# ‘n Senior spesialis in die finansiële sektor van die Wêreldbank, Laura Pop, het voor die Madlanga-kommissie getuig ‘n funksionerende regbank op sy eie is nie genoeg om doeltreffende geregtigheid te waarborg nie. Pop sê swakhede in die stelsel kan aanspreeklikheid en openbare vertroue in die regstelsel ondermyn. Sy sê Kenia se keuringsproses vir regters […]
# World Bank senior financial sector specialist Laura Pop has told the Madlanga Commission that countries need vetting systems tailored to their specific risks, institutions and governance challenges. Drawing on more than a decade of anti-corruption work in Ukraine, Moldova, Kenya and Albania, Pop says one-size-fits-all models cannot address local corruption effectively. She says extraordinary […]
# World Bank senior financial sector specialist Laura Pop has told the Madlanga Commission that a functioning judiciary alone cannot guarantee effective justice. Pop says weaknesses in system can undermine accountability and public confidence. She cites Kenya’s judicial vetting and Ukraine’s anti-corruption courts as examples of reforms aimed at addressing compromised institutions. Pop says extraordinary […]
# Die EU baan die weg om Kanada sy eerste geassosieerde lid te maak. Die president van die Europese Kommissie, Ursula von der Leyen, sê dié status is nie tans in die EU se verdrae nie en beteken nie volle lidmaatskap nie. Sy meen so ‘n reëling kan samewerking tussen die EU en Kanada op […]
# Die voormalige Filippynse president, Rodrigo Duterte, het die eerste keer in 18 maande voor die Internasionale Strafhof in Den Haag verskyn. Die 81-jarige staan tereg op aanklagte van misdade teen die mensdom wat verband hou met sy veldtog teen dwelms, waartydens duisende mense volgens aanklaers moontlik dood is. Sy regsverteenwoordigers voer aan dat kognitiewe […]
# Betogings vind in verskeie lande plaas namate skerp stygings in brandstofpryse lewenskoste verder opjaag. Betogings is reeds in Sirië, Guatemala, Portugal, Frankryk en die Filippyne aangemeld terwyl die oorlog tussen Amerika en Iran wêreldwye energievoorrade ontwrig. Oliepryse het tot heelwat meer as 100-dollar per vat gestyg, wat vervoerkoste en huishoudelike uitgawes raak. Betogers in […]
# The European Union is opening the door for Canada to become its first associate member. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says the proposed status is not currently defined in EU treaties and would fall short of full membership. She says the arrangement could deepen cooperation with Canada on trade, defence, technology, energy […]
# Namibië wil sy ontluikende groenwaterstofbedryf met Suid-Afrika se nywerheids- en energiewaardekettings verbind. Die waarnemende hoof van die Namibiese Groenwaterstofprogram, Joseph Mukendwa, sê sterker streeksamewerking is noodsaaklik om markte te ontwikkel, beleggings te lok en die vraag na groen produkte te skep. Mukendwa het tydens die Afrika-beraad oor groen waterstof in Kaapstad aan The Namibian […]
# Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has appeared before the International Criminal Court in The Hague for the first time in 18 months. The 81-year-old faces crimes-against-humanity charges linked to his anti-drug campaign, which prosecutors say may have killed thousands of people. His lawyers argue that cognitive decline has left him unfit to stand trial, […]
