Kenya’s whistleblowers are key to fighting corruption: how a new law could protect them: Kenya has published a draft bill outlining protections for whistleblowers. Long in the making, the Whistleblower Protection Bill 2024 could help to encourage disclosures in a country where 86% of the respondents to a 2023 survey feared what might happen to …
Hotbed of corruption: Kenya’s elite have captured the state – unrest is inevitable: A strong undercurrent driving the unprecedented anti-tax protests in Kenya is outrage over theft of public resources coupled with the extravagant lifestyles of public servants. There are widespread frustrations that President William Ruto also failed to deliver on his electoral promises to …
South Africans tasted the fruits of freedom and then corruption snatched them away – podcast: Five years after his momentous election as South African president, Nelson Mandela stepped down after one term in office in 1999. Thabo Mbeki, his deputy, took over the mantle of the post-apartheid transition. Mbeki would lead the country for the …
Ukraine recap: Zelensky battles corruption and a major row with his commander-in-chief: The Russian winter offensive flagged here a fortnight ago appears to be under way, according to the Institute for the Study of War, which has noted operations in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts resulting in small Russian gains of territory. Ukrainian intelligence reports …
Corruption in South Africa: would paying whistleblowers help?: Whistleblowing is an important tool in fighting corruption. In South Africa, the commission of inquiry into state capture recommended that the government should provide financial rewards for whistleblowers who report corruption. The issue was in the headlines again following the sentencing of six men for the 2021 …
Corruption in South Africa: whistleblower protection law is being reformed – but it may not go far enough: Candlelight vigil for slain corruption fighter Babita Deokaran in Johannesburg. Photo by Fani Mahuntsi/Gallo Images via Getty Images South Africa is on the path to reforming its law on whistleblowing to provide improved protection for individuals who …
Zondo at Your Fingertips: new book offers an accessible and condensed version of South Africa’s ambitious corruption inquiry: President Ramaphosa, right, receives the final report of the State Capture Commission from Judge Zondo in 2020. GCIS Anti-corruption activist Paul Holden has done South Africa a great favour by summarising the work of the judicial commission …
Corruption in South Africa: former CEO’s explosive book exposes how state power utility was destroyed: Former Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter. PenguinRandomHouse One repeated theme of the memoir Truth to Power: My Three Years Inside Eskom, by Andre de Ruyter, former CEO of South Africa’s troubled power utility, Eskom, is that “negligence and carelessness had …
Sudan’s entire history has been dominated by soldiers and the violence and corruption they bring: Sudan’s Central Reserve Police (CRP) recently announced it would be deploying officers to the streets of Khartoum to “secure public and private property”. That may sound puzzling in the context of the current violence: what are the police doing in …
Thabo Bester’s escape from a privately-run South African prison raises questions about corruption: Policeman Shane Naidoo, left, leads Thabo Bester from holding cells in Durban. City Press/Gallo Images/Getty Images Recently, South Africans were told about an extraordinary escape story – they learnt that a convicted rapist, Thabo Bester, had been at large for a year …
Does democracy fuel corruption? Most Ghanaians don’t think so: The High Court in Accra, Ghana's capital. Strengthening the judiciary would ensure a better democratic outcome. MyLoupe/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Does democracy breed corruption – particularly in developing countries? There are strong advocates of the theory. And strong detractors. Some studies conclude that democracy …
UK slides in corruption perception index after series of political scandals: The UK has fallen down Transparency International’s corruption perceptions index (CPI) after a year of high-profile government scandals. The CPI is not a measure of corruption itself but a measure of how much corruption is perceived to exist across a country’s public sector. For …
Ukraine war: why Zelensky’s corruption purge could be key to the outcome of the conflict: The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has announced a sweeping clear-out of senior national and regional government officials and the appointment of a new supervisory board for the state-owned natural gas giant, Naftogaz. This is a move to reassure both the …
World Cup: Fifa needs Qatar 2022 to leave a legacy of progress against corruption: The men’s 2022 Fifa World Cup has ended, with Argentina crowned champions. But at this tournament in particular, there has been much to distract from the actual football being played. From start to finish, Qatar 2022 has been controversial. Naming the …
Corruption in South Africa: new book lifts the lid on who profits – and their corporate enablers: Wikimedia Commons The new book The Unaccountables: The Powerful Politicians and Corporations who Profit from Impunity is welcome for the way it contextualises corruption. It shows how politicians and bureaucrats could not implement corruption without their corporate and …
World Cup 2022: heat on Qatar diverts attention from Fifa’s failure to tackle proven corruption: kovop58/Shutterstock Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 men’s football World Cup has provoked a fair degree of anger and confusion. Why, many have asked, was the tournament awarded to a country with such a poor record on human rights in general …
Corruption in South Africa: new book sets out how ruling ANC lost the battle: ANC supporters show support for corruption accused and suspended party secretary general Ace Magashule outside court in Bleomfontein. EFE-EPA/Conrad Bornman One of the greatest benefits of South Africa’s democracy is freedom of speech and publication. Mpumelelo Mkhabela’s book, The Enemy Within, …
What it’ll take for the Guptas to face corruption charges in South Africa: Atul Gupta (pictured) and his brother Rajesh are the alleged masterminds behind state capture in South Africa. Kevin Sutherland/Sunday Times via Getty Images Now that Rajesh and Atul Gupta have been arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), there is a great …