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2005-02-25
Mail & GuardianAn IT group close to the Inkatha Freedom Party has been implicated in a web of corruption spanning the outsourcing of a university's IT functions and a controversial tender to monitor "corner shop" gambling machines in KwaZulu-Natal.
allAfrica.comNetwork Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD) and Partnership Africa Canada (PAC) have urged government to improve the country's diamond sector.
They say most of the problems faced by the country's diamond sector boils down to willful corruption and mismanagement to challenges of governance and procedures.
allAfrica.comThe Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has called on Government to set up a technical team to iron out concerns in the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill...
...He said the lack of commitment to legislation that would otherwise contribute to openness in the running of national affairs makes a mockery of Government pronouncements on corruption, transparency and accountability.
2005-02-24
Business DayFraud and corruption accused Schabir Shaik appeared to dig a deeper hole for himself yesterday when he acknowledged in the Durban High Court that he consistently used Deputy President Jacob Zuma's name in business meetings and in securing deals.
AllAfrica.comMr. Samuel Kofi Woods, the founding director of the foremost human rights organization in Liberia, the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission and currently the Regional Representative for the Foundation for International Dignity (FIND) managed on a shoestring budget to write and distribute to the international community reliable reports of abuses in the midst of a brutal civil war...
...In this exclusive interview with Daily Observer Editor-in-Chief, Rodney D. Sieh, Mr. Woods discusses among other things, his work, his vision for Liberia, the current state of corruption in Liberia, the transitional government and why he turned down a request for George Weah to be his running mate.
IPP MediaTanzania should strongly fight against corruption and advocate for good governance, in order to invite more foreign investors.
Agnes van Ardenne, the Netherlands' Minister for Development Cooperation, noted that corruption threatens investors in any country, and should therefore be uprooted to make trade environment attractive.
AllAfrica.comIn recent months, the National Transitional Government of Liberia has reportedly been pursuing contracts with several international companies to either privatize or explore many of the countries natural resources and infrastructures. Daily Observer Editor-in-Chief Rodney D. Sieh investigates why the interim government may be thinking - time is running out...
...Liberia human rights lawyer, Mr. Samuel Kofi Woods when asked by the Daily Observer about the deteriorating state of corruption, said: "We received the reports and a consortium of human rights and pro-democracy organizations proceeded to the Supreme Court on a writ of prohibition to prevent the sale and seek inquiry into the legality of the sale.
allAfrica.com..."For your information, I am deeply frustrated, like millions of Sierra Leoneans, SLPP members, patrons, office-holders, sympathizers and supporters at home and around the world, because of the demonstrated poor leadership of our party that resulted in the trouncing of our party candidates in the recent local government elections in the Western Area by opposition party candidates and by independent candidates who should have been allowed to contest under the SLPP symbol"...
...Party officials are vindictive to those who disagree with them. Party offices are used as instruments of corruption rather than engage the Party as an instrument for the advancement of nation-building policies for a better future for all the people of our country.
Scotsman.comAn international development charity has today called on the Government to double its aid contributions, cancel unpayable debt and provide a “fair” amount of money to fight the spread of HIV and Aids on the continent...
...“The British government must change its current method of dealing with Africa particularly around the issues of aid, trade and debt, climate change, corporate accountability, corruption, conflict and HIV and Aids."
allAfrica.comThe late Professor Claude Ake once remarked that it was inappropriate to speak of the failure of development when speaking about Africa. The problem with Africa, he said, was that development was hardly on the agenda. Anyone who is familiar with the post-independence history of Africa would agree with this sad but true assertion...
...Regardless of what the Transparency International reports, while we are still far from stamping our corruption from the continent (and no other part of the world has succeeded in doing that) appreciable progress has been made. If we recall that evidence of commitment to fighting corruption is one of the key AGOA criteria, then something is going on in Africa for 38 out of 48 countries to qualify for eligibility.
2005-02-23
allAfrica.comThe situation in Togo following the death of its long-term dictator, Gnassingbe Eyadema, has not shown any sign of being resolved. The sub regional organisation, ECOWAS, backed by the African Union and supported by the United Nations and the European Union (EU) has led global opinion rejecting the succession of Baby Eyadema. All the right noises have been made and in an unprecedented consensus, Faure Eyadema has been told by the Togolese and anybody or country that matter including former colonial power, France, which continues to have political influence, in its former colonies that this time around the answer is Non!"
ReliefWebAn International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission left the Central African Republic (CAR) on Sunday disappointed with the transitional government's efforts to reform its management of resources and fight corruption, diplomats said.
allAfrica.comOil revenues for Chad are now beginning to increase rapidly from the long-debated 'model project' involving World Bank financing, a pipeline through Cameroon, and a consortium of major oil companies. A new report from two U.S.-based groups says the mechanisms for transparency and accountability, while welcome, are still full of loopholes.
Reuters AlertNetMalawi's economic policy reforms have begun to pay dividends, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). An IMF team is visiting Malawi to review the country's progress on tightening fiscal discipline, and measure the new government's performance in terms of macroeconomic reform.
The IMF suspended aid to Malawi during the tenure of the previous president, Bakili Muluzi, because of alleged corruption, poor governance and over-expenditure.
2005-02-22
Afrol NewsFormer Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe, Guilherme Posser da Costa, this week renounced his parliamentary seat and immunity to face corruption charges together with another ex-PM, Maria das Neves. The São Toméan President earlier had threatened to dissolve parliament to be able to prosecute "delinquents" with immunity, referring to Mr da Costa and three other MPs.
IRINA World Bank mission visiting Liberia has said the country's transitional government must crack down harder on corruption and show greater transparency in its finances if it is to secure donor funding to help the country recover from 14 years of civil war.
IOLFraud and corruption accused Schabir Shaik told the Durban High Court on Monday that after its unbanning the African National Congress was always looking for funds.He said that one of his companies Floryn Investments was set up to "address contributions" to the ANC.Shaik, throughout his testimony, also emphasised his close relationship with Deputy President Jacob Zuma, who he befriended during the struggle against apartheid and for whom he later served as a financial adviser.
The Standard...'There has been a lot of panic buying (of dollars),' said Peter Mutuku, a dealer at Bank of Africa. 'It has been fuelled by reports that the German government has suspended aid due to corruption and also ministers speaking against their government.'
2005-02-21
Kerala NewsSix former senior Kenyan officials will face trial on corruption charges, the government has said. They were sacked last year over their involvement in two public contracts, which were then cancelled.
These are the first prosecutions for corruption since donors increased pressure on the government, saying it was not doing enough to stop graft.
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