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The ParliMeter, a new tool for enhancing public participation in Parliament

Image: Flickr/GovernmentZA The Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG) is well-known as a dependable source of information on our legislature and its doings. Providing information on committee meetings, alerting the public to calls for comment on bills and discussion documents, and publishing the scheduled programme of meetings and debates is all in day’s work for the organisation. Read more >

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How can Parliament be better? Pari researches and advises

Effective parliamentary oversight is essential for a well-functioning democracy. Parliament is the body that exercises oversight over the workings and decisions of government’s executive branch, ensuring that service delivery takes place as promised and where this does not happen, that government is answerable to the people it serves – so that all citizens can live Read more >

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Parly to investigate social grant application and payment system

Image: Barbara Maregele for GroundUp Things may finally be heating up for corrupt Sassa officials, more than a decade after Corruption Watch (CW) helped expose widespread corruption in the distribution and payment of social grants. In 2013 CW, as amicus curiae in the case between AllPay Consolidated Investment Holdings and the South African Social Security Read more >

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Establishment of Ch9 anti-corruption body gathers momentum

The Constitution Twenty-first Amendment Bill is in circulation at Parliament. The private member bill was introduced on 1 November and presented to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development on 26 November, by MP Glynnis Breytenbach. The bill aims to amend the Constitution to establish the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) as an institution supporting and Read more >

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Scopa and SIU renew anti-corruption memorandum of understanding

Image: Parliamentary finance cluster The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has fast become known for its independence and determination, which has enabled it to crack the whip on poorly performing government entities and recoup billions in misused public funds – despite threats, intimidation, and often aggressive push-back from government officials. In addition, the ever-increasing sophistication of Read more >

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Focus and hard work will help improve PFMA audits, says Maluleke

Auditor-General (AG) Tsakani Maluleke has cautioned the government of national unity (GNU) to prioritise service delivery and enhance inter-governmental planning in its capacities in both the executive and the legislature. Maluleke released the latest audit outcomes for provincial and national departments and entities, governed by the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), on 27 November in Read more >

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Newly launched Zondo tracker an asset for civil society

South Africans who wish to stay abreast of developments in the implementation of the state capture commission’s recommendations can now do so with the Zondo Recommendations Tracker, a tool that was launched on Tuesday by civil society organisation (CSO) Open Secrets. CSOs working under the banner of the Civil Society Working Group on State Capture Read more >

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CW submission on nominated candidates for DPP, SAHRC

Since 2016, Corruption Watch (CW) has conducted extensive public awareness and advocacy campaigns on leadership appointment processes of Chapter 9 and other related institutions. Furthermore, we have monitored several appointment processes and our proposals for transparent, participatory, and merit-based processes were previously endorsed and recommended by the State Capture Commission. We have conducted a screening Read more >

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Addressing judicial corruption in South Africa

“The judiciary is the temple of justice, and in most cases, it is the last hope of the common man.” Prof John-Mark Iyi, director of the African Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice (ACTCJ) at the University of the Western Cape, used these words to introduce a recent webinar discussing the complex task of combating corruption Read more >