Corruption news Archives - Page 16 of 208

Victory for Abahlali and the Sheffield shack dwellers

03 Aug 2023, 13:33

Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko for GroundUp By Tsoanelo SefolokoFirst published on GroundUp A recent court settlement with the KwaDukuza Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal to include more than 300 shack dwellers in a new housing development has been welcomed by housing movement Abahlali BaseMjondolo. The agreement brings to an end nearly five-years of continuous evictions and court battles. Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Using the law to frustrate, rather than support, whistle-blowers

02 Aug 2023, 13:32

Whistle-blowers and their challenges and potential hardships have been in the news lately. Plans to amend the legislation governing their protection are in motion – though not at the urgent speed we would like to see. Civil society organisations, including Corruption Watch, have been asking for meaningful changes for years, and it is only with Read more >

GOVERNANCE

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

31 Jul 2023, 15:40

By Kirsten Pearson and Kavisha Pillay CORRECTION: Corruption Watch wishes to correct a previous observation made, that Professor Boitumelo Mmusinyane may not qualify for the role of public protector due to not being admitted as an advocate. We have been corrected in this regard, and Prof Mmusinyane is, in fact, admitted as an advocate of Read more >

LEGISLATION AND SUBMISSIONS

Short list for PP appointment released, more screening to follow

27 Jul 2023, 11:56

The Ad Hoc Committee to Nominate a Person for Appointment as Public Protector (PP) is on track with its schedule of selecting a suitable person to be named as the next public protector. On 12 July the committee met to discuss the list of applications and nominations from which the short list would be compiled, Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Lamola: Public must invoke Mandela spirit in guiding whistle-blower law changes

24 Jul 2023, 13:12

Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Ronald Lamola urged members of the public to make meaningful contributions to the discussion document released by his department in June on amendments to whistle-blower protection legislation. Lamola delivered the keynote address at a symposium on the topic, hosted by the Public Service Commission (PSC) on Friday. In contributing, Read more >

LEGISLATION AND SUBMISSIONS

CW adds voice to UN report on women human rights defenders

24 Jul 2023, 12:43

Corruption Watch (CW) heeded the call to input into the next report of the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, which will be presented to the UN General Assembly in October 2023. Submissions were to centre on the specific challenges faced by women human rights defenders (WHRDs) working in conflict, post-conflict, or crisis-affected settings. With Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

African anti-corruption research network launched

17 Jul 2023, 12:45

In May 2023 the African Union (AU) announced the launch of the African Anti-Corruption Research Network (AACRN), during a pan-African workshop held in the second week of May in Arusha, Tanzania. The workshop, convened in collaboration with Stellenbosch University and GIZ, aimed to gather key anti-corruption stakeholders to brainstorm on the idea of the establishment Read more >

STATE CAPTURE

Zuma in Russia, while DCS ponders next steps

17 Jul 2023, 9:32

As former president Jacob Zuma receives medical treatment for an undisclosed illness in Russia, the National Department of Correctional Services (DCS) here at home is seeking legal advice on the next steps, following the Constitutional Court’s ruling on Thursday upheld the Supreme Court of Appeal’s order that Zuma’s medical parole by the Department of Correctional Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Public protector nominations and applications discussed in Parliament

13 Jul 2023, 10:20

The Ad Hoc Committee to Nominate a Person for Appointment as Public Protector met on 12 July to discuss the nominations and applications received now that the deadline of 7 July has passed. The committee revealed that 53 nominations and 17 applications were put forward. Of these, 38 names made it to the preliminary list Read more >