The reality of the public education system as it pertains to the Eastern Cape province – one of South Africa’s poorest provinces – is that incompetence and corruption go on for long without punishment, and it is most frequently the children who are enrolled in its public schools that bear the brunt of these ills, writes Siphokuhle Mkancu
President Cyril Ramaphosa chaired a meeting of the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council at Tuynhuys on Thursday, 18 May 2023, as part of sustaining government’s response to the recommendations of the […]
Unisa is not the only university currently experiencing governance problems. Professor Jonathan Jansen says that universities have become so politicised that they are vulnerable to corruption. Political party leaders, he argues, use students who represent their parties through the Student Representative Council to advance corrupt agendas and usurp decisions made by councils overseeing the institutions.
The Vanuatu Citizenship Commission has confirmed that Atul and Rajesh Gupta, Indian brothers accused of corruption and state capture in South Africa, are citizens of the Pacific Ocean archipelago. In […]
Because corruption is so deep-rooted, we must focus on bold solutions but these measures will not be enough, writes Corruption Watch’s executive director Karam Singh. Kleptocracy resists defeat, and greed remains a toxic driver in our society, while corruption is both endemic and systemic, part of the fabric of South Africa’s public governance.
The Special Investigating Unit’s third final report on its wide-ranging investigation into Covid-19 procurement irregularities has revealed that the value of irregular procurement far exceeds that of procurement carried out according to the rules. In the 5 060 contracts which it has scrutinised to date, the SIU has found irregularities to the value of R8.9-billion, compared to the R6.5-billion which was procured under the prescribed circumstances.
What is clearly missing in the South African response to fighting corruption is emphasis by all actors on the importance of building a culture of integrity, writes Corruption Watch’s Kavisha Pillay. We need personal integrity where individuals question and account for their own daily actions.
In questioning the selection of the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies’ candidates for appointment to the SABC board, President Cyril Ramaphosa overstepped his authority. This raises questions, writes Kwazi Dlamini, about his understanding of his role in such processes.
As part of the evaluation of its anti-money laundering framework by the Financial Action Task Force, South Africa was allowed to present a report to the watchdog’s International Co-operation Review Group on the findings of the evaluation report and the plan of action in addressing them. But since every single country to date which has been subjected to that additional process has ended up on the grey list, it was almost a foregone conclusion that South Africa would find itself in the same situation.
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