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The annual report must be approved by the Forum.
Any report by the Forum shall be distributed by the members of the Forum to the entities they represent to be made as widely available as is reasonably possible. The Public Service Commission will bear all expenditure emanating from secretarial support, excluding the cost of publication and printing of annual reports.
Each sector undertakes to bear all costs related to the attendance of Forum meetings and the bi-annual Summits. The Public Service Commission will strive to obtain donor funds and sponsorships for the activities of the Forum and the bi-annual Summits.
NACF Chairperson. Anti-Corruption Events: Contact Information: Enquiry Form: Useful Links: About the NACF: The organisation may discover that there has been a breach of its anti-corruption programme.
For example: This could be relatively minor procedural breach which is easily rectified and which does not involve any corruption e. It could be a serious breach which in itself is a corrupt event e. Actions The organisation could take some or all of the following actions in relation to any corruption, or any breach of its anti-corruption programme, which is reported, detected or reasonably suspected Receipt of report: The compliance manager should preferably be the recipient of any reports of suspected or actual corruption or breach of the anti-corruption programme.
In some cases, the compliance manager will be the person who identifies a suspicion or breach. Responsibility for decision: A small organization may implement a procedure under which all issues, of whatever magnitude, should be reported straight away by the compliance manager to the board for board decision on how to respond.
A larger organization may implement a procedure under which: Identification of issues: The board or the compliance manager as appropriate under 5 should then assess the known facts and potential severity of the issue.
If they do not already have sufficient facts on which to make a decision, they should implement an investigation. Responsibility for action: The board or compliance manager as appropriate under 5 should appoint someone with overall responsibility for following up on the issue and reporting back to the board or compliance manager as appropriate. Co-operation of personnel: The board may need to take active steps to require the full co-operation of personnel in the investigation.
Any investigation should be carried out by a person who was not involved in the issue. It could be the compliance manager, internal audit, another appropriate manager or an appropriate third party. The person investigating should be given appropriate authority, resources and access by the board to enable the investigation to be effectively carried out. The investigation should promptly establish the facts and collect all necessary evidence by, for example: Consideration of all relevant factors: In undertaking the investigation and any follow up action, the organization needs to consider all relevant factors, including those listed in In determining how to deal with a corrupt situation, an organisation should keep in mind that there are risks inherent in taking action in response to corruption.
All steps listed in this section should be considered in the light of the possible risks. These risks include: Risk of personal harm to those reporting the corruption or seeking to remedy it. Risk of discrimination against individuals and companies who speak out against the corruption.
Risk of incurring liability for defamation if accusations of corruption cannot be substantiated.
Risk of financial loss if reports of corruption are made against an organisation or individual which owes money to or has some other financial hold over the organisation reporting the corruption. Risk of debarment from future work for the organisation s concerned.
Our communication channels include our website, an SMS line, social media, email or post. We investigate selected reports of alleged acts of corruption, in particular those cases that have the most serious impact on our society. For instance, these may be cases involving basic health or education services which affect the most disadvantaged South Africans.
We hand our findings over to the relevant authorities to take further action, and we monitor the progress of each case. We work with mainstream and community media to make sure that corruption is fully exposed through our investigative work. We gather and analyse information to identify patterns and hot spots of corruption.
We prepare research reports on these hot spots to expose and find solutions to systemic corruption.
Anti-Corruption Strategy based on fighting corruption based on combating corruption, preventing corruption, building integrity, raising awareness. The current chairperson is the President of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA), Civil Society is represented on the NACF by the following ten organisations.