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LITIGATION

CW goes to court to review Sassa’s payment of R317-million to CPS

Corruption Watch has asked the High Court to set aside the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) CEO Virginia Petersen’s decision to make a payment of R317-million to Cash Paymaster Services (CPS), a subsidiary of Net1 UEPS Technologies Incorporated, a company incorporated in the US and listed on Nasdaq and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. “The Read more >

PUBLICATIONS

CW releases third annual report, confirms corruption is growing

Corruption Watch (CW) has expressed great concern over the growing levels of corruption and the lack of political will by key political and governmental leaders to confront corruption. The Corruption Watch 2014 report reveals that 8 181 corruption reports have been lodged with the organisation since its establishment in 2012. “The situation is really dire. Read more >

PUBLICATIONS

Annual report 2014 – corruption is growing

​Corruption Watch has released its third annual report, and marked its three-year anniversary of operations. Under the theme of My Hands Are Clean, the publication bears a distinctive polygraph cover which speaks about honesty and integrity. Corruption Watch data reveal that the watchdog organisation received a total of 8 181 corruption complaints in the three years since Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Mixed reaction to PAM Act – part two

In part one of our series we introduced a keenly anticipated piece of legislation – the Public Administration Management (PAM) Act. In part two we examine some of the reactions to the Act, and in the third and final part we will discuss the proposed integrity unit. In December 2014 President Jacob Zuma signed the Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Dropped charges confirm Guptagate scapegoating

The South African National Defence Force’s recent withdrawing of charges against the two officers that it implicated in the investigation into the Gupta aircraft that landed at Waterkloof Air Force base in 2013 confirms that they were chosen as scapegoats, and that the charges were designed to deflect attention from President Zuma’s role in securing Read more >

RAISING AWARENESS

The good and bad news

By David Lewis (This article was first published in City Press) The recent Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index puts South Africa in 67th place out of the 175 countries surveyed. Those satisfied with mediocrity might think this is not too bad. People with this view must remember that our ranking dropped by about 30 places in Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

SA fares poorly in the global Corruption Perceptions Index, yet again

Today’s release of Transparency International’s (TI) 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), the most widely used indicator of corruption worldwide, highlights again the gradual erosion of trust in South Africa’s public sector. Corruption Watch notes with great concern that the country has again scored below 50.  According to TI, a score below 50 indicates a significant Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Minimal CPI improvement for SA

Transparency International’s (TI) 20th Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) has been released today. The annual index ranks countries or territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. The lower the score, which falls between 100 and 0, the more corrupt the country is perceived to be. Out of 175 countries scrutinised, South Africa managed to Read more >

RAISING AWARENESS

A step towards elimination of secret companies

Corruption Watch executive director David Lewis chatted to Moneyweb’s Siki Mgabadeli in the wake of the news that the G20 has adopted strict new principles to tackle money laundering and undisclosed beneficial ownership. Download this interview as an MP3 Siki Mgabadeli: G20 leaders over the weekend vowed to implement an anti-corruption action plan as part Read more >