Corruption Watch will appear in the Constitutional Court on 6 March to challenge the National Assembly’s recent appointment of persons to the Commission on Gender Equality. The organisation contends that the parliamentary committee on women, youth, and people with disabilities failed in its constitutional duty to facilitate meaningful public involvement in the appointment process, and seeks a court order declaring the appointments to be unlawful and invalid, suspended for 18 months to allow for the process to be run again.

Corruption Watch will appear in the Constitutional Court on 6 March to challenge the National Assembly’s recent appointment of persons to the Commission on Gender Equality. The organisation contends that the parliamentary committee on women, youth, and people with disabilities failed in its constitutional duty to facilitate meaningful public involvement in the appointment process, and seeks a court order declaring the appointments to be unlawful and invalid, suspended for 18 months to allow for the process to be run again.

CW soon in ConCourt to challenge CGE appointments

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The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has announced its (most corrupt) Person of the Year for 2024. The winner is none other than former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad! He deserves the 'prize', having overseen a brutally repressive regime for 24 years and caused a civil war that began in 2011 and is still not over.

The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has announced its (most corrupt) Person of the Year for 2024. The winner is none other than former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad! He deserves the 'prize', having overseen a brutally repressive regime for 24 years and caused a civil war that began in 2011 and is still not over.

The OCCRP's most corrupt person of the year for 2024 is ...

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SA in 2025: 8 key factors that will shape the future and test the govt

It is too early to assess the government of national unity's success, writes Prof Theo Neethling for The Conversation: Africa. But it is not too early to address certain critical factors which will influence that potential success - in this article Neethling discusses eight important priorities for the new government.

It is too early to assess the government of national unity's success, writes Prof Theo Neethling for The Conversation: Africa. But it is not too early to address certain critical factors which will influence that potential success - in this article Neethling discusses eight important priorities for the new government.

The parliamentary portfolio committee on social development has ordered a thorough investigation into the entire social grants application and payment system. The committee is concerned about the weaknesses exposed in an investigation conducted last year into social relief of distress grants, and wants the same treatment extended to the wider social grant system.

The parliamentary portfolio committee on social development has ordered a thorough investigation into the entire social grants application and payment system. The committee is concerned about the weaknesses exposed in an investigation conducted last year into social relief of distress grants, and wants the same treatment extended to the wider social grant system.

Parly to investigate social grant application and payment system

Corruption Watch, in collaboration with Social Change Assistance Trust or SCAT, and Transparency International, and co-funded by the European Union, has embarked on the Strengthening Action Against Corruption (SAAC) project which focuses specifically on empowering and educating community advice offices/civil society organisations in the Eastern Cape province. Follow our activities here.

Strengthening Action Against Corruption

Veza (a colloquial term for ‘reveal’ or ‘expose’) allows you to:
· Report incidents of police corruption and police misconduct,
· Access information on your rights when you encounter the police,
· Access information on SA's 1 150 police stations, such as locations, resources, budget and personnel,
· Locate your nearest Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) unit,
· And much more.

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