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HEROES & ZEROES

The Auditor and the Hitmen

Source: Sacsis Recently Corruption Watch celebrated the late Lawrence Moepi as a hero in the fight against corruption. The forensic auditor was shot and killed in broad daylight as he arrived at his office in Houghton, and his murder has sparked condemnation and anxiety in auditing circles, as practitioners speak out about their fears of Read more >

HEROES & ZEROES

No more excessive public spending, says Gordhan

Public servants who have freely flashed their official credit cards in the past, have been put on a spending diet – finance minister Pravin Gordhan has announced in his 2013 medium term budget policy speech that this and other perks are to be curtailed. Speaking in Parliament yesterday, Gordhan devoted a significant portion of his Read more >

DEAR CORRUPTION WATCH

Don’t bow to bribery demands from officials

Dear Corruption Watch, A mining house in Kenya is considering bringing a bribery case to the International Chamber of Commerce. They allege that they were asked to pay just under $1 million to reverse a suspension of its mining licence. The company claims the suspension was politically motivated. Is this common in the mining industry? Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Spy tapes saga: the latest

President Jacob Zuma will apply in the Johannesburg high court this week for leave to appeal against the most recent ruling in the so-called “spy tapes” saga. The appeal will be heard on Friday, 6 September. On 16 August the high court in Pretoria ruled that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), which is in possession Read more >

DEAR CORRUPTION WATCH

Benefit bought or sought is a crime

Dear Corruption Watch All this “name-dropping” for special favours or contracts or landing rights at air force bases really ticks me off. I assume it’s not against any laws, but the results are so clearly corrupt that it should be. Is it possible to criminalise the peddling of influence? — Friendless in high places Corruption Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Corruption Watch in the clear

The Mail & Guardian newspaper has published a correction to its story on corruption investigations regarding unions, so clearing Corruption Watch’s name. Evidence for the story, said the ombud, was simply thin. By Corruption Watch Reporter Corruption Watch’s name has been cleared after the Mail & Guardian published a correction to its lead story in Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

How things work at Corruption Watch

By Nicky Rehbock Knowing how our organisation works, using real incidents reported to us by the public, helps to show how we treat all cases from the public equally – whether they involve the abuse of public resources or power in a government department, private company, NGO or union. Broadly speaking, there are two very Read more >

GOVERNANCE

Corruption Watch board sets the record straight

The Corruption Watch Board members emphatically affirm that no unions are presently being investigated – following recent false claims in the press that the organisation is probing at least four Cosatu-affiliated unions and “meddling in Cosatu power battles”. Corruption Watch received 1 500 cases of corruption from the public in 2012. Of the reports received, Read more >

DEAR CORRUPTION WATCH

Zuma’s praise for public servants is misplaced

Dear Corruption Watch I see that President Jacob Zuma has recently praised public servants for a job well done. This is at odds with recent press on greedy public servants lining their pockets. Is our president's praise misplaced? — Confused Dear Confused We are aware of the president's congratulatory letter to the public servants, which Read more >