CGE appointments

Corruption Watch will appear in the Constitutional Court on 6 March to challenge the National Assembly’s recent appointment of persons to the Commission on Gender Equality. The organisation contends that the parliamentary committee on women, youth, and people with disabilities failed in its constitutional duty to facilitate meaningful public involvement in the appointment process, and seeks a court order declaring the appointments to be unlawful and invalid, suspended for 18 months to allow for the process to be run again.