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CW half-year report shows public’s commitment to fighting corruption

07 Aug 2018, 10:42

Corruption Watch (CW) today releases its 2018 Analysis of Corruption Trends (ACT) Report, titled It’s Time to Act. The report shows the persistence of members of the public to expose corruption and hold those responsible to account – scroll to the bottom for an embedded version of the report. During the period from 1 January Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

How football corruption gets kicked into the shadows

16 Jul 2018, 9:41

By Marianne Dodson First published on The Crime Report As millions of fans geared up for last weekend’s World Cup final, a new report warned of little prospect that efforts to clean up football corruption inside the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (Fifa) will succeed. “After more than a century of scandals and a broad Read more >

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The ‘secret ingredient’ to denying bribe requests is trust

02 Jul 2018, 11:50

By Chip Massey First published on the FCPA Blog I was an FBI Special Agent for more than two decades, serving part of that time as a hostage/crisis negotiator. In that role, I had precious seconds to build trust. I met many people at their life’s lowest ebb. Some were investigation subjects who, after serving Read more >

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Behind the scenes with Integrity Idol SA’s first winner

25 Jun 2018, 16:12

South Africa recently concluded its inaugural Integrity Idol campaign, organised and driven by Accountability Lab – and the resounding winner was Captain Vinny Pillay, a career police officer at the Umhlali Police Station on KwaZulu-Natal’s (KZN) north coast. Umhlali falls into the coastal district municipality of iLembe – the smallest of KZN’s district municipalities – Read more >

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No basis for corruption case against me, says Zuma

08 Jun 2018, 15:22

It was a case of déjà vu on Friday morning when former president Jacob Zuma addressed crowds of his supporters outside the Durban High Court, following his brief appearance in relation to corruption charges reinstated against him by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) earlier this year. The case against him, he said, should be dropped Read more >

LAND AND CORRUPTION

TI training manual for land corruption journos

12 Apr 2018, 10:45

Transparency International (TI) has developed a comprehensive training manual to support journalists in Africa who are investigating and reporting stories of land corruption. The manual is titled Investigating Land and Corruption in Africa. Corruption in land-related services in Africa is an endemic problem that has affected every second citizen on the continent in recent years, Read more >

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Corruption with a chance of meatballs

19 Feb 2018, 16:44

By Clyde Haberman First published in the New York Times Man does not live by bread alone, it says in the Bible, and that is certainly true for some politicians accused of corruption. They also live by pasta, meatballs, rice balls, jam, tea and wine, among other comestibles. Food and drink as code words for Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

People’s Tribunal releases preliminary findings

08 Feb 2018, 15:43

Following five days of hearings the five-member panel of the first Peoples’ Tribunal on Economic Crime released their preliminary findings last night. The findings, read out by Justice Zak Yacoob at Constitution Hill, provide a strong call for accountability. They echo the closing message to the People’s Tribunal by South African Council of Churches secretary-general, Read more >

LEGISLATION AND SUBMISSIONS

Five days of gripping tribunal hearings

08 Feb 2018, 14:58

After five days of compelling and disturbing testimony, presentations, submissions and personal accounts, the People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime wrapped up on Wednesday evening. The five-member panel of adjudicators shared their preliminary findings, followed by the opening of The People Against Corruption exhibition. Download the preliminary findings. The evidence presented was just the tip of Read more >