The Albanese government has devised a strong model for the new National Anti-Corruption Commission with robust powers and suitable accountability mechanisms.
Couy Griffin, a former county commissioner in Otero County, N.M., rides a horse in New York City in May 2020.
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Other countries disqualify political officials and prevent them from holding office more often than the US does. There are benefits and potential risks to using this kind of legal tactic.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director general of the World Trade Organisation.
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Ramaphosa’s presidency has been dogged by several controversies related to his business interests.
Corruption involving contracts for personal protective equipment during the COVID pandemic in South Africa has been uncovered.
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A government filing on August 30, 2022, alleges that efforts were likely taken “to obstruct the government’s investigation” into classified documents held at Donald Trump’s Florida home.
ANC supporters show support for corruption accused and suspended party secretary general Ace Magashule outside court in Bleomfontein.
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To his credit, former South African president Thabo Mbeki set up anti-corruption institutions that survived his own efforts to erode them.
New train services like this, in Lagos, are designed to boost economic activities and ease movement of passengers.
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Bola Tinubu will be saddled with a near comatose economy. Here are four priorities that would make the difference.
The seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is seen outside of its headquarters in Washington, DC on August 15, 2022.
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Trump’s lawsuit against the FBI has been criticized as baseless. But it spotlights a loophole in federal law that doesn’t protect people’s rights when they are subjected to a search warrant.
A police officer drives by Mar-a-Lago on August 9, 2022.
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A legal scholar analyzes the unsealed warrant for the FBI’s recent search of Donald Trump’s home and the list of materials seized there. The implications for Trump are potentially grave.
Hundreds of people gather on the small hill were some of the Marikana miners were shot by police in 2012.
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The country urgently needs more people who are committed to living decently to undo the systemic humiliation caused by political and economic institutions.
Palm Beach police officers stand near the Florida home of former President Donald Trump on Aug. 8, 2022.
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There’s a high bar for a federal judge to grant a search warrant, indicating there is probable cause that Trump committed a crime by holding classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
The governing ANC’s policy proposals don’t inspire confidence.
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The deliberations were characterised by disingenuous, counter-factual policy pronouncements, and de facto denials of the ANC’s culpability in causing many of the current problems facing the country.
A Ukrainian war crimes investigator photographs the aftermath of a Russian missile attack in Zatoka, Ukraine, on July 26, 2022.
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Other recent conflicts that resulted in war crimes allegations help explain how complex it will be to gather evidence of war crimes in Ukraine – and provide answers for families of victims of the war.
ANC leaders led by Cyril Ramaphosa cut a giant cake to mark the ANC’s 110th birthday in January.
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