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Activists run the gauntlet every day, on behalf of others

23 Feb 2023, 15:41

By Janine Erasmus The life of an activist in South Africa is as fraught with danger as that of a whistle-blower. Both stand up to corruption and in so doing, put their safety, and even their lives, on the line. Both suffer abuse, ridicule, and harassment from the perpetrators of corruption as well as the Read more >

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Parly committee names shortlist for PSC commissioner vacancy

20 Feb 2023, 12:32

On 14 February the sub-committee of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration named its shortlist of candidates to fill the vacancy of a commissioner in the Public Service Commission (PSC). The committee has shortlisted seven candidates, three women and four men. The shortlisted candidates are as follows: Ms Mandisa Fatyela Ms Refilwe Read more >

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Strict new measures to combat lottery corruption

20 Feb 2023, 11:04

By Raymond JosephFirst published on GroundUp The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) has introduced stringent new protocols for the allocation of grant funding, including the establishment of a new division to prevent the rampant corruption that has overwhelmed the organisation in recent years. The establishment of the new Inspectorate for Due Diligence and Compliance was revealed Read more >

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Corruption kills: how it made the Turkey earthquake much worse

14 Feb 2023, 13:39

Image: Hilmi Hacaloğlu – Wikimedia Commons By E. Oya ÖzarslanFirst published on Medium We know that corruption takes away resources, damages the environment, impoverishes the people, but it also kills! We have seen in a number of incidents how corruption can be deadly. Remember the 2013 Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh where 1 134 Read more >

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PPE criminals convicted of fraud and forgery, receive jail time

13 Feb 2023, 13:49

Two convictions in the past week of criminals found guilty of PPE fraud will boost efforts to bring to book those involved in the large-scale thievery of the Covid-19 national state of disaster. Both are former civil servants. With the implementation in March 2020 of the state of disaster in response to the outbreak of Read more >

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Nominations sought for appointment to the Independent Electoral Commission

13 Feb 2023, 11:29

Submissions must be received by no later than 06 March 2023 The Independent Electoral Commission has put out a call for nominations to its ranks. The IEC, through South Africa’s chief justice, in his capacity as the chairperson of the panel comprising representatives of the South African Human Rights Commission, the Commission for Gender Equality, Read more >

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Civil society calls for suspension of MDDA board

09 Feb 2023, 10:23

In this open letter addressed to President Cyril Ramaphosa, Presidency director-general Mondli Gungubele, and justice and correctional services minister Ronald Lamola, a group of civil society organisations and concerned individuals have asked the president to suspend the board of the embattled Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA), including its scandal-implicated chairperson Hlengani Mathebula. Mathebula arrived Read more >

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Here’s the Sona you want to hear (but don’t hold your breath)

08 Feb 2023, 16:28

By Brij MaharajFirst published on Daily Maverick My Dear South Africans, Notwithstanding the predictions of one Malema (South Africa will have a new president by Christmas 2022), I remain your elected president (I must remind Honourable Malema to change his sangoma!) I greet you in the name of democracy, peace and justice. (You will notice Read more >

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We want action against corruption, Mr President – we’ve had enough of talk

08 Feb 2023, 10:10

Image: GovernmentZA on Flickr By Nicki Van ‘t RietFirst published on TimesLive Dear Mr President Discouragement and despondency levels amongst South Africans are at an apex. Trust between residents and their leaders is dead. The last nail in the coffin of the social compact between the State and its people has been driven in. Yet Read more >