Summits Related to the National Anti-Corruption Forum NACF South Africa

NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION SUMMITS

The First National Anti-Corruption Summit was held on 14-15 April 1999, in Parliament, Cape Town.

The delegates at the Summit committed themselves to the following resolutions and also acknowledged that corruption:

Adversely affects all sectors in society and impacts most directly on the poor
Is corroding the national culture and ethos of democracy and good governance at all levels and sectors of society
Depletes both government and civil society of scarce resources that are needed to ensure economic prosperity, and a better life for all
Is a blight on society caused by the worship of self, which gives the pursuit of personal affluence priority above the pursuit of economic justice for all.

They therefore committed themselves to:

Stamping out corruption at every level in society
Developing a culture of zero tolerance of corruption
Visibly supporting and subscribing to the national integrity strategy in order to combat corruption in all sectors of civil society and government
Educating all persons in South Africa to work together towards a higher moral purpose.

They therefore resolved to implement the following resolutions as the basis of a national strategy to fight corruption:

To endorse, support and implement all the sectoral initiatives developed in the National Anti-Corruption Summit
To critically review and revise legislation in place to combat corruption, and to address any shortcomings by either amending, or drafting new legislation where necessary
To protect persons from victimisation where they expose corrupt and unethical practices
To support the speedy enactment of the Open Democracy Bill to foster greater transparency, whisteblowing and accountability in all sectors
To ensure effective investigation and prosecution of acts of corruption by establishing special courts
To establish Sectoral Co-ordinating Structures to effectively lead and manage the National Anti-Corruption Programme in their sector and to feed into the development of a National Co-ordinating Structure. In particular the Public Service Commission should be empowered to effectively lead, co-ordinate, and manage and monitor the National Anti-Corruption campaign in the Public Service.
To rapidly establish a cross-sectoral task team to look into the establishment of a National Co-ordinating Structure with the authority to effectively lead, co-ordinate, monitor and manage the National Anti-Corruption Programme. The Public Service Commission is to take responsibility for establishing the cross-sectoral task team.

To publicise and support the blacklisting of businesses, organisations and individuals who are proven to be involved in corruption and unethical conduct
To establish a National Anti-Corruption Hotline to facilitate the reporting of corrupt practices in all sectors
To establish and promote Sectoral and Other Hotlines to strengthen the National Hotline
To take disciplinary action and other pro-active measures against persons found to be behaving in corrupt and unethical ways
To monitor and report consistently and fairly on corruption in all areas of civil society, the private sector and Government.
To promote and to implement sound ethical, financial and related management practices in all sectors.

To promote and pursue social analysis and research and policy advocacy to analyse the causes, effects and growth of corruption, and to evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of anti-corruption strategies
To negotiate, develop, support and enforce Codes of Good Conduct and Disciplinary Codes in each sector of civil society
To work together to inspire the youth, workers, employers and the whole South African society with a higher moral purpose and ethos that will not tolerate corruption
To promote training and education in occupational ethics on all levels of South African society
To support and work together with Government in creating a sustained media campaign to highlight the causes of, and solutions to corruption, and to communicate the national integrity strategy.