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CW in successful R10-billion tender appeal

Corruption Watch continues to make a valuable contribution to the fight against corruption, with its most recent success related to the Constitutional Court case involving Allpay Consolidated Investment Holdings (Allpay) and others v The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and others. The organisation appeared as a friend of the court in September, in a Read more >

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Good governance is no reason for complacency

​Corruption Watch’s executive director David Lewis delivered the keynote speech at the launch of the JSE’s Socially Responsible Investment Index for 2013.  Launched in 2004, the index is a tool that, according to the JSE, “measures companies’ policies, performance and reporting in relation to the three pillars of the triple bottom line (environmental, economic and Read more >

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Civil claims against colluders to go ahead

Media reports over the last couple of days have revealed more positive developments in the collusion scandal that rocked the construction industry in 2013. The Competition Tribunal has issued four certificates to the City of Cape Town to enable civil claims against construction companies who are among those recently found guilty of collusion and fined Read more >

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Macosa: school of shame

By Gcina Ntsaluba It’s an accepted fact that, for various reasons, the national basic education department is under-performing, and the ones who stand to lose the most are the children. The lack of furniture at Eastern Cape schools, particularly, is one of the major problems crippling learners and teachers, mostly in rural schools in the Read more >

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Corruption Watch – annual report 2012

Corruption Watch’s first annual report, Turn up the Volume, offers an overview of our activities including campaigns and other ways of raising awareness of corruption, talks about the reports we received during the year, presents an analysis of those reports, outlines the strategy for 2013, and more. Download the annual report for 2012). Excerpt Corruption Read more >

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CW probe leads to tender suspension

A Corruption Watch probe into the awarding of a multi-million circumcision contract has yielded positive results. The R182-million contract, between the Mpumalanga Department of Health and a private service provider, Mkhago Health Care Services, has been suspended as a result of the probe. The organisation received an anonymous tip-off two months ago and acted swiftly Read more >

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No way out for principal Usiba, says GED

Soweto school principal Nonzwakazi Usiba of Thubelihle Intermediary School is apparently trying to avoid responsibility for corrupt activities – by resigning. Usiba, who’s at the centre of an investigation into misuse of funds at the educational institution, will not be let off the hook that easily – the Gauteng Education Department (GED) has rejected her Read more >

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Tjo-tjo and favours evident in school grounds

By Kavisha Pillay According to a Corruption Watch survey into corruption in schools, favours in exchange for better marks was singled out as a prevalent form of misuse of power. Results of the survey, which polled 3 284 respondents between the ages of 13 and 34, were released on 30 September, and showed a general Read more >

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Survey: Corruption in schools on the rise

Since Corruption Watch launched its schools campaign,  reports of irregularities in school management have been coming in thick and fast. Since January 2012, the civil society organisation has received over 300 reports of corruption in schools via its website, SMS hotline, and telephone. Corruption Watch has made schools monitoring a focus in 2013. Now, new Read more >