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Bra Tjotjo gets involved in the construction industry

12 May 2014, 8:12

Bra Tjotjo makes his 2014 debut with a humorous take on the misuse of power and public money in a certain major building project – which took a back seat to the general election in recent weeks, but is still an issue that has not yet been resolved. The arch-schemer never misses an opportunity to Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Armscor clarifies aspects of arms deal procurement

05 May 2014, 11:43

By Lee-Ann Alfreds They have formed a procession of grey men, with Afrikaans surnames and titles such as programme manager, acquisitions manager and chief financial officer. But while Robert Vermeulen, Johan Odendal, Jacobus Grobler, David Griesel and Henderich de Waal Esterhuyse have not necessarily provided headline-grabbing testimony, they have been important witnesses for the Arms Read more >

PRESS RELEASES

SAPS must investigate SASSA tender

23 Apr 2014, 6:33

Corruption Watch is prepared to take further action based on the Constitutional Court’s findings that declared illegal and invalid the award of a R10-billion contract by the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) to Cash Paymaster Services (CPS). Welcoming the Constitutional Court’s judgment, Corruption Watch executive director David Lewis said he was pleased that the Read more >

LITIGATION

SAPS must investigate SASSA tender

22 Apr 2014, 14:43

Corruption Watch has called for a police investigation into the R10-billion social grant tender awarded by the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) to a private company, Cash Paymaster Services (CPS), for the distribution of social grants to around 15-million beneficiaries. The organisation's executive director David Lewis said: “The South African law enforcement authorities must now Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

The real cost of the arms deal

27 Mar 2014, 13:57

By Lee-Ann Alfreds The figures bandied about are staggering. R30-billion. R71-billion. R90-billion. But what is even more staggering is the fact that no one truly knows what the arms deal has cost South Africa. When the South African government announced the controversial deal in 1999, it stated that the purchase of helicopters, submarines, frigates and Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Local government in South Africa – part 6, procurement

25 Mar 2014, 8:53

So far we’ve looked at the structure of municipalities, the laws that govern their management, the way they should handle finances, and the people who manage these tasks. In the last article in our series, we explain how procurement should work in a municipality. Municipalities spend their revenue on a wide range of expenses such Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Access to classified documents hampers commission

24 Mar 2014, 13:15

Whistleblower Richard Young was unable to cross-examine Armscor programme manager Frits Nortje because he does not have sufficient time and access to classified documents – this is one of the big concerns around the Seriti Commission, which is investigating “allegations of fraud, corruption, impropriety or irregularity in the strategic defence procurement package”. Lawyers for Human Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Tlakula did make inappropriate moves

18 Mar 2014, 13:53

Corruption Watch has reported before on the questionable leasing deal entered into by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) – a deal that saw the IEC in 2009 signing a contract to rent its new head office building in Centurion, at a cost of R320-million over 10 years. In October 2011 the United Democratic Movement's Bantu Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

A closer look at the Seriti Commission

06 Mar 2014, 11:29

The Seriti Commission is in the news at the moment, as it continues to investigate allegations of widespread corruption in the strategic defence procurement package (SDPP), colloquially known as the arms deal. Behind the scenes people have worked for months to establish the structures and rules that inform the way the commission will go about Read more >