Parliament: Zondo must stay in his lane, allow us space

Chief Justice Raymond Zondo overstepped his boundaries when he publicly made “inappropriate” remarks that undermined Parliament’s efforts in addressing state capture, says the institution’s spokesperson Moloto Mothapo. Mothapo said this in a statement released last Thursday evening, 22 June 2023, in response to remarks made by Zondo earlier in the day at an event marking Read more >

World Whistle-blower Day no cause for celebration, really

World Whistle-blower Day is marked every year on 23 June. It’s tempting to say we ‘celebrate’ it, but in today’s world whistle-blowing is no cause for celebration – especially not for those who report and expose corruption in an increasingly hostile space. The very fact that we need to have whistle-blowers is in itself no Read more >

State capture commission report marks one-year anniversary

Issued by Pari and CasacFirst published on the Public Affairs Research Institute website Today marks a year since Chief Justice Zondo delivered the Report of the Commission on State Capture to President Ramaphosa marking the end of a four-year long process of investigations and public hearings. The Report contained several recommendations about how to hold Read more >

Transparency International marks 30 years of global change

Corruption Watch (CW) celebrated its 11th year of existence in January this year. Since it opened its doors on 26 January 2012, the organisation has maintained its determination to hold the corrupt to account, support whistle-blowers, advocate for meaningful change in relevant legislation and government processes, and educate and empower ordinary people to resist everyday Read more >

World Refugee Day: two Rwandans in SA, on either side of the law

Photo of the Kigali Genocide Memorial from Wikimedia Commons, used under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) license As the world commemorates World Refugee Day today, 20 June 2023, it is worth noting that this marginalised and misunderstood group of people often has to forego many basic rights, including the right to dignity, to Read more >

Gupta extradition part 2 gaining momentum, says Lamola

Image: WikipediaUsed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license About two months to the day he told South Africans in a press conference on Good Friday morning that the extradition application by South African authorities for the Guptas from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had failed, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola announced this week the Read more >