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As Nigeria battles COVID-19, systemic corruption and a low level of accountability in the health sector may undermine efforts to halt the devastating effect of the virus.
The election of Port Elizabeth’s first black mayor in 1995 signalled that the democratic change that had started in 1994 was irreversible. But problems lay ahead.
Congress wanted an aide to President Trump to testify; Trump ordered him not to. Congress went to court over it, and the court told both sides to leave the courts out of it and negotiate a solution.
The Constitution provides Congress with plenty of tools to hold the White House to account. So what moves does the legislative branch have left?
The precedent-setting ruling may cause jitters in dysfunctional municipalities around the country.
The impeachment vote is the latest, and most extreme, example of a power struggle between the executive branch and Congress that has existed since George Washington was president.
Seven US bishops have been removed for covering up clergy sexual abuse since 2015 after decades of no accountability. An expert explains how Catholic movements and whistleblowers forced this change.
The US legal system often gives the police the benefit of the doubt.
The consequences for board members of corporations found to violate the law and ethical norms are rare and usually minor.
Ramaphosa’s “new dawn” will require a rigorous evidence-base of what works to guide high-level policy planning and design.
Boeing’s response to the crisis over its 737 Max planes has made the company seem defensive and passive. A crisis management expert explains how Boeing could reclaim the narrative.
Corruption has, over the past decade and a half, become one of South Africans’ biggest concerns.
Between November 2016 and October 2018, more than 130 government officials were publicly accused of sexual harassment or assault.
Almost all states have improved their accountability in recent years, and are far ahead of the Commonwealth government.
Last week’s hearing with Brett Kavanaugh raised questions about how responsible we are for our youthful actions. A legal scholar says that youthful inexperience doesn’t let us off the hook.
Troubles in South Africa’s coalition-led local governments are affecting accountability, governance stability and service delivery.
In the wake of new revelations about clergy sex abuse and cover-up in Pennsylvania, civil lawsuits brought by abuse victims may be the only effective way to hold Catholic church officials accountable.
It is important that consideration is given to the role played by individuals working within departments, not just the government.
This week marks the 26th anniversary of the Westray mine disaster in Nova Scotia. There have been plenty of disasters since then but we still struggle to hold people to account when systems fail.
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Chief Research Specialist in Democracy and Citizenship at the Human Science Research Council and a Research Fellow Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State
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