CORRUPTION NEWS

Newly launched Zondo tracker an asset for civil society

South Africans who wish to stay abreast of developments in the implementation of the state capture commission’s recommendations can now do so with the Zondo Recommendations Tracker, a tool that was launched on Tuesday by civil society organisation (CSO) Open Secrets. CSOs working under the banner of the Civil Society Working Group on State Capture Read more >

CAMPAIGNS

CW submission on nominated candidates for DPP, SAHRC

Since 2016, Corruption Watch (CW) has conducted extensive public awareness and advocacy campaigns on leadership appointment processes of Chapter 9 and other related institutions. Furthermore, we have monitored several appointment processes and our proposals for transparent, participatory, and merit-based processes were previously endorsed and recommended by the State Capture Commission. We have conducted a screening Read more >

PUBLICATIONS

Mining and tenure security legal framework is overdue for change

A new research report by Dr Aninka Claassens examines several pivotal South African court judgments that guide on the use and interpretation of the major laws governing mining and tenure security in the country, and the way they could and should be read together. Claassens was the founding director of the Land and Accountability Research Read more >

OUTREACH AND EVENTS

Addressing judicial corruption in South Africa

“The judiciary is the temple of justice, and in most cases, it is the last hope of the common man.” Prof John-Mark Iyi, director of the African Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice (ACTCJ) at the University of the Western Cape, used these words to introduce a recent webinar discussing the complex task of combating corruption Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

Best practice guide facilitates meaningful consultations in extractives industry

Corruption Watch (CW) today launches the Best Practice Guideline on Community Consultation in the South African Extractives Industry 2024 (BPG), as part of the EU-funded Rallying Efforts to Accelerate Progress in Africa Project. The guide was developed in partnership with Webber Wentzel. Many communities in South Africa remain disadvantaged and marginalised, a legacy of South Read more >

LITIGATION

Hlophe not allowed in judges’ interviews, says WC High Court

Image: Polity The parliamentary Judicial Services Commission (JSC) interviews for magistrates and judges, an important annual event in the judiciary’s calendar for the month of October, will take place without impeached judge and MK Party parliamentary leader Dr John Hlophe. This after the Western Cape High Court on Friday granted applicants in the matter calling Read more >