By Simtembile Mgidi Recognised as one of SA’s best public servants, Nelson Mandela Bay Warrant Officer Bongani Siyona attributed his award to his father, from whom he said he had inherited his giving nature. Siyona received the accolade at the annual Integrity Icon Awards run by the Accountability Lab SA in Johannesburg on November 4. Read original article on HeraldLIVE [...]
By Mark Heywood Maverick Citizen has been a firm promoter of the Integrity Icons campaign. We have done so because without a committed and effective public service we cannot achieve social justice, and because in our day-to-day reporting we frequently come across public servants who work tirelessly and make great sacrifices in the public interest. On Friday evening last week, Accountability Lab South Africa announced the five winners of its 2022 Integrity Icon awards. This was the fifth year of [...]
By Zukiswa Pikoli The Integrity Icons awards present an alternative to the perception that public servants are corrupt and lazy, and showcase that there are some who ‘go the extra mile’ The Accountability Lab has been running the Integrity Icons awards since 2018. The awards showcase the excellent work done by many men and women in the public service, something that Accountability Lab’s country director for SA, Sekoetlane Phamodi, says often goes unnoticed. Sekoetlane Phamodi, country director o [...]
Through a press conference organized at its headquarters on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, the management of Accountability lab Mali launched the 7th edition of its campaign to identify and recognize the most honest civil servants of the year called 'Integrity Icon'. The seventh edition of Integrity Icon was launched today in the presence of the press, members of Accountability lab Mali, partners and winners of previous editions. Welcoming the guests, the Country Director of Accountability lab Mali [...]
The Integrity Icon Pakistan 2021 award ceremony for five winning icons was held here on Wednesday. Five officers were decorated with awards in recognition of their excellent work, integrity and honesty in different categories. The officers include Zil E Huma, deputy director at Press Information Department (Islamabad); Shahzadi Noshad, DSP Traffic in-charge in Haripur, KP; Romana Murad Khoso, section officer from Quetta; Nasir Bashir, assistant professor at Government Diyal Singh (Lahore); and M [...]
The Integrity Icon Pakistan 2021 award ceremony today celebrated the five winning Icons held at an event at the Serena Hotel. Zil E Huma, Deputy Director at Press Information Department in Islamabad; Shahzadi Noshad, DSP Traffic Incharge In Haripur, Kahyber Pakhtunkhwa; Romana Murad Khoso, Section Officer from Quetta, Balochistan; Nasir Bashir, Assistant Professor at Government Diyal Singh in Lahore, Punjab; and Muhammad Naseer Musvi, Deputy Director (Admin) Directorate of Schools Education (Pri [...]
Here’s an opportunity for young filmmakers in South Africa Are you an up-and-coming filmmaker looking for your next opportunity? Accountability Lab South Africa (ALSA) might just have the one for you. We’re inviting applications to our Integrity Icon Film Fellowship, a three-month immersive learning opportunity aimed at developing the next generation of ethical filmmakers. The selected film fellows will support the Integrity Icon campaign team to film and edit short documentary pieces of our to [...]
On 26 May 2022, Accountability Lab South Africa (AL SA) will host the second installation of its annual Meet the Icon (MTI) dialogue series. Through the MTI series, we will meet some outstanding public servants who are helping shift behaviours and building the trust that is essential for a functioning and accountable government. The series is part of our Integrity Icon campaign - which connects and celebrates exemplary public servants around the country. Nominations are currently open for 2022. [...]
Accountability Lab has launched its 2022 hunt for Liberia’s Integrity Icon with a much more focus on identifying women who are involved in selfless sacrifices in upcoming integrity and accountability in their places of work. Integrity Icon is a national movement to celebrate and encourage honest public servants across the country, with a focus on naming and ‘faming’ honest public servants as opposed to the conventional style of naming and shaming wrongdoers. Launched in Monrovia last week, the p [...]
MONROVIA – The Accountability Lab Liberia has launched Integrity Icons 2022 to award some of the most dedicated civil servants across the country. This year marks the eighth edition of the Integrity Icon. It is an eight months-long program that will focus on a rigorous campaign to select dedicated individuals who are working in the public sector. A strong vetting with three judges from three different sectors will be sorting out the candidate’s nominations to the last five winners. The campaign [...]