ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule must step aside with immediate effect, the party’s integrity commission (IC) has recommended. The commission, chaired by George Mashamba, has recommended to the ANC that the resolutions of its…
August saw a surge in anger from South African citizens across the board about corruption related to Covid-19 funds. Several reports on various media platforms, including the highly circulated “Voetsek ANC” poster, indicate that people…
ANC MP Bongani Bongo will take a leave of absence from his position in parliament and the ANC national executive committee (NEC) ahead of his corruption trial. The decision is part of the outcomes of the special ANC NEC meeting to be…
BY STHEMBILE CELE President Cyril Ramaphosa will next week receive the first report from the multidisciplinary “fusion centre” which has been tasked with dealing with Covid-19 related corruption. “They will also report on a six-weekly…
Corruption has become worse under President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration, according to EFF leader Julius Malema. In a wide-ranging speech to commemorate the EFF’s seventh anniversary on Sunday, Malema criticised the government’s…
Chris Hani District Municipality (CHDM) has procured hand sanitisers for its staff at R175 per 500ml bottle, pricing some have criticised as excessive. The municipality paid R50 apiece for surgical face masks, which normally sell for less…
The embattled Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) has placed 12 of its senior officials on suspension over allegations of misconduct. Prasa spokesperson Makhosini Mgitywa said the suspensions were in response to damning findings made by…
Two former employees of the Department of Employment and Labour appeared in East London Court on September 11 for allegedly submitting fraudulent claims to the Compensation Fund (CF). The suspects were arrested and charged after an…
Unathi Nkanjeni 64% of South Africans think corruption increased in the past 12 months. This is according to the 10th edition of the Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) Africa. The survey‚ released on African Anti-Corruption Day in July by…
Ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Thursday evening, South Africans are eager to hear how the reversing economy can be tackled. This is according to marketing and social research consultancy Citizen…
By Kyle Cowan Charges of corruption and abuse of his position at Eskom have been laid against Mark Pamensky‚ a former board member of the electricity utility‚ after leaked Gupta emails over his alleged role in state capture. Pamensky was…
Magda Wierzycka‚ CEO of Sygnia Asset Management‚ has called on companies to ignore BEE points and rather fund civil rights organisations fighting corruption in the country. “We need more financial support for civil rights organisations…
Journalists and other critics of state capture and corruption will not be cowed into silence At the end of May a ragtag group of about 20 people marched on the private home of SA Communist Party deputy secretary-general Solly Mapaila.…
