The Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference, and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System – informally known as the Madlanga Commission – started its hearings today. The first witness, KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, is on the stand and is expected to testify at least until Friday.
As the Madlanga commission of inquiry into criminality, political interference, and corruption in South Africa’s criminal justice system gets under way today, the parliamentary ad hoc committee established to to investigate the allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, is preparing to launch its own proceedings. The committee met last week to receive and discuss a report on the progress of preparations for its hearings.
Corruption Watch deputy chairperson Marianne Camerer reflects on what the work of the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council means for South Africa’s future.
This is what President Cyril Ramaphosa wants you to know about his administration’s fight against corruption.
The U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre has published a new study on the relationship between business integrity and commercial success. The study reviews and presents evidence and findings from 1995 to 2025, and the conclusion is clear – corruption is bad for business. “Evidence shows that corruption leads to higher costs, reduced productivity, and slower growth over time.”
Secrecy jurisdictions are a core part of the problem of grand corruption, write the Tax Justice Network’s Miroslav Palanský and Moran Harari. High secrecy scores provide an ideal environment for corruption to flourish, but by showing where these opportunities exist, the organisation’s Financial Secrecy Index can help policymakers and practitioners to cut off the escape routes used by criminals and their enablers.
The G20 Development Working Group has released a document outlining its call to action for countries to adopt a new set of voluntary and non-binding high-level principles for combating illicit financial flows. The group urges countries to intensify their efforts to clamp down on illicit flows through a multi-faceted approach which includes strengthening financial regulatory systems and revenue management, leveraging technology, and adopting and effectively implementing anti-corruption measures – among others.
As citizens, our responsibility is to expose both public and private sector corruption, writes Good Governance Africa CEO Lonwabo Kulati – first by not participating in them and second, by reporting them. Until we have a leadership that will decisively remove the corrupt from our society (and is not itself complicit), he adds, “our country is doomed”.
UPDATE: The Madlanga commission – or more properly, the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into criminality, political interference, and corruption in the Criminal Justice System – has announced that the scheduled start of hearings on 1 September will be delayed, because of procurement issues.
The commission is chaired by retired Constitutional Court justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga.