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NACAC’s wish list for new anti-corruption body, amid bureaucratic red tape

19 Nov 2024, 12:30

The National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council (NACAC) has, through its chairperson Firoz Cachalia, made public some of the contents of its wish list for an anti-corruption body it proposed to President Cyril Ramaphosa in a mid-term report it submitted early this year. Cachalia was a panellist in a discussion at the third state capture commission conference Read more >

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Gcaleka: fight against corruption needs resources, ethical leaders

18 Nov 2024, 12:45

Former evidence leader and head of the legal team of the state capture commission, Advocate Paul Pretorious, believes that for government’s efforts to fight capture to succeed, all institutions charged with implementing recommendations would have to look back at the commission for inspiration. The commission, which was chaired by former chief justice Raymond Zondo from Read more >

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Better laws to protect the electorate, that’s what Parliament needs

29 Nov 2023, 11:06

Before we get to the point where we can safely protect public resources from major crimes such as state capture, we should interrogate the South African government system as well as the country’s political culture, so that we have a broader meaning of what needs to change and how. This argument was put forward by Read more >

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State capture: civil society must bridge gap between public and govt

21 Nov 2023, 10:03

On 25 and 26 October two civil society organisations – the Public Affairs Research Institute and the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution – jointly hosted a conference to discuss government’s response to state capture and the implementation of the Zondo commission recommendations, made public last year. The event, the second of Read more >

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State capture commission report marks one-year anniversary

22 Jun 2023, 14:10

Issued by Pari and CasacFirst published on the Public Affairs Research Institute website Today marks a year since Chief Justice Zondo delivered the Report of the Commission on State Capture to President Ramaphosa marking the end of a four-year long process of investigations and public hearings. The Report contained several recommendations about how to hold Read more >

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Encouraged whistle-blowing – could it work for SA’s public procurement?

02 Jun 2021, 12:27

Public procurement is particularly susceptible to corruption, says the UN Office for Drugs and Crime. Such corruption includes bribery, embezzlement, abuse of power, collusion to fix prices, existence of cartels, and other practices that result in government not receiving value for money in the procurement process. This sector in our own country was the scene Read more >

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