HEROES & ZEROES

Whistleblowers: ordinary people turned heroes

Today, 9 December, is International Anti-Corruption Day. The day aims to raise public awareness of corruption and what people can do to fight it. This year’s theme is Zero Corruption – 100% Development, meaning that corruption is a barrier to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, because it diverts funds away from desperately needed facilities and Read more >

DEAR CORRUPTION WATCH

Grant saga needs probe for clarity

Dear Corruption Watch, The saga about the awarding of the social grants contract has been going on for a while. There was recently a Constitutional Court judgment about it and Corruption Watch intervened in the case. Why did Corruption Watch decide to get involved and what are the implications of the judgment? What Does It All Read more >

HEROES & ZEROES

A life well lived

What more can be said about our hero of the week? Former president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nelson Mandela, who passed away peacefully at his home in Johannesburg on Thursday night, surrounded by his family, was a committed fighter for human rights, and for justice and equality for all. Mandela was 95 when he Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

Joemat-Pettersson, Pule unfit to lead

Following the findings of the public protector, Corruption Watch is calling for the removal of the minister of agriculture, forestry and  fisheries, Tina Joemat-Pettersson and former minister of communication, Dina Pule, from public office.  CW’s executive director, David Lewis said the public protector has presented enough evidence for government to act tough on both leaders: “The public protector has effectively confirmed that these two leaders Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

CPI 2013 – South Africa in the African context

Transparency International (TI) has launched its annual corruption perceptions index, and South Africa has not improved noticeably on its score of 43 and ranking of 69 for 2012. Last year the country dropped two places on the sub-Saharan Africa rankings, from seven to nine, and this year it drops another place to 10. The index Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

SA stable in CPI, but results far from comforting

The 2013 global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) compiled by Transparency International reveals that South Africans’ perceptions of the level of corruption have remained stable over the past two years. South Africa is ranked 72 out of 177 countries surveyed and scored 42 out of 100. In the 2012 CPI the country ranked 69 out of 176 countries, with Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

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 >

DEAR CORRUPTION WATCH

Crime pays for our politicians

Dear Corruption Watch Julius Malema has been accused of corruption and fraud, but now I hear that his trial will not be finalised before the elections next year. How do the pending criminal charges affect his political career or his ability to stand for office? Poll Watcher Dear Poll Watcher Julius Malema is facing serious Read more >

HEROES & ZEROES

A man of integrity

Our hero this week is former auditor-general Terence Nombembe, who ended his seven-year, non-renewable term on 30 November. Nombembe has led his department with integrity, he's held leaders accountable, and has not minced words on how corruption and wasteful expenditure affects the poor, At a farewell function held early in November in his honour at Parliament, Read more >