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Corruption
A new report (and an essential read) released by Corruption Watch on Thursday 20th, South Africa Needs Clean Hands, highlights the corruption issues that have plagued municipalities throughout South Africa for almost 10 years, as reflected in the more than 5 000 whistle-blowers that have reported cases of corruption within local government to the organisation since its inception...
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The scourge of corruption ripping the country apart has spurred civil society organisations and individuals to reach out to like-minded people in the country and abroad to add their voice in demanding tangible action from authorities. Roger Latchman, the Chairman of the Latchman Foundation says the Foundation is mobilising a coalition of global icons in...
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Corruption Watch (CW) today released its latest annual corruption report. Titled The Writing is on the Wall, it shows how throughout 2019, the public continued to expose corrupt individuals intent on abusing their power and looting public resources in key sectors. The 3 694 whistle-blower reports in 2019 highlighted how individuals were robbed of access to their fundamental...
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The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2019, released today by Transparency International (TI), the global coalition against corruption, reveals that more than two-thirds of the 180 countries on the index score below 50, with an average score of just 43. South Africa has improved marginally from a score of 43 in 2018 to 44 and is...
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In the Sunday Times last weekend we were treated to a revisionist attempt by the ANC’s secretary general. Don’t blame Jacob Zuma, he entreated, Baba really wasn’t so bad. His timing sucks as you’ll see from a superbly well researched report published this week by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Entitled Nuclear Enrichment: Russia’s...
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South Africa moves up a notch on CORRUPTIONS PERCEPTIONS INDEX but risks being tainted by murky deals Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2016, which each year ranks a wide range of countries in relation to perceptions about levels of corruption in their public sectors, was released today. Local TI chapter Corruption Watch reports...
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  Eyewitness News (EWN) has created a web tool that will empower citizens to be more active in the fight against corruption. Visit http://ewn.co.za/tools/municipal-audits/ This tool, which was created in partnership with the Auditor General, translates the complex data from the Auditor General’s report into easily accessible information on the state of expenditure at a...
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“How many of you have seen your parents paying bribes to police officers?” 80% of the class put their hands up. “How many of you have knowingly bought stolen goods?” 55% of the class put their hands up. About five years ago I was talking to a group of Grade 7 children in a Gauteng-based...
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Steuart as a speaker

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Steuart has done some 500 talks on South Africa’s progress since 1994 and SA’s prospects for the future

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