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Deputy AG Tsakani Maluleke gets parly nomination for top position

21 Oct 2020, 11:48

Deputy auditor-general (AG) Tsakani Maluleke is set to take over from her boss Kimi Makwetu, becoming the first woman to hold this vital office. Makwetu was appointed om 1 December 2013, and steps down at the end of November after a distinguished 7-year term. Also the chairperson of the Auditor-General of South Africa’s (AGSA) executive Read more >

LEGISLATION AND SUBMISSIONS

CW urges diligence with upcoming lotteries appointments

08 Oct 2020, 11:59

Corruption Watch (CW) has written to the minister of trade and industry, Ebrahim Patel, and the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry on the upcoming appointments to the National Lotteries Commission (NLC). The NLC has been in the news frequently of late, for all the wrong reasons – opacity, nepotism, misuse of funds, corruption. Patel Read more >

LEGISLATION AND SUBMISSIONS

CW scrutinises AG hopefuls and submits results to parly

20 Aug 2020, 15:03

The short list for the upcoming position of auditor-general (AG) was announced at the beginning of August. Current AG Kimi Makwetu ends his distinguished term of office on 30 November, and the six candidates to replace him are: Mr Michael Sass, CA (SA)Dr Moses Gasela, (FCCA, UK)Ms Shabeer Khan, CA (SA)Ms Tsakani Maluleke, CA (SA)Mr Read more >

LOCKDOWN LIFE

All support to CW for all you’ve done for South Africa

14 Aug 2020, 11:00

Merle Payne Hi, I am answering the questionnaire about my Covid-19 experience. I live on my brother’s farm in Limpopo. I run a small embroidery workshop from the farm in my house. When the first lockdown was implemented, I told two of the three ladies at the workshop to go home to organise their lives Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

SAACoN condemns Zim authorities’ action against peaceful protests

06 Aug 2020, 12:17

The Southern African Anti-corruption Network (SAACoN) has been monitoring events in Zimbabwe with increasing concern for the safety of civil society activists, journalists and opposition politicians since 20 July 2020. On 20 July 2020 investigative journalist Hopewell Chi’nono and opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume were arrested in the wake of the exposure of high level corruption Read more >

LEGISLATION AND SUBMISSIONS

CW’s auditor-general submission discussed in Parly

31 Jul 2020, 10:12

Earlier in July Corruption Watch (CW) wrote to the parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee on the Appointment of the Auditor-General (AG) with a detailed submission containing our views, plans and recommendations. The term of the incumbent AG Kimi Makwetu, who has served with distinction, comes to an end on 30 November 2020. Our submission to the Read more >

LOCKDOWN LIFE

The days of corona – when simply walking is risky

27 Jul 2020, 9:51

Guest writer Greetings, Below is a short account of my first coronavirus lockdown experience in the early days in late March, and a further short piece from 1918 (no, I’m not a survivor of that flu; it was a bit before my time). Normally I would not do anything as stupidly dangerous as walking home Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Applications for AG position now open, until 17 July

07 Jul 2020, 13:35

Parliament has issued a call for applications for the upcoming post of auditor-general (AG). The term of office of current AG Kimi Makwetu will end on 30 November 2020. The Office of the Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) is an institution supporting constitutional democracy, established in terms of sections 188 to 189 of Chapter 9 of Read more >

LEGISLATION AND SUBMISSIONS

CW urges Parly to appoint new AG transparently and fairly

06 Jul 2020, 18:08

Corruption Watch (CW) has written to the parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee on the Appointment of the Auditor-General (AG) with its views, plans and recommendations around the appointment of the next auditor-general. The term of the incumbent AG Kimi Makwetu, who has served with distinction, comes to an end on 30 November 2020. The organisation expressed Read more >