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Devi Pillay

@devipillay.co.za

South African in London Anti-corruption & state capture research @giace.bsky.social and @parinstitute.bsky.social Fiber & textile arts Pictures of my cat

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Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence (GI ACE)@giace.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Crises like pandemics, cholera outbreaks & climate disasters don’t just strain health systems — they amplify corruption risks. New #GIACE blog by Claudia Baez Camargo & @dinabalabanova.bsky.social explores how overlapping emergencies in Malawi opened space for corruption. 🔗 bit.ly/BaselGIACEBlog

Addressing Corruption in Crises Matters: Towards effective crisis-responses in the Malawian health system - Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence

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Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence (GI ACE)@giace.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New #GIACE research by @csdbuildbridges.bsky.social (Tihomira Kostova & Martin Vladimirov) exposes how illicit financial flows (IFFs) and sanctions-evasion networks have surged across the Western Balkans and Black Sea region, reshaping global integrity and governance. 🔗 Read: bit.ly/CSDPublicati...

Shadow Economies: The Rise of Illicit Networks and Alternative Markets in Sanctions Circumvention - Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence

This paper examines how illicit financial flows (IFFs) in the Western Balkans and Black Sea regions have surged in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Using trade and econometric analysis, it es...

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Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence (GI ACE)@giace.bsky.social · last yr.

New blog by @devipillay.co.za: As Bain leaves South Africa, what have we learned about consultancies & corruption? Read: bit.ly/DeviBainblog 📅 On 23 September 2025, we’ll publish our new paper: Consulting firms, corruption & state capture: A case study from South Africa (Follow to get it first!)

As Bain leaves South Africa, what have we learned about consultancies and corruption? - Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence

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Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence (GI ACE)@giace.bsky.social · last yr.

Financial institutions are the arteries of modern economies—but when captured, they become pipelines for illicit wealth. @acdatacollective.bsky.social's new brief "Inside the Congo Hold-Up" shows how BGFIBank DRC was hijacked by the Kabila regime to launder public funds. 🔗 bit.ly/ACDCPolicyBr...

Inside the Congo Hold-Up: How a Captured Bank Enabled Grand Corruption - Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence

This briefing reveals how BGFIBank DRC was transformed into a vehicle for grand corruption by Congo’s ruling elite. It details how illicit financial flows were enabled through mis-invoicing, fictitiou...

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Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence (GI ACE)@giace.bsky.social · last yr.

"What if the next generation of anticorruption leaders had the support they needed to turn ideas into impact? We've launched a pioneering Fellowship to do just that, equipping early-career researchers with the tools, networks & mentorship to drive meaningful change. Read: bit.ly/fellowship-b...

Our Hopes for a Pioneering Fellowship for Early Career Researchers - Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence

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Kieran Hurley@kieranhurley.bsky.social · last yr.

Israel is a genocidal rogue state. Nothing could be clearer. Outrageous, abhorrent and intolerable that our government continues to provide arms, military surveillance, and diplomatic cover to this regime.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · last yr.

When did you ever hear the BBC stating that it must alter “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama”, to win the trust of Green voters, or of unrepresented people on the left? All the shifts are in just one direction. bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output

The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party

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James Chalmers@jameschalmers.bsky.social · last yr.

I am constantly baffled by the inability of people making this argument to treat children as humans. Take a family. You think they shouldn’t have had a third child. Maybe they did, in fact, make a bad decision. You win. Now, what do you want the child to eat: is your scolding especially nutritious?

Dorian Lynskey@dorianlynskey.bsky.social · last yr.

Jason Cowley loves to quote Jo White because they are both terrible in precisely the same way

ZAM Magazine@zammagazine.bsky.social · last yr.

Agather Atuhaire @AAgather is free after four days of being held incomunicado and tortured. Now all political prisoners in Uganda, Tanzania and all of East Africa must be freed. And those who disappear and torture people must be held accountable.

ZAM Magazine@zammagazine.bsky.social · last yr.

Tanzanian torturers released Boniface Mwangi @bonifacemwangi but still hold Agather Atuhaire @AAgather. We hear stories of screams and blindfolds. @zammagazine.bsky.social calls its following to address Tanzanian President @SuluhuSamia, aka Idi Amin Mama. eastleighvoice.co.ke/national/153...

Tortured activist Boniface Mwangi flown to Nairobi for treatment after release from Tanzania

Mwangi had been held by authorities in Tanzania under unclear circumstances, prompting concern among human rights defenders and the public.

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Nanjala@nanjala.bsky.social · last yr.

Ugandan lawyer Agather Atuhaire, who was arrested alongside Boniface Mwangi on the way to witness Tundu Lissu’s trial in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, remains unaccounted for. There is concern that she, like Boniface Mwangi, has been tortured. Mwangi was dumped at the Horohoro border this morning.