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Whats New:
I dare you to fire me, says Zuma to Mbeki
This sums up the media, messages in our country today. The supposed fallout; within the ruling party comes hot after the Shabir Sheikh trial and his conviction to 15 years jail. Mr Shaik will be appealing.
As far back as 2003, the Sunday Times said, (www.sundaytimes.co.za ) wrote in an interesting article entitled “How the case against Shaik implicates deputy president"
They wrote: “The Scorpion's charge sheet against Durban businessman Schabir Shaik has dragged the affairs of Deputy President Jacob Zuma into the public spotlight. Shaik faces charges ranging from corruption, fraud, theft and contravening the Companies Act to money laundering and tax evasion. But the Scorpions have declined to prosecute Zuma - although claiming to have prima facie evidence of corruption against him. Shaik has publicly claimed to be Zuma's financial adviser and has protested his innocence in the arms deal saga. The charge sheet (45 pages excluding annexures) sets the stage for a mammoth court battle between Shaik and the Scorpions. But it also casts a dark cloud over Zuma.” The writers then proceeded to analyse the charge sheet.
Fast Forward to June 2005 and the sentencing of Mr Shaik….
Transparency South Africa welcomes the unprecedented levels of openness and accountability and public debate, sparked off by the this judgment and calls on all citizens to use to their fullest the institutions of our new democracy especially our judiciary and the chapter 9 institutions as contained in our constitution. In pursuance of our aims to promote accountability and tranparency we are posting a copy of the judgment of Justice Hillary Squires in the Shaikh trial. Read it, debate it and support us in the struggle to build an inclusive and accountable democracy.
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The Public Service Commission gives the citizens a voice
In a move to give members of the public platforms through which they can lodge complaints about substandard service and report suspected acts of corruption and related activities experienced in the public service, the Public Service Commission launched at a media briefing in Pretoria today,
- The Public Service Complaints Rules; and
- The National Anti-Corruption Hotline for the Public Service.
Both the Complaints Rules and the National Anti-Corruption Hotline for the Public Service are intended to improve accountability of public servants in terms of the execution of their duties and the alignment of their work with the Batho Pele principles.
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