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SA achieves respectable score on Freedom in the World index for 2024

18 Jun 2024, 14:51

South Africa’s highly-anticipated national and provincial elections went off smoothly for the most part on 29 May 2024, though the voter turnout of just over 58% was disappointing but not unexpected. Nevertheless, the country’s Independent Electoral Commission, as well as the South African Human Rights Commission, declared the event free and fair after several days Read more >

Parliament ready for first sittings of NA and NCOP

13 Jun 2024, 17:18

Parliament secretary Xolile George briefed the media and the country on Thursday 13 June on the state of readiness for the scheduled first sittings of the seventh parliament’s National Assembly (NA) and National Council of Provinces (NCOP). The sittings take place on 14 and 15 June 2024, respectively. “We are managing … a mammoth task Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Spotlight on human rights defenders at 2nd Thulani Maseko memorial lecture

13 Jun 2024, 11:05

Government is currently developing a draft bill in response to recommendations made by the public to the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development’s discussion paper on improving whistle-blower protection, which was released in June last year. This was confirmed by Deputy Justice Minister John Jeffery on Wednesday 12 June, at the second Thulani Maseko memorial Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Mdluli will finally answer in court to corruption charges

12 Jun 2024, 12:08

Corruption Watch has followed the Richard Mdluli case almost since the day the organisation launched. For years Mdluli, the former head of police crime intelligence, had evaded justice relating to charges of, among others, murder, attempted murder, and assault, and in a separate case, of corruption, fraud, and money-laundering. The former head of police crime Read more >

STATE CAPTURE

State capture update: Kodwa faces music in state capture trial

10 Jun 2024, 10:33

Image: Flickr/GovernmentZA Zizi Kodwa is out of a job, out of the ANC’s National Executive Committee, and facing charges of corruption and money laundering. He also faces disciplinary action within the party, according to spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri, and has had to step aside in line with its policy for criminally charged members. Kodwa was the Read more >

LAND AND CORRUPTION

Protesting farm women dodge stun grenades outside Parliament

07 Jun 2024, 10:06

Image: GroundUp Corruption Watch has built up a substantial body of work in helping to expose and address corruption in the land sector. For several years now we have been part of an international research project on how corruption affects the most marginalised of our communities in this regard – our field work in 2023 Read more >

STATE CAPTURE

State capture update: Nedbank vs Transnet, Kodwa charged with corruption

05 Jun 2024, 13:41

Financial giant Nedbank is not out of the state capture woods yet, as looming legal action from state-owned freight and transport company Transnet is set to probe its role in alleged dubious transactions during the state capture period. The Daily Maverick reports that Nedbank may face the music for its part in the interest rate Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Editorial: Corruption starts from within – crooked officials, criminals collude

31 May 2024, 9:14

By Susan RussellFirst published on Africa In Fact The first issue of Africa in Fact published last year, in January, dealt in depth with the scourge of Transnational Organised Crime (TOC) in all its toxic forms in Africa, a global phenomenon that poses a direct threat to good governance in every corner of our continent. Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

The state of South Africa’s municipalities revealed in 2024 GPI

30 May 2024, 11:46

Image: Flickr/South African Tourism Good Governance Africa’s (GGA) latest annual Government Performance Index (GPI) was released in March 2024, some three years after the previous edition, and after a lengthy review process. The survey tracks and analyses the state of local governance within local, district, and metropolitan (metro) municipalities across the country, providing “a holistic Read more >