The week that was for CW

Corruption Watch received extensive media coverage in the last week, ranging from our call to release a report on corruption in the Gauteng health department, to out intervention in the Nkandla saga, to the Mvula Trust R30-million tender exposé, and then our first-year anniversary report launch and press briefing. Below follow links to how these were reported on in mainstream media:

Call to release report on Gauteng health department corruption

• Corruption Watch, TAC to take action against SIU on Gauteng Health Department investigation (Polity.org)

• TAC and Corruption Watch go to court to get answers on Gauteng Health Department corruption (Big Issue)

• Corruption Watch, TAC take SIU to Court Over Gauteng Health Probe Info (NGO Pulse)

• Graft-fighting unit bleeding ‘since Hofmeyr left’ (bdlive)

• Read CW’s press release about this here.

Nkandla intervention

• Corruption Watch, DA seek access to Nkandla report (Polity.org)

• Corruption Watch, DA call on Nxesi for access to Nkandla report (Engineering News)

• ''So who got the Nkandla millions?'' (The New Age)

•  ‘Verslag oor Nkandla móét bespreek word’ (Beeld)

• Corruption Watch write to Public Works Minister for reports regarding Nkandla (Bush Radio News)

• Corruption Watch: Publish names of Nkandla contractors, explain tenders (The Witness)

• Opposition dismay over Nkandla (msn.com)

• Read CW’s press release about this here

Mvula Trust exposé:

• Mvula Chair breaks her silence (Eyewitness News)

• R30m fronting fraud exposed ( iafrica.com)

• R30m Mvula tender in the spotlight (news24)

• Mvula Trust fronted for R30m tender (Times Live)

• Fronting by Mvula Trust “exposed” (Engineering News)

• Mvula Trust fronting “exposed” (MSN)

• Corruption Watch implicates deputy minister’s trust (City Press)

• CoGTA must answer for dodgy R30m tender (Politics Web)

• Read CW’s press release about this here

Anniversary report:

• Corruption Watch set for expansion (Ujah.co.za)

• Cry, the corrupt country (The Star)

• Teachers, parents, “play a part in graft” (IOL news)

• Corruption Watch and SA’s crusade against graft (Daily Maverick)

• Graft in small towns to come under focus (MSN)

• Corruption Watch: One year on (Politics Web)

• Degree of local public school corruption ‘disturbing’ (Polity.org)

Read CW’s media briefing document about this here