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South Africa: Ramaphosa Reportedly Emerges Strong from Party Meeting
Daily Maverick, 31 August 2020
President Cyril Ramaphosa has emerged from a special ANC National Executive Committee meeting around tackling corruption in the party looking strong, with talk that he might… Read more »
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South Africa: Ruling Party Meets as Anger Rises Over Covid-19 Corruption
The New Humanitarian, 27 August 2020
'It's employers getting these payouts and not passing them onto the employees, and using it to pay their debts.' Read more »
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South Africa: Corruption is the Big Pandemic
Africa In Fact, 27 August 2020
Few issues highlight the dilemma of policy-making more than the choices faced by African governments during the Covid-19 pandemic. For many African countries with large numbers of… Read more »
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South Africa: Ramaphosa Moots New Corruption Busters and Procurement Rules
Daily Maverick, 28 August 2020
President Cyril Ramaphosa took a firm anti-corruption message to the House on Thursday. He drew a line in the sand, from Covid-19 tender corruption to public servants doing… Read more »
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South Africa: ANC's Special NEC Meeting Preview - Spotlight On Corruption
Daily Maverick, 27 August 2020
Zandile Gumede, Bongani Bongo and Andile Lungisa look set to be on the carpet as an anti-corruption ANC executive meeting gets under way on Friday 28 August. Read more »
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South Africa: President - Violence Against Women, Children a National Emergency
SAnews.gov.za, 27 August 2020
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the violence being perpetrated by men against women and children has become a national emergency. Read more »
South Africa's Ruling Party Meets Amid Anger About Corruption
South Africa's ruling African National Congress has held a special meeting of its National Executive Committee (NEC) to probe corruption within its ranks. The New Humanitarian reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa took the unprecedented step - prior to the meeting - of publishing the names of all companies that had won novel coronavirus-related contracts, a response to a tide of reports of tenders being farmed out to the families and friends of the well-connected.
InFocus
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World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has described corruption in the procurement of Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPEs) as unacceptable ... Read more »
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When the novel coronavirus hit South Africa harder than any other African nation earlier this year, the government's handling of the pandemic became a rare good news story for ... Read more »
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu has slammed allegations that the nation's defence against Covid-19 have been turned into business opportunities for the politically connected. This comes ... Read more »
