Cape Town Conference on Combating Corruption Resolutions
Conference Resolution
Arrest rate shows hobbled Hawks hardly functioning
A YEAR has flown by since the Constitutional Court delivered its judgment in the latest round of public interest litigation in which businessman Bob Glenister and the Helen Suzman Foundation have participated either as applicant or, in the case of the foundation, as...
Waterfront ‘can rise’ from ashes
On Sunday, 29 November 2015 about 800 informal dwellings in Masiphumelele were razed to the ground in a huge fire fanned by a strong south-easter. Two lives were lost in the conflagration and the future of many more looks bleak as greater Cape Town winds down for the...
Hawks incapable of fulfilling their corruption busting role
Durban - The Hawks have become incapable of investigating the politically connected, according to non-profit organisation Accountability Now. Accountability Now head Advocate Paul Hoffman was responding to the contents of a secret forensic investigation published by...
Resolutions of conference key to fighting graft in Africa
ON THE last occasion the Constitutional Court was required to consider the efficacy of the anti-corruption machinery of state in SA, our chief justice, writing for the majority of the court, opened with the following words: "All South Africans across the racial,...
The Integrated Rhino Poaching Strategy – ‘The Plan’ video
Cape Town hosts debate on rhino horn trade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj6NoXq43sI&feature=youtu.be
The Integrated Rhino Poaching Strategy – The Plan
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Independent integrity agency is vital to defeat corruption
NOW that lekgotla season is upon us, the leadership in the governing alliance is reflecting on the role of corruption in SA and its effect on the success of the nation. This is as it should be. The general definition of corruption is the abuse of public office for...
Plan B needed to save rhinos
IN THE first four months of this year the rate at which rhinos were poached in the Kruger National Park escalated by 20% compared to last year. Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa says 749 have been killed so far this year, 544 in the park. Roughly three rhino...
Inadequate health care services for children
Background 1. According to press reports, a significant number of infants die every year due to the shortage of Intensive Care Unit beds in state hospitals. Critically ill infants are assigned to beds in general hospital wards in which there are insufficient nurses,...
Letter to Minister Ramathlodi re Fracking
Letter to Minister DMR Fracking
The rise and fall of General Anwa Dramat
It is now, at long last, official. Anwa Dramat, the head of the Hawks, or to give them their statutory name, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, has, according to the National Commissioner of Police “resigned” from the police and as the leader of the...
Is Dentons up to ‘diving’ the murky depths at Eskom?
THE choice of Dentons to do Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown’s "deep dive" into the financial malfunctioning of Eskom is an interesting one that has elicited quite a bit of muttered, and possibly green-eyed, comment in the legal fraternity. While Dentons has...
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