Tribune Content Agency Opinions

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Can Joe Biden be trusted? It was President Richard Nixon who said in the midst of the enveloping Watergate scandal: “People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.” That standar

Sunday Independent

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UNDER the fangs of a deadly plague, our nation is in a crisis of astronomical proportions and an accountable governance has ceased to exist. Corruption in our country has become an acceptable way of life and has found its way into every section of ou

Post South Africa

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DESPITE nine months of 2020 under lockdown, 4780 incidents of corruption were recorded by Corruption Watch. This was the non-profit organisation’s second-highest number of reports on corruption since it was formed in January 2012. The 9th annual repo

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

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Can Joe Biden be trusted? It was President Richard Nixon who said in the midst of the enveloping Watergate scandal: “People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.” That standar

Sunday Tribune

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Email: scribe@inl.co.za (no attachments). All letters must contain the writer’s full name, physical address and telephone number. No pen names. UNDER the fangs of a deadly plague, our nation is in a crisis of astronomical proportions and an accountab

Nautilus

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One of the defining attributes of humans is that we are champion cooperators, surpassing levels of cooperation far beyond what is observed in other species across the animal kingdom. Understanding how cooperation is sustained, particularly in anonymo

You South Africa

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YOU may have heard the term “tender corruption” in the news lately. Several ANC leaders are being accused of corruption relating to services and products that were meant to help in the fight against Covid-19. But what is a tender? And what exactly is

City Press

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Leaders of business in South Africa should take to heart the grandmotherly wisdom that, when you wag your finger at someone, you also have three pointing back at you. So, when they have some tough words for government about corruption, they should be

The Christian Science Monitor

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One unintended consequence of President Joe Biden’s Dec. 9-10 Summit for Democracy is all the complaining beforehand about the 110 nations attending. Critics in many countries asked if their governments can really be called a democracy with so much p

Sunday Independent

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OPEN letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa: In January 2020 I wrote to you in your capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Force. The issue was about corruption within the Defence Force and, in particular, within Defence Intelligence, where certa

Saturday Star

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THE SUBJECT of fraud and corruption has been a prevailing phenomenon in organisations and the public sector. It is even worse when you hear acts of corruption having been committed by law enforcement officers. The police’s lack of humanity and consid

The Big Issue

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Is there a politics of corruption, or is there a corruption of politics? Politics simply means ‘us’; from the Greek word polis, the city-state and its people. Politics extracts the essence of ‘being led’, and combines it into a formula and system of

The Christian Science Monitor

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In many contests, a recent trend in favor of an anti-corruption norm is showing up. It is all part of building “Planet Integrity.”

City Press

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More than R1 million was allegedly offered to former Brand SA CEO Kingsley Makhubela by the current board, with a condition to submit documentary evidence in his possession as “a ploy to destroy crucial evidence” regarding alleged corruption at the e

India Today

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CHARGE: Bought Jarandeshwar Co-op Sugar Mill for Rs 65.75 lakh, lower than the market price in 2010. Pawar says, “Let ED investigate, I was cleared of all charges” CHARGE: Bought a three-acre plot in Mumbai for Rs 75 lakh, lower than its actual price

The Christian Science Monitor

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Even in the world’s least-corrupt countries, recent scandals have led to a search for new ways to appeal to individual integrity as a solution.

Weekend Argus Saturday

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THE department of local government’s budget allocated nearly R9 million to enable a forensic investigation unit for municipalities as part of the province’s contribution to the war on corruption. ■

The Christian Science Monitor

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The top quality in a leader expected by young voters is honesty, a sign that a coming election may help hasten Indonesia’s efforts against corruption.

The Christian Science Monitor

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A trove of evidence about payoffs to former presidents has accelerated a two-year campaign against corruption and brought greater promise of clean governance.

Sunday Independent

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THE coincidence of the climax at the state capture inquiry and the release of the 2020 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) – only days after the passing of South Africa’s doyen of public sector accountability, auditor-general Kimi Makwetu – pu

The Independent

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The pandemic has tragically claimed millions of lives and placed countries in complete economic and social lockdown, with the threat of a global recession looming. But the pandemic is not just an immediate human health crisis; it also poses along-ter

NPR

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The proposed rule from the Justice Ministry says officials and public figures could be exempt if "objective circumstances" made it impossible for them to comply with corruption laws.

Sunday Independent

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DESTINED for a future of hardship, pain and marginalisation that he was born into by his street vendor mother and labourer father. He conquered the world and came on top. Importantly, his roots shaped his mission in life, and he carried the burden of

Sunday Independent

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A LIMPOPO government employee accused of facilitating the R932 million personal protective equipment (PPE) procurement fraud and corruption was previously found guilty of “gross dishonesty” by the provincial Health Department. Deputy director for pur

The Christian Science Monitor

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Despite its faltering steps against corruption, Romania shows how foreign support and pressure can bring progress toward clean governance.

Global Voices

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The establishment of a new Special High Court dedicated exclusively to hear cases of corruption spurs debate about the phenomenon's ubiquity in all sectors of society.

Lebanon Opportunities

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Corruption and political nepotism – which were always part of the system – have reportedly grown to unprecedented levels in the past few years. At least this is true in terms of public perception. Many political parties, from all sides, used to recei

Global Voices

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Though shadowed by a sense of national shame, for a few days Romania was an inspirational place, as people took to the streets and acknowledged the widespread reality of corruption.

Post Magazine

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A court in Vietnam convicted 46 former bankers and businessmen of corruption on Monday over a multimillion-dollar lending scam spearheaded by the once-powerful chairman of Vietnam's Construction Bank. It is the latest in a series of major banking tri

Sunday Independent

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The 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) revealed that persistent corruption has undermined health care systems and contributed to democratic backsliding amid the Covid-19 pandemic. | IOL ■