RESEARCH
RESEARCH
RESE RES AE RA CRCH H WHY IT MATTERS WHY IT MATTERS Part of our work Part is ofdedicated our work is todedicated continually to continually extending the extending public knowledge the publicbase knowledge of how base of how corruption occurs corruption and also occurs seeking and also adaptive seeking adaptive interventionsinterventions to tackle it. Corruption to tackle it.itself Corruption is a itself is a moving target, moving so thetarget, more so knowledge the morethat knowledge is that is acquired on acquired an ongoing on basis, an ongoing the better. basis, the better. Our researchOur work research entails work publishing entailsa publishing wide a wide array of reports array across of reports different across sectors. different sectors. Over the years, Over wethe have years, learnt wethat havepeople learnt are that people are willing to getwilling involved, to get butinvolved, they cannot but they fight cannot fight against that against which they thatdon’t which know theyabout. don’t know about. That said, weThat have said, seen weanhave increase seen in an increase in corruption complaints corruptioneach complaints time a report each time a report is publicised,issupporting publicised,the supporting view thatthe an view that an increased knowledge increasedof knowledge corruptionofcan corruption help can help activate the public activate tothe resist public andto expose resist it. and expose it.
OUR INTERVENTIONS OUR INTERVENTIONS
In the year under In thereview, year under Corruption review,Watch Corruption in Watch in partnership with partnership the Water with Integrity the Water Network Integrity Network commissioned commissioned a research report, a research Money report, downMoney dow the Drain: Corruption the Drain:in Corruption South Africa’s in South water Africa’s wate sector. Authored sector. byAuthored Mike Muller, by Mike the report Muller, the report presented a presented systematicaanalysis systematic of corruption analysis of corruption in the water in sector the water and its sector impact. and its impact.
We shared the Wecorruption shared thetrends corruption as reported trends as reported by our whistle-blowers by our whistle-blowers during the first during half the of first half of 2020 through 2020 our through Analysisour of Corruption Analysis of Corruption Trends report, Trends morereport, detailsmore of which details appear of which appear below. Previously, below.our Previously, 2019 annual our 2019 report, annual report, The Writing The is onWriting the Wall is amplified on the Wall theamplified the voices and the voices plight and of the plight many of who the many who continued tocontinued suffer at the to suffer handsat ofthe hands of the corrupt. the corrupt.
We use the reports We usewe theget reports to analyse we getand to analyse and determine the determine types of corruption the types ofthat corruption are that are happening, and happening, the areas and in which the areas theyinare which they are happening. The happening. information The we information gather from we gather from these reportsthese is thus reports basedisdirectly thus based on people’s directly on people’s real-life experiences. real-life experiences. We use this information We use this information to work withto government work with government to eliminate loopholes to eliminate loopholes and weaknesses and weaknesses in policy andinlegislation. policy and legislation.
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movingmoving target,target, so the so the more knowledge more knowledge that that This is in lineThis withisour in line mandate with our to work mandate towards to work towards transparencytransparency and accountability and accountability within the within the is acquired is acquired on an on an private sector private and state sector institutions, and state helping institutions, helping to ensure that to corruption ensure thatiscorruption addressedisand addressed and reduced through reduced the promotion through theand promotion protection and protection ongoingongoing basis, the basis, better. the better of democracy, of rule democracy, of law and rulegood of law governance. and good governance.
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