Corrupt?! We Will Be Watching you!

Corrupt? We Will Be Watching you!

ORiGINALLY a Cosatu initiative that has grown into a full-blown anti-corruption campaign, CW has built up a large group of high-profile supporters to support its cause.

Minister of Justice Jeff Radebe, Public Protector Thuli Madonsela, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi and the media are all backing the campaign, with hopes of preventing corruption from destroying our country.

Executive director David Lewis, former chairman of the Competition Tribunal, said he was desperate to “help protect these resources so that they are directed to the very people they are meant to support.”

Lewis also chaired the presidential commission of inquiry into labour market policy.

Chairwoman Vuyiseka Dubula, general secretary of the Treatment Action Campaign, signed on to run CW because “good governance is also about accountable, honest and transparent communities, corporations and the state that encourages good use of public resources”.

How Corruption Watch works:

It’s all in a few clicks or the dialling of a phone number.

By visiting www.corruptionwatch.org.za you can give your side of the story in as much detail as you like.

This will help the organisation to start the investigation process.

Once the data you’ve submitted is processed, CW has pledged to investigate, through the correct organisations related to your case, and name and shame the individuals responsible for any corruption.

This data will be used to highlight hotspots of corruptions, and reports regard- ing these incidents will be made public.

CW will also monitor the status of ongoing corruption cases and do its best to monitor their progress.

WHO CAN REPORT? WHAT CAN YOU REPORT?

Anyone can report instances of corruption, no matter how small, to either the CW website, its Facebook and Twitter walls, or its SMS hotline.

CW is calling on everyone to monitor their officials and report even the smallest infractions. The cop who tried to get a bribe out of you. The service official who is skimming municipal funds. The dodgy tender given to your boss. Everything should be reported.

LosSes through corruption:

Lewis announced that more than R30 billion is lost each year to corruption.

President Jacob Zuma, in his end-of-year statement, issued 22 proclamations authorising the Special Investigating Unit to conduct investigations into alleged corruption, including in the Ekurhuleni and Tshwane municipalities and the SABC.

• NOW IF THIS INITIATIVE WORKS - THE COUNTRY WILL BE A BETTER PLACE!!