DEAR CORRUPTION WATCH

Minister’s role may interfere with Hawks work

Are you witnessing corruption but don’t know what to do about it? Ask the team of Corruption Watch experts what to do by writing to: letters@businesstimes.co.za and mark your letter 'Dear Corruption Watch'. Dear Corruption Watch Can you please tell me about the Hawks Bill?  I know Parliament had to redraft it to restructure the Read more >

HEROES & ZEROES

Engineers set up ‘war chest’ to fight graft

South Africa’s association of consulting engineers this week took the corruption fight into its own hands by saying it would set up a R1-milllion "war chest" to take legal action against municipalities that award tenders to fly-by-night companies. It is also calling on members to reinvigorate whistleblowing on dodgy procedures in the industry so that Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Zuma address: substance lacking

President Jacob Zuma’s 2013 State of the Nation Address, delivered yesterday evening, did not impress much. His message on corruption lacked a critical element of redress – accountability. Zuma did a reasonably good job of hailing the work done by those organs of state tasked with fighting the corruption that has worried many South Africans Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

Call to President Zuma ahead of State of the Nation address

In his State of the Nation Address President Jacob Zuma should demonstrate his commitment to accountability and transparency by announcing the release of the Nkandla upgrade report to the public. “If the government wants to be taken seriously in the fight against corruption, details on Nkandla upgrade should be released. Government’s commitment to fighting corruption Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

‘Local government the weakest link’

Financial woes plaguing local government create an ideal environment for fraud and corruption to fester, the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) said this week. This was in reaction to Auditor -General Terence Nombembe’s statement that financial controls in government departments are slipping, particularly in municipalities. He was talking at a public sector forum convened Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Nala Municipality promises a turnaround

The troubled Free State municipality of Nala has received a lot of attention since the beginning of 2013, with much of its dirty laundry – including fraud and corruption allegations and poor service delivery reports – being hung out in the last few weeks. Read our original article about this here. In between a visit Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Mvula sacks acting CEO

The board of Mvula Trust has relieved the organisation’s acting CEO of his duties before appointing a permanent replacement, Alex Eliseev reports following Corruption Watch’s exposé on the respected NGO in late January. Read the original article here. The move comes less than two weeks after an investigation which revealed allegations of fronting against the Read more >

DEAR CORRUPTION WATCH

What happens when you lie in Parliament?

Are you witnessing corruption but don’t know what to do about it? Ask the team of Corruption Watch experts what to do by writing to: letters@businesstimes.co.za and mark your letter 'Dear Corruption Watch'. Dear Corruption Watch, The media and opposition parties have alleged that the President did not tell the truth to Parliament in respect Read more >

HEROES & ZEROES

Durban’s queen of bling goes down

Durban’s queen of bling Shauwn Mpisane stands accused of faking documents to secure R140-million in tenders from the Department of Public Works. Yesterday the Anti-Corruption Task Team swooped on her and her husband’s plush pad in La Lucia to seize their assets, including a flashy fleet of 25 cars. Although Mpisane’s alleged corrupt ways of Read more >