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LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIPAPPOINTMENTS APPOINTMENTS The objectives The objectives of our of work ourinvolve work involve advocating advocating for for candidates candidates to be appointed to be appointed in a transparent in a transparent manner. manner. WHY IT MATTERS WHY IT MATTERS
Since 2016, Corruption Since 2016,Watch Corruption has actively Watch focused has actively focused Whilst the process Whilst to theappoint processthe to Ipid appoint executive the Ipid executiv on campaigning on campaigning around appointment around appointment processes processes director wasdirector flawed and waslacked flawedmerit, and lacked and merit, and of leaders toof institutions leaders toin institutions our criminal in our justice criminal justiceselection of the selection NLC chairperson of the NLC chairperson is still underway is still under system, state-owned system, state-owned enterprises, and enterprises, institutions and institutions (at the time of (atwriting the time this ofreport), writing our this involvement report), our involvem established under established Chapter under 9 ofChapter the Constitution 9 of the Constitution in the process in to theappoint processthe to AG appoint resulted the AG in resulted in of South Africa. of South Africa. a highly skilled a highly and qualified skilled and candidate qualified assuming candidate assum office as the office first female as theAG firstinfemale South AG Africa. in South Africa. The objectives Theofobjectives our work involve of our work advocating involvefor advocating for candidates to candidates be appointed to beinappointed a transparent in a transparent Aside from the Aside fivefrom submissions the five submissions made on themade on the manner, ensuring manner, thatensuring individuals thatare individuals assessedare assessedabove-mentioned above-mentioned appointments appointments to various to various against clear,against merit-based clear, merit-based criteria, and criteria, creatingand creating parliamentary parliamentary committees, committees, Corruption Watch Corruption Watch avenues for public avenues participation for public participation in the process. in the process.made a submission made a to submission the Judicial toCommission the Judicial Commissio of Inquiry into of State Inquiry Capture, into State which Capture, highlighted which highlighte IndependentIndependent and robust institutions and robustthat institutions act that act the National the Assembly’s National role Assembly’s in the appointment role in the appointme in the publicin interest, the public andinterest, who operate and who without operate withoutof leadershipofpositions leadership to key positions oversight to key institutions. oversight institu fear, favour or fear, prejudice, favour or are prejudice, imperative aretoimperative to safeguardingsafeguarding South Africa’s South constitutional Africa’s constitutional democracy. The democracy. collapseThe of these collapse institutions of thesegives institutions gives rise to a state rise where to a there state where are no there adequate are no checks adequate checks and balances, and where balances, impunity where prevails, impunity andprevails, where and where the public is the made public vulnerable is madetovulnerable the abuseto ofthe ourabuse of our constitutional constitutional rights. rights.
OUR INTERVENTIONS OUR INTERVENTIONS In 2020, we In focused 2020, we on three focused keyon appointments: three key appointments:
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The executive The director executive of the director of the IndependentIndependent Policing Investigative Policing Investigative Directorate (Ipid); Directorate (Ipid);
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The auditor-general The auditor-general (AG) (AG) of South Africa; of South Africa;
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Our submission Our made submission five recommendations made five recommendations that range from arange review from of the a review necessary of thelegislation necessary legislatio and establishing and establishing multi-stakeholder multi-stakeholder appointmentappointme The chairperson The chairperson of the of the structures, tostructures, integrity testing, to integrity transparency testing, transparency and a National Lotteries National Commission Lotteries Commission (NLC). (NLC). public participation. public participation.
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ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL 2020REPORT 2020
