There’s a software platform called Pro Zorro which was built in Ukra*ne for precisely this purpose and achieved much success.
A bit about it in this @TheEconomist mini-documentary on corruption. A documentary which, incidentally, but not surprisingly, is about South Africa.
KZN disaster fund management projects:
Tender bids must be uploaded on a transparent platform (some minor confidential info can be redacted).
Journos and the public can see if the winners look deserving. Same platform should track job progress and costs.
There is nothing like a natural disaster to bring into sharp relief the fact that good governance is actually a matter of life and death. Lack of service delivery kills. Lack of disaster preparedness and disaster management kills. Stealing money meant for public services kills.
The floods have come. All the homes built on Inanda’s uMzinyathi River banks have been destroyed. People have lost their loved ones. All the lifetime savings gone. The greedy izinduna and landlords will kept their profits from the sale of unsuitable land. What a tragedy it is.
@loyisomacdonald I hear you, completely.
I just think there’s enough space for us to critique both Will’s unhinged & violent reaction and Chris Rock’s abusive and ableist joke. Focusing on one form of violence while ignoring another will allow for only half a lesson to be taken from this debacle.