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When optics trump governance, it’s the poor that suffer

29 Apr 2022, 7:33

By Marianne Merten In his third address to a joint sitting of Parliament — others were on gender-based violence (2019), and South Africa’s economic reconstruction and recovery (2020) — President Cyril Ramaphosa left more questions and answers on the devastating KwaZulu-Natal floods. No details emerged on the R1-billion Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana had publicly talked Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

SA politicians once again commit a crime against humanity

22 Apr 2022, 10:40

Image: Flickr/GovernmentZA First published on Daily Maverick When devastating floods struck KwaZulu-Natal on 11 April, South Africans’ first response was to commiserate with their compatriots. Their next response was to warn against giving a cent to the government and loudly proclaim that their donations were going to organisations like the Gift of the Givers. It’s Read more >

LEGISLATION AND SUBMISSIONS

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 >