City highlights youth as the anti-corruption warriors of tomorrow
09 December 2024
World Anti-Corruption Day, being commemorated today, is focused on ‘Uniting with Youth Against Corruption: Shaping Tomorrow's Integrity’. The City’s Ethics and Forensics Department plays an active and proactive role in investigating and rooting out corruption to ensure that public funds are safeguarded for service delivery. It will be driving a number of awareness initiatives in 2025 to include the youth as valuable partners in building a generation of integrity and one that stands up to corruption.
The City also has a proactive approach to investigating claims of fraud and corruption related to the City and its operations. Members of the public are encouraged to become ‘fraud and corruption fighters’ and report suspected fraud or corruption to 0800 32 31 30.
‘This administration has solid anti-corruption foundations and with the theme of this year’s Anti-Corruption Day focused on youth anti-corruption warriors, we are reminded of how corruption takes away opportunities from the next generation, erodes ethics and integrity and leads to greater inequality. The Ethics and Forensics Department will be conducting various initiatives in 2025 to drive education and awareness and create greater partners, young and old, in the City’s efforts to eradicate corruption and fraud. With the world on a knife’s edge pertaining to poverty, climate change and geo-political pressures, corruption intensifies this precarious situation. According to the United Nations there are some 1,9 billion young people in the world and as they are our leaders of tomorrow, it is important to instil a new dawn of integrity in them, and lead by example. As an administration, we remain absolutely committed to our zero tolerance and proactive stance in fighting corruption and fraud and to protect public funds and service delivery at all costs,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Finance, Councillor Siseko Mbandezi.
Report fraud and corruption by calling the Fraud Hotline on 0800 32 31 30.
Anonymous reporting is allowed on incidents relating to any person at the City, or who has dealings with the City, irrespective of position or seniority (employee, client or supplier).
When reporting an incident, members of the public should remember to mention the following: who, what, where, when, how and estimated value.
When a member of the public submits information, they get a reference number for any follow ups. They are advised to keep this confidential.
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The City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Finance, Councillor Siseko Mbandezi, engages with staff from the City’s Ethics and Forensics Department and also reaffirms the commitment to the City’s zero tolerance approach to corruption.
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City of Cape Town, Media Office
