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The business of killing – organised assassinations in SA

13 Apr 2023, 9:44

In recent years South Africans have been stunned by a spate of murders of high-profile individuals – gangsters and crime fighters alike. We think immediately of Babita Deokaran in 2021, Muzi Manyathi in 2022, Cloete and Tom Murray in 2023, Mpumalanga crime boss Clyde Mnisi also in 2023 and his widow two days after his Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Activists run the gauntlet every day, on behalf of others

23 Feb 2023, 15:41

By Janine Erasmus The life of an activist in South Africa is as fraught with danger as that of a whistle-blower. Both stand up to corruption and in so doing, put their safety, and even their lives, on the line. Both suffer abuse, ridicule, and harassment from the perpetrators of corruption as well as the Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Lamola: Whistle-blowers’ plight receiving attention

07 Feb 2023, 9:42

Justice minister Ronald Lamola has paid tribute to South Africa’s whistle-blowers. Speaking on 6 February at the hybrid conference on Countering the Corrupt – Reform of the Criminal Justice Administration in South Africa, Lamola said: “You are the true embodiment of the famous saying by British philosopher John Stuart Mill: ‘Bad men need nothing more Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Whistle-blowers betrayed by govt failure to protect them, despite promises

09 Sep 2022, 13:19

By Kwazi Dlamini Martha Ngoye has decried President Cyril Ramaphosa’s promise to protect whistle-blowers in South Africa, saying it does nothing to make those who decide to do right feel safe and protected. Ngoye, group head of the legal department of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa), is currently on suspension pending the Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

We need much more: strengthening protection for whistle-blowers

23 Jun 2022, 10:01

By Kwazi Dlamini Today, 23 June, is World Whistleblower Day. It is another chance for us to acknowledge and appreciate the immense importance of blowing the whistle on corruption, and salute the courage of those who choose to come forward. Because whistle-blowing is one of the most effective ways to detect and prevent corruption, malfeasance, Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Good on paper, poor in practice: SA’s whistle-blower protection regime

23 Jun 2022, 9:28

By Kwazi Dlamini Today, 23 June, is World Whistle-blower Day. It is another chance for us to acknowledge and appreciate the immense importance of blowing the whistle on corruption, and salute the courage of those who choose to come forward. Because whistle-blowing is one of the most effective ways to detect and prevent corruption, malfeasance, Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

South Africa can help its whistle-blowers – here are some good suggestions

18 Mar 2022, 11:07

“I do think the most valuable way both of rewarding and protecting whistle-blowers is to make of them seriously high-profile characters.” These are the words of Corruption Watch’s former executive director David Lewis, speaking in early March at a webinar hosted by the Mail & Guardian and titled Amend South Africa’s legislation to include rewards Read more >

PUBLICATIONS

More police visibility, more police corruption, says ACT report

22 Sep 2021, 8:31

NOTE TO READERS: The ACT report for 2021 is presented in a different format this year. There is no single published report – rather, this is a multimedia publication with four components. A press release | This article | A set of infographics containing the data in visually captivating form – available in high-res also Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

New corruption report exposes continued rot in public and private sectors

21 Sep 2021, 17:06

NOTE TO READERS: The ACT report for 2021 is presented in a different format this year. There is no single published report – rather, this is a multimedia publication with four components. This press release | An in-depth article | A set of infographics containing the data in visually captivating form – available in high-res Read more >