HEROES & ZEROES

Minister Xingwana: a double zero

She was late in presenting documents to MPs for a turnaround strategy, but it appears she wasted no time in spending over R2-million of taxpayers’ money on office decorations. It is alleged she appointed a nurse to a senior position instead of someone with better qualifications, hired staff with criminal records, and even made sure Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Corruption Watch is hiring!

Corruption Watch is looking to hire a forensic case manager. The successful candidate will provide an administration and case management function for reports allocated to the investigations teams of Corruption Watch as part of the Reports Management environment. In addition, to perform preliminary and forensic investigations on reports received. The position includes supporting the effective Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Vavi: show me proof and I’ll step down

Cosatu general secretary and Corruption Watch board member Zwelinzima Vavi has strongly denied reports that he was involved in corrupt dealings relating to the procurement of the federation’s new building. "I will never ever use the powers I have as general secretary of the federation to steal from the very downtrodden members of the federation, Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

CW lauds minister’s action on procurement

Kenneth Brown has been announced as the new chief procurement officer by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan during his budget speech on Wednesday 28 February in Parliament. Brown is currently Treasury's deputy director-general. Corruption Watch welcomes this move, as 22% of the more that 1 300 cases of corruption reported to the organisation by the public Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

New tool to help fight conflict of interest

Dodgy government officials who spend their time running their own businesses instead of helping to run the country will find it increasingly tricky to protect their private projects from public scrutiny, thanks to new tools that have been created to improve the visibility of any conflicts of interest. A new software package, created by six Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

Govt should do more than name and shame the already convicted

Justice Minister, Jeff Radebe’s announcement that government will name and shame convicted corrupt officials should go a step further to expose officials who have been charged with corruption but resign before disciplinary action, only to be rehired in another department or province. “Revealing the names of the convicted for corruption is a step in the Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

The Act of protecting personal info

Dear CW, There has been a lot of talk about the Secrecy Bill and the Promotion of Access to Information Act. I am now hearing about another act called the Protection of Personal Information Act. What is the purpose of this law? Is it in force? And how does it relate to other legislation dealing Read more >

HEROES & ZEROES

East Cape local government rewards mediocrity

Mere days after slamming local government in Eastern Cape because not a single municipality in the province had received a clean audit in the last financial year, local government MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane stood in front of a room of municipal managers and heads, and congratulated them for their “excellency” in financial management, at the annual Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Number of national key points up by 54% in five years

In the last five years there has been a 54% increase in the number of “national key points” across the country, says Right2Know in its recently released Secret State of the Nation report. The increase has happened under the National Key Points Act – which has been referred to as an “apartheid-era” national security law. Read more >