The newly announced Fallen Whistleblowers Bill, an ActionSA initiative, aims to attack corruption in public procurement with four main priorities: creating a secure disclosure mechanism, increasing penalties for intimidation, introducing an incentive of between 15% and 25% of recovered funds, and enabling private prosecution when the NPA fails or refuses to act. The document is also referred to as the Public Procurement Amendment Bill 2026.
The newly announced Fallen Whistleblowers Bill, an ActionSA initiative, aims to attack corruption in public procurement with four main priorities: creating a secure disclosure mechanism, increasing penalties for intimidation, introducing an incentive of between 15% and 25% of recovered funds, and enabling private prosecution when the NPA fails or refuses to act. The document is also referred to as the Public Procurement Amendment Bill 2026.
New public procurement amendment bill focuses on whistleblowers
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At the end of 2026, citizens will vote for their local government representatives. It's not too early to start giving careful consideration to who gets that vote, especially in light of a new policy brief from ENACT and the Institute for Security Studies, which examines the patterns of corruption in local government and compares them to those found in organised crime. "The more organised, normalised, and profitable corruption becomes in local government across South Africa, the less incentive there will be for good governance."
At the end of 2026, citizens will vote for their local government representatives. It's not too early to start giving careful consideration to who gets that vote, especially in light of a new policy brief from ENACT and the Institute for Security Studies, which examines the patterns of corruption in local government and compares them to those found in organised crime. "The more organised, normalised, and profitable corruption becomes in local government across South Africa, the less incentive there will be for good governance."
Can municipal corruption be likened to organised crime?
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The global state of democracy is cause for concern
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Towards the end of 2025 the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), an organisation supporting democracy around the world, published the latest edition of The Global State of Democracy, an index that assesses democratisation across the world. The results show a global pattern of weakening democracy. South Africa, despite some low scores, for instance in Absence of Corruption, did not fare too badly overall.
Towards the end of 2025 the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), an organisation supporting democracy around the world, published the latest edition of The Global State of Democracy, an index that assesses democratisation across the world. The results show a global pattern of weakening democracy. South Africa, despite some low scores, for instance in Absence of Corruption, did not fare too badly overall.
Corruption Watch notes the surprise announcement of the appointment of Adv Andy Mothibi, current SIU head, as the new national director of public prosecutions. The organisation says that while Mothibi does bring a wealth of anti-corruption knowledge and experience, he was nonetheless not one of the six short-listed candidates and it would have been preferable for him to have been subjected to the same interview process as the others.
Corruption Watch notes the surprise announcement of the appointment of Adv Andy Mothibi, current SIU head, as the new national director of public prosecutions. The organisation says that while Mothibi does bring a wealth of anti-corruption knowledge and experience, he was nonetheless not one of the six short-listed candidates and it would have been preferable for him to have been subjected to the same interview process as the others.
Appointment of the new national director of public prosecutions
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Corruption Watch, in collaboration with Social Change Assistance Trust or SCAT, and Transparency International, and co-funded by the European Union, has embarked on the Strengthening Action Against Corruption (SAAC) project which focuses specifically on empowering and educating community advice offices/civil society organisations in the Eastern Cape province. Follow our activities here.
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Veza (a colloquial term for ‘reveal’ or ‘expose’) allows you to: · Report incidents of police corruption and police misconduct, · Access information on your rights when you encounter the police, · Access information on SA's 1 150 police stations, such as locations, resources, budget and personnel, · Locate your nearest Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) unit, · And much more.
Political party ActionSA has revealed what it calls the Fallen Whistleblowers Bill. The document, also referred to as the Public Procurement Amendment Bill 2026, focuses on the sector widely acknowledged as being the most vulnerable to corruption because of risks such as the constant interaction between the public and private sectors, the large sums of Read more >
By Janine Erasmus – CW Voices Events highlighted in South Africa’s news cycle in the last three months or so have exposed our country’s deep-rooted challenges with corruption, organised crime, and the haunting lack of protection for whistle-blowers who expose criminal activity. From the revelations of alleged criminal syndicate infiltration into our policing system – Read more >
It’s another year at the polls for South Africa, with the focus this time on municipalities. At the end of 2026, citizens will vote for their local government representatives in an election that will take place between 2 November and 1 February 2027. This is a crucial event in the democratic system because local government Read more >
Corruption Watch (CW) has been exposing weaknesses and corruption in South Africa’s farm worker equity scheme system for years, through its participation in Transparency International’s Land and Corruption in Africa project which tackles land corruption risks and injustices in sub-Saharan Africa. The organisation completed phase one of the project between 2015 and 2019, and wound Read more >
Corruption Watch (CW) notes the surprise announcement on Tuesday, 6 January 2026 of the appointment of Advocate Jan Lekgoa (Andy) Mothibi, the current head of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), as the new national director of public prosecutions (NDPP). President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to appoint Adv. Mothibi follows the conclusion of the seven-person advisory panel Read more >
