CW IN THE MEDIA

Moss Phakoe’s spirit must galvanise us – Vavi

On March 14 2009, Moss Phakoe – a beloved husband, son, brother and father, a dedicated trade unionist and a committed ANC councillor – was gunned down, aged 52, in his car in Rustenburg as he arrived home after putting up posters for the ANC election campaign. Moss Phakoe started as a shop steward at Read more >

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Gunned down for blowing the whistle

Corruption can be a matter of life and death, as it was for this week’s posthumous hero Moss Phakoe, an ANC councillor who was murdered in 2009 after blowing the whistle on alleged corruption in Rustenburg municipality, North West. This is a man who most probably thought he was serving the country when he handed Read more >

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Metro cops face criminal case

The internal investigation into the six Johannesburg metro police officials who were involved in the April assault of two Ivory Park residents has been concluded, the City of Johannesburg has said. The city has confirmed that the six officials are now facing a criminal case for the assault of Andries Ndlovu and Joseph Khumalo, and Read more >

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Corruption fight needs firebrand activism

A return to civic activism similar to that of 1970s and 1980s is the only way communities can effectively fight corruption, said Lenasia community members who led an anti-corruption campaign as part of Mandela Day on Wednesday 18 July. Corruption Watch was invited to speak at the event organised by radio station Eastwave 92.2fm. The Read more >

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Dirco’s resolute move gets a thumbs up

Our hero this week is the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) for suspending one of its ambassadors alleged to have accepted a multimillion-rand bribe to help MTN secure a lucrative operating licence in Iran in 2005. Both the official and the cellphone giant have denied the claims. Listen to our clip which recently Read more >

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Integrity has its own champion

By Chantelle Benjamin The Gauteng Integrity Commissioner is unique in South Africa – no other province has one. The position is modelled largely on a Canadian system, but its history has not always been smooth sailing, with the occasional court case, questions raised by an accountability monitor and a precedent set in a ruling that Read more >

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Diary of a whistleblower

By Nicky Rehbock While Solly Tshitangano fought a lonely two-year battle, sometimes fearing for his life, the real victims in the sorry saga of Limpopo’s textbooks are the schoolchildren who have lost out half-a-year of education – and will struggle to complete the year successfully. View the full timeline of events here. Listen to our Read more >

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Gauteng ‘big spenders’ saga hots up

By Chantelle Benjamin Corruption Watch can reveal that the investigations into Gauteng Local Government and Housing MEC Humphrey Mmemezi and Speaker Lindiwe Maseko were presented to the provincial Privileges and Ethics committee today (Wednesday 11 July) and will be debated at a special sitting of the legislature on Friday 13 July, despite Mmemezi’s resignation as Read more >

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City of Joburg responds after Friday zero feature

The City of Joburg has responded to Corruption Watch following our making them the "zero of the week" on Friday 29 June. In the response, Khanya Umlaw of the city manager's office said that the city would soon announce a number of important steps to address bribery and corruption in the Joburg Metro Police Department Read more >