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Podcasts by Corruption Watch

18 Oct 2023, 11:10

Corruption Watch podcasts are engaging and topical, covering a wide range of issues, from the Zondo commission and state capture, to land corruption, police corruption, and corruption affecting the youth. Our podcast serials are at the top of the page, while you will find individual or one-off podcasts at the bottom. Our podcast journey is Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Episode 2 – Land and Corruption: Story of the Marginalised

18 Oct 2023, 9:29

Image: Corruption Watch Episode 1 of our new podcast series on land corruption laid down the background to the Land and Corruption in Africa phase 2 (LCA2) project, driven by Transparency International (TI). Project leaders from Corruption Watch (CW) and TI spoke about the areas in which they want to see change happen and the Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

Land and Corruption: Story of the Marginalised – podcast and report launch

16 Oct 2023, 13:21

Corruption Watch (CW) invites you to join moderator Sakina Kamwendo and the CW team for a listening session marking our new five-part podcast series, Land and Corruption: Story of the Marginalised, as well as the release of a research report that addresses the intersection between land, corruption, and discrimination. An episode of the podcast series Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

HSACF concerned about the increase in fraudulent medico-legal claims

16 Oct 2023, 11:27

Source: www.gov.za Corruption Watch is a member of the Health Sector Anti-Corruption Forum (HSACF), which is chaired by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). The HSACF convened a successful meeting on 29 September 2023 to deliberate on anti-corruption interventions in the health sector. The collaborative effort between civil society, the private sector (inter alia medical schemes, Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Land and Corruption in Africa 2 – telling stories of the marginalised

13 Oct 2023, 14:32

Land ownership in South Africa is a complex topic, with dozens of laws regulating the purchase, redistribution, and tenure of land, as well as the property rights of landowners. These laws date back decades, through pre- and post-colonial apartheid eras, and they govern different spaces – urban and rural, commercial and residential, peri-urban and farming, Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Land and Corruption in Africa: a Transparency International project

12 Oct 2023, 10:00

For nearly 10 years, Transparency International (TI) has been conducting research into the connection between land and corruption in Africa, through its project of that name. Phase one of Land and Corruption in Africa was successfully rolled out from 2014 to 2019 and yielded rich country-by-country research on land corruption risks and the impact on Read more >

PUBLICATIONS

CW report further underscores need for public procurement reform

28 Sep 2023, 14:25

Image by Freepik Corruption Watch’s recent Procurement Risk Trends 2023 report records the alarming rate at which state organs use the practice of deviations and contract expansions in public procurement, and not always for good purposes. While it clarifies that there may be perfectly valid reasons for deviating from a prescribed procurement procedure or for Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

Latest CW report tracks procurement risk trends

20 Sep 2023, 11:13

Corruption Watch (CW), working with procurement law expert Professor Geo Quinot of Stellenbosch University, released Procurement Risk Trends 2023, the third such report, following the first two that were published in 2021 and 2022, respectively. These reports, which cover the period between 2016 and 2023, specifically focus on trends in public procurement deviations and contract expansions. Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Fine qualifications alone do not a public protector make

18 Sep 2023, 9:33

The unprecedented removal of Busisiwe Mkhwebane as public protector highlights the importance of selecting the right person for a job – especially one of such importance – through a rigorous process that disregards party or cadre issues and focuses solely on merit and suitability. Never before has a South African public protector been removed from Read more >