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State capture update: Nedbank vs Transnet, Kodwa charged with corruption

05 Jun 2024, 13:41

Financial giant Nedbank is not out of the state capture woods yet, as looming legal action from state-owned freight and transport company Transnet is set to probe its role in alleged dubious transactions during the state capture period. The Daily Maverick reports that Nedbank may face the music for its part in the interest rate Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Editorial: Corruption starts from within – crooked officials, criminals collude

31 May 2024, 9:14

By Susan RussellFirst published on Africa In Fact The first issue of Africa in Fact published last year, in January, dealt in depth with the scourge of Transnational Organised Crime (TOC) in all its toxic forms in Africa, a global phenomenon that poses a direct threat to good governance in every corner of our continent. Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

The state of South Africa’s municipalities revealed in 2024 GPI

30 May 2024, 11:46

Image: Flickr/South African Tourism Good Governance Africa’s (GGA) latest annual Government Performance Index (GPI) was released in March 2024, some three years after the previous edition, and after a lengthy review process. The survey tracks and analyses the state of local governance within local, district, and metropolitan (metro) municipalities across the country, providing “a holistic Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Report: Politically-motivated killings increase in SA in election years

23 May 2024, 12:11

With just under a week to go until South Africa’s general elections, the campaigning frenzy is about to die down, with parties hoping they have done enough to entice voters to their cause. While we roll our eyes at the same old political rhetoric that we hear every year, this is eminently bearable compared to Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Former minister’s court woes not over, corruption trial looming

20 May 2024, 12:32

Image: WIkimedia Commons It was a time of one hit and one miss in the courts recently for former state security minister Bongani Bongo, who has been embroiled in corruption cases for several years. He told journalists on Friday 10 May that he harboured no bitterness after he was discharged, along with seven co-accused, in Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

SA’s public service is dysfunctional – the 5 main reasons why

17 May 2024, 11:01

Image: EFE-EPA/Nic Bothma By Marcel NagarFirst published on The Conversation: Africa A public policy works well if it’s a good policy and if it’s carried out well. Politicians make policy and specialist bureaucrats in the public service carry it out. These appointed officials are supposed to follow a strict professional and ethical code of conduct. Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Beneficial ownership transparency under attack from secrecy enablers

09 May 2024, 14:58

When corruption is exposed, it is a given that the corrupt will fight back tooth and nail, clinging with all their might to that easy and lucrative source of income or power. A new report, released in April 2024 by the Tax Justice Network, reveals how those who operate in secrecy have found a strategy Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Growing WC extortion economy threatens the whole country

08 May 2024, 14:48

In November 2023 we reported on a new project by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC), which would monitor crime activity in the Western Cape (WC) province, which struggles with crime like many other areas in the country. The first issue of the Western Cape Gang Monitor, released in October, was based on Read more >

STATE CAPTURE

State capture: FS asbestos case, ANC election list with state capture accused

06 May 2024, 11:34

National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head Shamila Batohi has admitted to being “wrong” about her estimation of quickly scoring big convictions in the corruption cases admitted from the evidence before the state capture commission, which was chaired by Chief Justice Raymond Zondo from 2018 to 2022. The NPA, says Batohi, had learned from prosecution glitches such Read more >