The Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) would soon meet with the SA Revenue Service (SARS) and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) to find out why corporate scandals keep on happening.
The CSNAC said in a media statement on Friday that a meeting during the week asked why scandals like the Kebble saga, Masterbond, Leisurenet and MacMed scandals kept on happening.
The meeting in Cape Town focused on large-scale private sector corruption.
The meeting also expressed concern that few whistleblowers have emerged from the recent corporate scandals.
"Whistleblowers play an important role in preventing corruption - the 2nd National Anti-Corruption Summit (March 2005) recognised this by calling for the strengthening of whistleblower legislation," the CSNAC said.
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"We note with concern that there has been little movement in this regard over the past twelve months."
The meeting also touched on issues like the declaration of private interests by public servants.
"We also wish to commend the recently released report by the Auditor-General on systemic contravention of disclosure requirements within the public sector by representatives and officials.
"We are concerned that tens of thousands of civil servants have private sector interests outside their civil service jobs that may conflict with the public interest, and wish to refer this issue to the NACF (National Anti-Corruption Forum) for discussion."
The meeting was attended by the Black Sash movement, Idasa, the Institute for Security Studies, Open Democracy Advice Centre, the National Religious Leaders Forum, Transparency SA, and the SA NGO Coalition. - Sapa
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