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President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement on Thursday.

'If our whistleblowers were publicly rewarded by the president, it would provide them some protection'

Corruption Watch (CW) said the approval of a new global standard on beneficial ownership transparency is a win for the fight against corruption, money laundering and other financial crimes around the world following the implementation of the revised recommendation 24. CW was a signatory with eleven African Transparency International organisations and submitted a letter to the heads of delegations at last week’s Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting in Paris.

On whether he would step aside as the current ANC chairperson amid the commission’s findings, Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe emphasised that ‘there is no prima facie case against me at this point, hence the report called for further investigation’. On whether he woul...

Civil society organisations do not want the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to proceed with any new interviews for judicial appointments until a code of conduct for commissioners is published and until the criteria to assess suitability of candidates for appointment is stipulated. In a letter to Commissioners, the organisations said the recent JSC interviews for the position of Chief Justice left the public disturbed.

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Civil society groups have long called on the Judicial Service Commission to set explicit criteria to apply when it considers the appointment of judges. Following the farcical Chief Justice interviews, nine groups want the commission to stop its interviews until it publishes its criteria and a c...

Generating ideas for a South African water policy and what exactly are Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation all about?

Raymond Zondo and the authors of the state capture report have in Part 2 constructed a clear picture of the Guptas' organisation, and describe it as "a racketeering enterprise", which carries with it clear legal implications.

Corruption Watch says SA has scored a "dismal 44" in Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index dropping to 70th in the world.