Every year on 23 June, designated as World Whistle-blower Day (WWBD), Corruption Watch (CW) joins the world in honouring the brave patriots who have risked their lives and their livelihoods in pursuit of the truth. Many of them have lost their lives for that cause. Because CW’s founding operational model was built on the strategic Read more >
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Image: Vuk’uzenzele By Duduzile Zwane – CW Voices Every South African knows the situation. The clinic that never answers. The municipality that never fixes. The government office that treats citizens as interruptions rather than the very reason it exists. We complain about these experiences so often that they have become normal, and perhaps that is Read more >
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By Janine ErasmusFirst published on News24 In Nerina Street, Randburg, City of Johannesburg (CoJ), lies the site of a water burst that has been excavated and left open for at least two years. The repair job was never completed – piles of sand extend into the pothole-ridden road, forcing cars to swerve around it into Read more >
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First published on SAnews.gov.za Image: IEC South Africa on X The Independent Electoral Commission has officially launched the 2026 local government elections (LGE), marking the commencement of the mass awareness campaign towards Election Day in November. This is after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced 4 November 2026 as the date for South Africa’s upcoming local government Read more >
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The Civil Society Working Group on State Capture (CSWG) met in Johannesburg on 4 June 2026 to deliberate on the proposals of the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council (NACAC), including its recommendation for the establishment of the Office of Public Integrity (OPI) as part of South Africa’s future anti-corruption architecture. The NACAC report was handed to Read more >
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By Tawanda Kaseke On 29 May 2026 Corruption Watch sent an urgent letter to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development, in connection with applications for a vacancy at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC). We highlighted serious concerns about the process calling for public comment on an unreasonably long list of candidates. Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
Corruption Watch (CW) has written to Parliament’s portfolio committee on Justice and Constitutional Development urging it to extend the window for public commentary on the currently advertised vacancy at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC). Fresh off its August 2025 victory in the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) leadership appointment matter in the Constitutional Read more >
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By Melusi NcalaFirst published on Daily Maverick If South Africa wants to meaningfully and effectively combat corruption, it must abandon its stance of selective condemnation. We see it every day, especially when a political opponent is accused: due process becomes an afterthought, and the allegation alone is treated as a conviction, without a single minute Read more >
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Corruption Watch (CW) today releases its 14th annual corruption report, titled Ke Nako: Mobilising for justice, as the organisation sets out on the new development path of Vision 2030 that will define its strategic direction for the next four years. “We have chosen the theme for this year’s annual report, Ke Nako: Mobilising for Justice Read more >