Corruption news Archives - Page 39 of 208

Party funding act, barely a year old, already under threat

19 Apr 2022, 15:14

By Kwazi Dlamini Free reign when it comes to political party funding threatens our hard-fought-for democracy in every aspect. While the new Political Party Funding Act (PPFA), promulgated on 1 April 2021, seeks to address the issue of private donors having unfettered power in funding political parties, at the same time there should be alternate Read more >

LAND AND CORRUPTION

CW’s Project Larona aims to strengthen recognition of land rights

14 Apr 2022, 14:03

Image: Alliance for Rural Democracy Project Larona [laa-ro-nah]Lefatshe la rona – a Setswana phrase meaning “Our Land” The European Union Rallying Efforts to Accelerate Progress project (EU REAP), a multi-jurisdictional initiative, commenced in July 2021. It is led by the Transparency International Secretariat and funded by the European Commission (EuropeAid). EU REAP focuses on directly Read more >

INVESTIGATION

Banks, building council complicit in duping over 200 unsuspecting home owners

13 Apr 2022, 8:35

By Moepeng Talane The community of a Boksburg, Ekurhuleni, township is engulfed in a hopeless situation of uninhabitable houses falling apart around them, after allegedly being duped by banks and developers into buying property built on land not suitable for such. Residents of Delmore East Ext 2 say they are gearing up for a civil Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

SA makes no progress on World Justice Project’s Rule of Law index

11 Apr 2022, 13:22

These days South Africa – and let’s be fair, many other countries – is almost expected to make mediocre showings on various global governance-related indices. The Corruption Perceptions Index is one. The World Justice Project’s (WJP) Rule of Law index is another. The WJP Rule of Law index measures the practice of the rule of Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

SIU pounces on Lotteries Commission, finds corruption networks

01 Apr 2022, 12:15

By Kwazi Dlamini The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is continuing to probe allegations of corruption against former board members of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) and other senior officials. At the beginning of March the SIU submitted to Parliament an explosive status report alleging that NLC officials funnelled millions of rands meant to develop old Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

General Sehlahle Fannie Masemola is SA’s new top cop

31 Mar 2022, 19:16

President Cyril Ramaphosa this afternoon announced that General Sehlahle Fannie Masemola has been appointed as South Africa’s new national police commissioner, replacing Kehla Sithole who finishes his last day in office today. Reaction has been cautiously optimistic, and Corruption Watch, too, welcomes the steps taken by Ramaphosa to appoint the new national commissioner of Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

New report unpacks the working of social and ethics committees

29 Mar 2022, 8:44

Contrary to what the name implies, a company’s social and ethics committee (SEC) has nothing to do with behaviour in social situations. Rather, it allows the company to monitor and measure the impact that certain specified activities have on communities and the public at large. In terms of the Companies Act and its associated regulation Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Interpol red notice: what it means and why SA requested it

22 Mar 2022, 12:25

By Bernadine BensonFirst published on The Conversation: Africa The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has issued a red notice for two members of the wealthy but now disgraced Gupta family, Atul and Rajesh Gupta. This could pave the way for their arrest and extradition from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to face fraud and money Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

South Africa can help its whistle-blowers – here are some good suggestions

18 Mar 2022, 11:07

“I do think the most valuable way both of rewarding and protecting whistle-blowers is to make of them seriously high-profile characters.” These are the words of Corruption Watch’s former executive director David Lewis, speaking in early March at a webinar hosted by the Mail & Guardian and titled Amend South Africa’s legislation to include rewards Read more >