Browsing Faculty of Law by Subject "Corruption"
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Recovering the stolen assets: Understanding gatekeeper's activities
(2011-08-15)This paper identifies the link between gatekeepers and corruption, and examines how money laundering mechanisms are used to conceal the proceeds of corruption. In order to successfully trace and recover stolen assets, we ... -
Restorative justice as postmodern justice: exegesis and critique
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)This essay explores the relationship between postmodernism and RJ. Postmodernism quickly outgrew its non-legal origins and has extended its reach to incorporate matters legal. Already, it has established a significant presence ... -
The rise of corruption in Ethiopia: Is a lack of constitutionalism to blame?
(Oxford, 2020)In 2001, a political division arose within the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF)1 , arguably the core the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), the ruling party and a coalition of four ethnic-based ... -
The role of misinvoicing in the money laundering cycle
(University of Western Cape, 2019)Traditionally, the emphasis of trade-based money laundering policy development has been directed towards financial transactions where the origin of capital is illegal, neglecting private sector companies utilising trade ... -
Section 9b of the protected disclosures amendment act 5 of 2017: Discouraging whistleblowing in South Africa?
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)The Protected Disclosures Act 26 of 2000 provides protection for individuals who blow the whistle on corrupt activities in South Africa. The Protected Disclosures Amendment Act 5 of 2017 widens the scope of the original ... -
South Africa
(University of Toronto Press, 2019)South Africa is facing a major public safety crisis threatening its constitutional democracy. Personal violent crime (murder, rape and robbery) remains among the highest in the world; conuption in the public service is ... -
Specialised anti-corruption courts: A means of promoting sustainable transformation in Africa?
(University of Western Cape, 2019)Corruption is inimical to Africa’s quest for socio-economic transformation. Available empirical evidence highlights a sustained increase of corruption globally, with an equal emphasis on interdisciplinary interventions. ... -
Strengthening democracy through investigating, prosecuting and punishing corruption in Mauritius
(The Human Rights and Peace Center (HURIPEC), 2015)There is a close relationship between democracy and corruption. Corruption has a negative effect on the functioning of political and democratic institutions. It affects the delivery of services such as education ... -
A survey of corruption and anti-corruption Initiatives in Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Corruption has blighted national economies in Africa. Although most African states have subscribed to and ratified international and regional anti-corruption conventions, corruption continues unabated. Failure to incorporate ... -
The symbiosis between the criminalisation of sex work and corrupt policing in sex work in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Despite existing studies that prove the prevalence of corrupt policing of sex work in South Africa, corruption continues to be a common feature of sex workers’ experiences with police officers. In this article, it is argued ... -
Tanzania’s post-independence anti-corruption efforts: Examining the prevention and combatting of corruption bureau’s (pccb) role during Magufuli’s regime
(University of Western Cape, 2020)During the five years of John Magufuli’s presidency, Tanzania’s anti-corruption efforts yielded significant improvements. This improved performance was associated mainly with the President’s personal anti-corruption ... -
Tanzania’s post-independence anti-corruption efforts: Examining the prevention and combatting of corruption bureau’s (pccb) role during Magufuli’s regime
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)During the five years of John Magufuli’s presidency, Tanzania’s anti-corruption efforts yielded significant improvements. This improved performance was associated mainly with the President’s personal anti-corruption stance. ... -
Tax Administration Act: Fulfilling human rights through efficient and effective tax administration
(Pretoria University Law Press, 2018)The Constitution, 1996 embodies the ideals bonding South Africans who must cohere and transcend their divisions to change the condition of peoples’ lives by reconstructing a South African society dogged by corruption ... -
Transnational economic crime: The example of “gold laundering”
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Allow me first to thank the organisers of this conference for affording me the honour of giving this opening speech. The issues which the conference is addressing indeed are closely interlinked. Corruption almost always ... -
The viability of lifestyle audits as an emerging anticorruption tool in the public sector: Concepts, essentials and prospects
(University of Western Cape, 2020)Lifestyle audits are viable tools in the fight against corruption. Unfortunately, they have not been sufficiently developed or adopted despite their effectiveness in combatting corruption. For long, countries have deployed ... -
Who can appoint commissions of enquiry: conducting a 'section 106 investigation'
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2008)If the member of a province's executive council (MEC) responsible for local government suspects maladministration, fraud, corruption or any other serious malpractice in a municipality, that MEC must designate a person or ...