Nicky Rehbock

About Nicky Rehbock

Nicky Rehbock is Web Editor at Corruption Watch. She is also an International Anti-Corruption Conference young Journalist.
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Women’s day: South Africa’s corruption crusader

By on 8 March 2013 in Africa and Middle East, Human rights, Whistleblowing

To ring in International Women’s Day on 8 March, Transparency International is featuring woman corruption fighters around the world. Thuli Madonsela is one of these women. She speaks in whispering tones and is always immaculately dressed. When she walks into a room and begins speaking, people sit up and listen. Fearless and resolute, this is [...]

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A year of corruption-busting in South Africa

By on 7 February 2013 in Africa and Middle East, Anti-corruption movement, Politics and government, Whistleblowing, Young people

Exactly a year ago, in the clinical hall which once housed an infamous women’s prison, South Africa’s Corruption Watch was born. The imposing space was packed to capacity with political heavyweights, anti-apartheid luminaries, journalists and human rights activists who had come to welcome the launch of the first civil society watchdog of its kind in [...]

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Anti-Corruption Day in South Africa: counting the cost of freedom

By on 11 December 2012 in Africa and Middle East, People power

Yesterday in Soweto’s world-famous Regina Mundi church, beneath a stained-glass image of Nelson Mandela, worshippers spoke out against the country’s current crop of leaders – particularly, those who’ve been at the heart of headline-grabbing corruption scandals in recent months. “It’s becoming more corrupt every day … and it’s growing worse,” said Sidney Matlana, a member [...]

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