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Afternoon Drive host John Maytham chats to Corruption Watch's head of investigations Karam Singh about the Tender Defaulters Register.

In the past year, South Africans have endured not only the hardships of Covid-19 on top of everything else, but have been subjected to the outlandish and improbable promises of campaigning politicians gearing up for the local government elections. When casting our vote, writes Corruption Watch’s Melusi Ncala, we must keep in mind that their promises were many and their deliveries were few.

The Gauteng Department of Health annually spends millions on security at its health facilities based on contracts that expired in 2016 and have since been extended from month to month. Yet, theft, vandalism and reports of healthcare workers who work in fear at some health facilities continue. D...

The department insists that its spending on security is not wasteful and “the business case for security remains robust”. Thabo Molelekwa and Alicestine October report.

The focus this week includes: a #Tech4Rights Expo; a national conference on Combating Illicit Financial Flows; the impact of Covid-19 on the existing health crisis and also African civic society organisations; the Way Forward on the Trips Waiver, a webinar on “Disinformation destroys democrac...

The Hawks, Competition Commission and SIU have all now announced that they are investigating aspects of the South African Police Services’ expenditure on various aspects of PPE. Below is what we know SAPS spent, based on the Treasury’s record. The Hawks, Competition Commission and SIU have...

Police commissioner Khehla Sitole's future hangs in balance as President Cyril Ramaphosa considers the top cop's representations after he indicated that his intension to suspend him.

Corruption Watch says the top brass in the Defence and Military Veterans Ministry must explain the over R2 billion in irregular expenditure in the past financial year.

Mountains of evidence available yet people are still walking the streets.

Gauteng Premier David Makhura has said that there is a link between the murder of Gauteng Department of Health's chief director of financial accounting, Babita Deokaran, and those facing charges of PPE tender fraud.