Corruption Watch (CW) today launches the Best Practice Guideline on Community Consultation in the South African Extractives Industry 2024 (BPG), as part of the EU-funded Rallying Efforts to Accelerate Progress in Africa Project. The guide was developed in partnership with Webber Wentzel. Many communities in South Africa remain disadvantaged and marginalised, a legacy of South Read more >
LITIGATION
27 September 2024 Corruption Watch (CW) welcomes the judgment handed down today, 27 September 2024, by the full bench of the Western Cape High Court in the matter of Corruption Watch v Speaker of the National Assembly and others. Three related applications were brought by CW, the DA, and Freedom Under Law. The High Court Read more >
PRESS RELEASES
We invite you to join Corruption Watch in launching the Best Practice Guide on Community Consultation in the South African Extractives Industry, as part of our Rallying Efforts to Accelerate Progress in Africa Project. The guide was developed in partnership with Webber Wentzel, and will be released at an in-person event and virtually on Thursday, Read more >
PUBLICATIONS
Corruption Watch (CW), partnering again with procurement law expert Prof Geo Quinot of Stellenbosch University, today released the 2024 Procurement Watch Report on Procurement Risk Trends. This is the fourth in CW’s series on procurement risk trends, and presents an analysis of selected forms of procurement data between 2016 and 2024. Previous reports were published in Read more >
PRESS RELEASES
Media Statement 3 July 2024 Corruption Watch board responds to allegations in recent Sunday World article In the interests of transparency and accountability, the board of Corruption Watch wishes to respond to the unfounded and misleading allegations levelled against it that appeared in an article in Sunday World on 30 June 2024. Read more >
PRESS RELEASES
Public Interest South Africa (PISA) is proud to announce the opening of nominations for the 2024 Whistleblowers Awards. These prestigious awards aim to recognise and honour whistleblowers for their courageous efforts in exposing unethical behaviour and to promote ethical conduct, transparency, and accountability within organisations and society. The 2024 Whistleblowers Awards are presented in partnership Read more >
PRESS RELEASES
PRESS RELEASE President Cyril Ramaphosa, in a wide-ranging interview yesterday with EWN’s political journalist Tshidi Madia and 702’s Clement Manyathela, made the claim that “commentators like Corruption Watch (CW) have said that during this term, they have seen incidents of corruption going down.” The president made this statement in the context of listing his administration’s Read more >
LITIGATION
PRESS RELEASE The judgment handed down by the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) yesterday, regarding the IEC’s appeal against the Electoral Court order on the eligibility of former president Jacob Zuma’s candidacy in the upcoming elections, represents a win for civil society, says Corruption Watch (CW). The ConCourt ruled that Zuma was not eligible or qualified to Read more >
RAISING AWARENESS
Corruption Watch (CW) releases today a new report assessing the profound impact of corruption on people’s lives, titled The Impact of Corruption: Insights from a Perceptions and Experiences Survey. This research study aims to highlight the perceptions, characteristics, and experiences of corruption, and the prevalence of corrupt practices within both the public and private sectors Read more >