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Surge of schools complaints from Soweto

Image Excerpt In analysing the complaints we’ve received from the public about corruption in schools in Gauteng, we picked up that Soweto and Randburg are particular hotspots. Does your area come up in this graph? File Upload GRAPH.jpg File Upload WORDS.jpg

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Your voices on corruption: first quarter 2013

Want to know how many complaints we’ve received this year, what they are about, who they’re about and where the hotspots are? Be sure to brush up on the latest stats and facts in our first quarter report for 2013 where we Draw the line on corruption! <p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p> The game Read more >

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Doctors who cheat the state: surgeon speaks out

By Zaheer Cassim Additional reporting by Nicky Rehbock Paediatric surgeon Dr Bob Banieghbal takes a sip of his coffee at the cafeteria in the lobby of the private Park Lane Hospital. Sitting with both hands behind his head, he stretches back and begins to talk about his career in medicine that began nearly two decades Read more >

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Your schools stories: principals behaving badly

Here’s a snapshot of some of the schools incidents* we’ve received from the public recently, so you can get a feel for the kind of trends we’re picking up: a service provider bribing principals to secure their business, a governing body flouting the law and booting cleaning staff off school property to house teachers. Service Read more >

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Your stories: prosecutor in cahoots with lawyers

Here’s a snapshot of some of the corruption incidents* we’ve received from the public recently, so you can get a feel for the kind of trends we’re picking up: lawyers bribing prosecutors and cops, a Transnet official selling jobs for R3 500 and a service provider being instructed to pay a government department R80 000 Read more >

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Bra Tjotjo gets his wings

By Nicky Rehbock The sky’s the limit for the ever-scheming and greedy Bra Tjotjo, who’s back this week with high-flying plans to launch a new airline, which will trade illegal goods and operate from strategic military air bases. By throwing in some name-dropping bombs and a wedding at Sun City, this new animation has all Read more >

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Make your own Gupta jet!

Corruption Watch’s recent series of outdoor public-awareness campaigns, which had a Guptagate theme, took our message from Zoo Lake – not far from the Gupta compound – to Soweto’s bustling Bara taxi rank, the University of Johannesburg’s vibey Bunting campus and then to Saturday crowds at Maponya Mall. We handed out paper jets at some Read more >

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We expose fraud at Soweto school after tip-off

By Gcina Ntsaluba Corruption Watch has found gross fraud and financial misconduct at a Soweto public school, Thubelihle Intermediate. Read the press release here. Following a tip-off from angry and exasperated teachers, Corruption Watch began a three-month investigation into allegations of financial misconduct levelled against the school principal and the former chair of the school Read more >