Government corruption
'Corruption is greed': Church leaders take silent stand against PPE corruption
Church leaders across the nation took a stand on Tuesday, staging silent protests in major cities against COVID-19 corruption.
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WC church leaders to take part in silent protest against COVID-19 corruption
Western Cape church leaders will gather at St Georges Cathedral at 12pm on Tuesday as part of a nation-wide campaign organised by the South African Council of Churches (SACC).
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ANC's parly caucus 'dismayed' by AG findings on PPE procurement
The ANC caucus led by chief whip Pemmy Majodina said that the AG’s first report for the period ending on 31 July reflected substantive transgressions and flouting of regulations, as well as the abuse of funds.
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Former George Provincial Hospital employee sentenced for tender corruption
A Hawks investigation revealed that between February and December 2011, Jacob Claassen and his two co-accused registered several companies on their names and that of some relatives in order to manipulate tender processes for their benefit.
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South Africans have reason to be angry over corruption - Kieswetter
Sars Commissioner Edward Kieswetter, however, emphasised that our taxes were critical, especially when it came to using the funds to help the country's most vulnerable.
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Mabuza: Crime and corruption erodes the image of South Africa
The deputy president on Sunday said that corruption was eroding the image of South Africa as allegations of corruption continued to swell around the country.
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Makwetu calls for more measures to prevent looting of public funds
Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu has already released his findings earlier this week, which showed that dead people, prison inmates, public servants, and children below the legal age to work received COVID-19 benefits.
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Politically connected persons scored lucrative PPE tenders, Sars audit reveals
Sars Commissioner Edward Kieswetter gave details of the dodgy dealings during a meeting with the South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef).
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Mabuza blames Eskom’s ageing fleet of power plants for loadshedding
Eskom announced stage three loadshedding would be implemented on Friday as the deputy president was answering questions in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Thursday.
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Makwetu wants swift action on corruption findings after audit of COVID-19 funds
Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu said that the findings made by his teams of specialists were 'frightening', with money flooding into systems ill-equipped to cope and opportunities ripe for wrongdoing.
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Ramaphosa had to take public stand on corruption, says ANC's Besani
The party’s national executive committee (NEC) met over the weekend where its leaders resolved that the ANC would tackle corruption within its ranks.
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Treasury to publish report on COVID-19 related procurement by end of September
The report will deal with procurement from April to August, with details of what was paid to whom and for what, and further reports would be made public on a monthly basis.
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Msimang: ANC has been infiltrated by people who don’t share its values
ANC veteran Mavuso Msimang on Tuesday said that now was the time for the ANC to keep its word to take action against members implicated in corruption.
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Saul: I don't get entangled in plunder and looting of public resources
Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul was reacting to news reports that he allegedly influenced the awarding of COVID-19 PPE tenders to the wife of his special advisor, as well as a close friend.
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ANC NEC's resolve to tackle corruption could be smoke and mirrors, says analyst
Political analyst Somadoda Fikeni warned that while the ANC national executive committee came out of its recent meeting with a new resolve to draw the line in the sand over corruption, this could all be smoke and mirrors.
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SACP, Cosatu say they warned ANC about corruption involving COVID-19 funds
Cosatu’s general secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali said that when the COVID-19 relief funds were allocated, they warned the ANC of the potential of corruption.
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ANC's top brass rally round Ramaphosa after 'intense' NEC meeting
Ramaphosa had in the weeks leading up to the ANC NEC meeting faced a barrage of public attacks through letters and social media posts from some party leaders calling into question his legitimacy in the face of the ongoing legal case about his CR17 fundraising activities.
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RAMAPHOSA: Civil service should be for best and brightest to serve SA
President Cyril Ramaphosa says that to build a more capable state, government has to seriously and urgently address the shortcomings in the organisation and the capacity of the public service.
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SACC launches anti-corruption campaign, calls for ethical governance
Church leaders said given that corruption was a direct attack on citizens, it had resolved to protect the vulnerable. They committed themselves to work with government and other organisations to eradicate corruption.
